Bad News Bears Good morning. Premarket futures are lower following disappointment surrounding both Cisco Systems (CSCO), poor January retail sales, and higher than expected jobless claims. If you love bad news, then this is your day. ... Go to Full Article

US Banking Crisis At Hand? Just getting to my desk to see the futures down again... My "political soul mate" Jake Gint posted the following video over at "the Fly's" place last night. There are two others after it. It's extremely dry. ... Go to Full Article

Currency Market Update 2/7/2008 Sell your short AUD/USD at 0.8895 and remain flat (+95 pips). Sell your short USD/CAD at 1.010 (+80 pips) and go long. Move the stop for the short EUR/USD to 1.4675. All the currency markets are very choppy right now. ... Go to Full Article

New York Real Estate is the subject of today's man on the street interview on WALLSTRIP. Go to Full Article

Where's the Smart Money Going? What else can I write about after the major indexes dropped 2.93%, 3.08% and 3.20% (DOW, NASDAQ and S&P 500)? Volume wasn?t overwhelming for the day but peaked during the hours of the major decline. The first two days of this week have ... Go to Full Article

Trading Education and Trader Development - What You Need to Think ... In response to my Take the Trading Long View post from the other day, Brett Steenbarger has posted Three Winning Characteristics of Training Programs for Traders. Based on his experience observing and working with trader...

Bullish Percents wavering Wednesday's selling - the third day of selling in a row - has started to pressurize the Bullish Percents and the validity of the January bottom. The Nasdaq bottom remains healthy and looks to be part of a bullish retest of prior lows. ... Go to Full Article

Watchlist for January 9, 2007 We?ve got a slightly weak open at open today. If things continue to worsen during the session I?ll be watching those August lows like a hawk? On Today?s Calendar:. nothing. More Calendars: US Earnings | Conf. ... Go to Full Article

January 7, 2008 Stock Market Recap It was a choppy back & forth session today which ended near unchanged. The Nasdaq closed down for the seventh session in a row but most of the other indices closed up on the day. So the day showed confusion and/or a stalemate, ... Go to Full Article

Model Portfolio Update: Big Tech Is Killing Me It's been one of the worst starts to a year ever for the market and it certainly caught me off guard a bit. If I thought I could coast a bit for a couple weeks after a somewhat grueling 2007, but I was sorely mistaken. ... Go to Full Article

links for 2008-02-07 YouTube - Ron Paul is insane. (tags: video ronpaul politics humor) Go to Full Article

Dinosaur Trader Vs. Romeo The Valet Guy (NOTE: As it turns out, there will be waves in the morning. So I won't have a "good morning" or "link-love" post up. Instead, I bring you this heartwarming tale.) Grandma's birthday was in January. She passed away a few years ago (at ... Go to...

Wednesday Trade Review 2/6/2008 Dug a hole this morning and filled it in this afternoon. - The numbers: Stocks: gross +61 net + 39 shares 3400 Stock Futures: none Other Futures: none Forex: none. Go to Full Article

Stock Chart Analysis CPLA Stock Chart Analysis CPLA Capella Education Company (Public, NASDAQ:CPLA) CPLA looks like it has entered a downtrend, or at a minimum an intermediate correction. It has been in a healthy uptrend since IPO'ing just over a year ago, ... Go to Full Article

Hang Seng and Nikkei Drop 5% Today Hong Kong?s Hang Seng ($HSI) Index plummeted 5% today, after ejecting out of a moving average squeeze pattern following a descending triangle technical pattern. The Index fell 1339 points to close at 23469. The frequency of gaps in the ... Go to Full...