So, now the federal gub’ment wants to criminalize risk. Yup, apparently, the Justice Department is investigating JP Morgan Chase (Ticker: JPM) for its “whale” trade. (Some whale; it represents about 1% or more of its capital.)
Here is...
Our good friend and contributor Josh Brown, a financial advisor who runs theReformedBroker blog says the bucket shops are in full tilt trying to scam ignorant but rich people in Reg D vehicles, promising them that they will hold Facebook share...
Readers of this space may (rightly) complain that I blog about Leuthold Group reasearch too much. But i find the Minneapolis-based research house and fund family (my favorite fund, Ticker: LCORX) very interesting. Further, the group is...
It always amazes me: Whenever prices of something goes up, it's blame-the-speculators time! Of course, there are buying panics that force up security prices, but come one. I received this ridiculous press release from the Consumer federation of...
Last week the iShares Barclays 20 Year Treasury ETF (Ticker: TLT), which tracks longer-dated paper, fell by 4.1% in the week. That amounts to a 500-point plus in the Dow, according to Barron's. Our own Stan Luxenberg sent me this note about bond...
Regular readers of this blog know how fond I am of Leuthold Group's research. This month, Leuthold's PR man, Ben Bishop, of the Lowe Group, sent me this interesting precis of this month's research. One hint: Low volatility strategies suck. ...
In March, our cover story was called "Murder Holes," written by financial advisor and "reformed broker" Joshua Brown. The article was adapted from Backstage Wall Street, a book due out soon (McGraw Hill). Brown, a blogger on TheReformedBroker.com...
Each month, I like to highlight research from The Leuthold Group, which runs some mutual funds, including UGLX and the one I own in my retirment accout, LCROX. Leuthold's senior analyst Doug Ramsey, writes, under the heading, STOCK MARKET...
