Volatility and Goldilocks

Posted on Saturday, May 24th, 2014

The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) Minutes from the April 29-30 2014 meeting were released this week. While there was not much in the way of surprises in the minutes there were two items that caught our eye. The first was that the committee noted that a couple of participants felt that conditions in the… read more.

Tiny Bubbles

Posted on Sunday, March 23rd, 2014

The market may not be in a bubble but there have been pockets of such. The Biotech sector, 3D printing stocks and battery power stocks do seem to have “bubble” characteristics. Those bubbles also seem to be bursting. Biotechs which surged at the dawn of 2014 have now given back all of their gains from… read more.

All Eyes On Ukraine

Posted on Sunday, March 16th, 2014

The Ukrainian situation seems to have changed some of the underpinnings and hallmarks of the recent rally in the market. If one were to look at the internals of the market rally one would see that small caps and biotech have been leaders in the market and there has recently been talk of a bubble… read more.