I'd like to announce my permanent hiatus from the blogging scene. I've utilized the blog to leverage my knowledge and show my passion for the business, which has served me well, as I've learned from this experience a great deal and made a few contacts...

I've finally got some spare time, so thought I'd share my thoughts on one wild week we're going to have. The price action in the US 10-year Treasury yields last week was extremely bearish as the bull channel in place since the 1990s was broken, when...

Rationale: 1) With 16% of its float sold short, or 6,537,400 million shares, with 4.3 days to cover and average daily trading volume (3m) of 888K, it will take 7.36 days to cover the entire position. 2) On a fundamental level MNT is turning around,...

Yes, I know I'm on a hiatus , but that doesn't mean I can't take a minute out to re-print something useful I received in the e-mail from someone who would rather not be named. Oct. 1991 - The Stamp Duty was cut from 0.6% to 0.3% - SHCOM (market index)...

It is my first time in the Globe & Mail , which is Canada's NYT, and first time in print (no online version). I'm thankful to God, GM and everybody else who takes time to come here. I'll sure miss you in the next few months due to my hiatus. Feel free...

I'm delighted to announce that institutional readers (please e-mail me from your corporate e-mail) can win a copy of ' Bank Asset & Liability Management ' by Moorad Choudhry (Head of DE Shaw spin-off, KBC Financial Products). BALM is a reference...

Next week my internship at Drobny Global Advisors is going to start, so I thought this is the best time to post about my hiatus, as I'll be busy getting my US visa and other arrangements in the next few days. Being an international student sucks, as...

As you know, we're in the third year of the presidential cycle, which on a historical basis has been quite bullish for the markets. The DJIA has risen 24 times and fallen 5 times in the 29 third calendar year of the Presidential Cycle since 1891. ...

I've compiled a list of closed-end funds selling at a discount that you should consider. Besides looking for funds selling below NAV, I looked for companies which have are rated at least 4/5 from Morningstar, have a good 3 year track record, and have...

There's a ratio I like to look at for timing buy/sell decisions in Gold. This ratio, Gold/Oil, helps to identify overbought and oversold opportunities for gold. The chart below shows buying gold when the ratio is 8-10 usually pays of due to it being...