Redman

The Great Consumer Crash of 2009

A very good data-based article. But...and this is a very big but (no pun intened..but why not!?)..Americans always fight back..as he said...so why not now? Give us the right tools and the job will get done as it always has!
And, there are always ways to make money in the market...always.

Are Hedge Fund Programs Driving the Market?

Good article...especially about the mindless wonders who try to report the everyday goings-on. What I'd like to know is why doesn't the media delve into these real reasons behind the markets moves. Are they afraid the sponsors will opt out..or nobody will listen?
I've watched the program traders for a long time and try to explain to my clients the reason the markets jump 150 points in the last 20 minutes of trade....it's just like the full moon cycle: every month, a few days before and after the full moon, the markets (all of them) act very hinky! Take a look at a monthly chart of the S&P and check out the turns..they coincide with the lunar cycle. Spooky and I never fool with mother nature!