10 Things I Won’t Miss About 2011
Every year since 2002 I have closed out the year with my satirical look at the world through the eyes of a professional investor poking fun at what has transpired in our global society in the year we...
View ArticleMy Gut Feeling for Today, Feb 1, 2012
February is set to kick off on a strong foot. I would attribute this to two major news items. First is better than expected manufacturing and economic data emanating from China. These Chinese data...
View ArticleThe Worst-Run Company List of 2012
Ever since October 2006, I have published my list of Worst Run Companies. The list is reevaluated every year, burying those that have disappeared, excusing those that have improved and selecting new...
View ArticleMy Gut Feeling for Today, January 3, 2013 ($$)
Never before have we seen as positive a move in the markets on the last trading day of the year or for that matter on the first trading day of the year. It was a two day move that we will be...
View ArticleMy Gut Feeling for Today, February 14, 2013 ($$)
The S&P 500 (SPX) was able to make and close at a new by the time the bell rang at 4PM. Overall it was a real boring session, without any incentive to move in any direction. The SPX traded in a 9...
View ArticleMy Gut Feeling for Today, February 22, 2013 ($$)
When markets pull back around the globe, they usually turn in the US. That happened again yesterday in the mid-afternoon. From peak to trough, the S&P 500 (SPX) declined about 2.2% and then began...
View ArticleMy Gut Feeling for Today, June 5, 2013
Tuesday’s session was more volatile than I expected but when the dust cleared, the decline was contained. However, Monday and Tuesday’s sessions were a warm-up comedian of sorts for the three day labor...
View ArticleMy Gut Feeling for Today October 8, 2013
Yesterday I was just feeling lousy and gave myself some extra sleep time (that is till 9AM) and did not feel up to penning a Gut Felling. As it turned out, the market seemed a bit sick in the stomach...
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