Sunday, January 3, 2016

This Week on TRB + MORE 8:19 am Jan 3rd

Amazing Stat

– crossingwallstreet.com

With the end of the year, I was updating some of my data files, and I came across this stat. Over the last 20 years, the Dow gained 253.49% on Monday and Tuesday combined. But it lost 3.67% on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.
That’s extraordinary.

Continue Reading On crossingwallstreet.com »

Submitted by Robert Fantina via TheAntiMedia.org, Out of nowhere, it seems, Daesh, also commonly referred to as ISIL or ISIS, spontaneously formed, a group that perverts aspects of Islam for its own violent ends, and threatens, we are told, all that the civilized world holds dear. The “war on terror,” governments inform their citizens, has a new front…

Continue Reading On zerohedge.com/ »

This Week on TRB

– thereformedbroker.com

Receiving the belt this week after winning 2015’s fantasy trading competition on my show The Halftime Report. I’m not gonna lie, toward the end I was checking my score pretty frequently – it’s just a silly contest but I’m only human

These were the most read posts on the site this week, in case you missed it: 

Continue Reading On thereformedbroker.com »

Blaming Others: Reflections on "The Big Short"

– globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com

Reflections on “The Big Short”I have not yet seen “The Big Short” movie. Everyone tells me it was excellent. I intend to see it, but I already know what happened in detail, how, and why. The Fed has not yet admitted its role, nor have banks, nor have the rating agencies, nor has Congress with its ludicrous affordable housing programs, nor has Bush with the “Ownership Society”…

Continue Reading On globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com »

It’s that time of year when the media is filled with all manner of terrible investing advice:
“10 ETFs to own in 2016!”
“Give up lattes to get your budget in order.”
“The stocks/sectors/countries you MUST invest in!”
“Who was the best mutual fund manager of the year?”

And that’s before we even get into the forecasts by some guru who is purporting to tell you where the market and economy and Apple and oil and gold and your favorite stock will be next year…

Continue Reading On ritholtz.com »



from Royalty Gateway http://www.royaltygateway.com/this-week-on-trb-more-819-am-jan-3rd/

Amazing Stat

– crossingwallstreet.com

With the end of the year, I was updating some of my data files, and I came across this stat. Over the last 20 years, the Dow gained 253.49% on Monday and Tuesday combined. But it lost 3.67% on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.
That’s extraordinary.

Continue Reading On crossingwallstreet.com »

Submitted by Robert Fantina via TheAntiMedia.org, Out of nowhere, it seems, Daesh, also commonly referred to as ISIL or ISIS, spontaneously formed, a group that perverts aspects of Islam for its own violent ends, and threatens, we are told, all that the civilized world holds dear. The “war on terror,” governments inform their citizens, has a new front…

Continue Reading On zerohedge.com/ »

This Week on TRB

– thereformedbroker.com

Receiving the belt this week after winning 2015’s fantasy trading competition on my show The Halftime Report. I’m not gonna lie, toward the end I was checking my score pretty frequently – it’s just a silly contest but I’m only human

These were the most read posts on the site this week, in case you missed it: 

Continue Reading On thereformedbroker.com »

Blaming Others: Reflections on "The Big Short"

– globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com

Reflections on “The Big Short”I have not yet seen “The Big Short” movie. Everyone tells me it was excellent. I intend to see it, but I already know what happened in detail, how, and why. The Fed has not yet admitted its role, nor have banks, nor have the rating agencies, nor has Congress with its ludicrous affordable housing programs, nor has Bush with the “Ownership Society”…

Continue Reading On globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com »

It’s that time of year when the media is filled with all manner of terrible investing advice:
“10 ETFs to own in 2016!”
“Give up lattes to get your budget in order.”
“The stocks/sectors/countries you MUST invest in!”
“Who was the best mutual fund manager of the year?”

And that’s before we even get into the forecasts by some guru who is purporting to tell you where the market and economy and Apple and oil and gold and your favorite stock will be next year…

Continue Reading On ritholtz.com »

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