Jonathan Swift

News Faster than News Outlets: Why the Internet (and Twitter) Wins

I cannot believe that intelligent people think it is important to get news about a celebrity 45 minutes earlier than they could get it elsewhere, perhaps then more accurately.

Perhaps for financial news it could be important if you are a stock day trader, but give me a break... why does it matter otherwise?

Eye on Financial ETFs this Earnings Season

My guess at 2 AM EDT Sunday (8 PM Hawaii time Saturday) is that the Monday market will open with lots of buying and by mid day will sell off. Leveraged long index ETFs (BGU and FAS) will start higher at the open and then fall before the end of trading on Monday. Just the reverse for leveraged short index funds (SDS).
Why am I going out on this limb? Maybe I'm a masochist, but it's actually an attempt to discipline myself to be more cautious about my enthusiastic prognostications. If the above predictions work out to be prescient, then I invite all readers to send me lots of money to start my own hedge fund.

36 Opportunities for the Beginning of the Bull

Possibly useful suggestions, but very pompous and self-centered commentary... including those comments above from sycophants.
Does anyone follow the profit/loss history of these blog commentaries?
I'd like to see the performance record of the above recommendations in about a year.

Time To Start Buying Some Dogs?

I also noted the miscue in the early comments about timing of buys and sells. It might be tempting to excuse that kind of error because of the urgency of these daily posts... but it's not excusable! To be a creditable advisor one should give the impression of careful consideration of what is being evaluated and said. Poor proofreading is definitely not encouraging about overall judgement.