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Commodities, Unemployment and the World Cup

Understanding the Employment Issue (Dash of Insight)

 

SPY Option Strike Clusters for Friday Expiration (Afraid to Trade)

 

Investors Like BP Escrow Deal With Obama, But Stay Cautious(WSJ)

 

Swiss National Bank Likely Gets Kick out of Spain’s Soccer Loss (WSJ)

 

Bookkeeping: Closing ETFS Physical Palladium (PALL) (MrSwing)

 

Today in Commodities: Calm Before the Storm? (SeekingAlpha)

2010 World Cup FINALLY!

Finally, the World Cup has started!!  Today I will be watching the U.S. play/beat England, if your not watching it you should be.  But here is a video of the first goal to kick of this next month of soccer by the hosting country South Africa!

This goal could not be more perfect!  Ole!

 

 

Health care, ETF Summary, & Olympics

Health Care Investing: Time to Pay Attention (Dash of Insight)

February ETF Trend Summary (Big Trends)

Dual Intraday Divergences and the Reversals that Follow Feb 26 Dual ( Afraid to Trade)

Forex rule pushback (Buy the rumor sell the fact)

Technical Picture-Bulls Defend Support (Wall St. Warrior)

Midday Briefing for February 26th: Catching Day Structure (TraderFeed) 

Data Points: U.S. Market (WSJ)

U.S. scores six early goals to trounce Finland in semifinal (ESPN)

2010 Winter Olympics

I have spent the  majority of the weekend watching the 2010 Olympic Games.

Here is a Day 3 Preveiw from ESPN.

http://espn.go.com/olympics/blog/_/name/winterolympics/id/4912985/watch

Are you ready for some football?

Happy Super Bowl Sunday!! What could be better than a day filled with football, commercials, and food?  To me…nothing!  So I am going to plop down in front of the TV, watch way to much pre-game talk and eat, eat, and eat.

Warm and Creamy Bacon Dip...

ETFs, Graph Analysis, and Top 5 of '09

ETF Update: Investing in India (A Dash of Insight)

Comparing the US Dollar and SP500 Relationship Since 2007 Peak (Afraid to Trade)

Narrow Based ETFs (Random Roger)

How Volume Determines Intraday Volatility and Opportunity  (Trader Feed)

Top Five ‘09 Stock Sessions (MarketBeat-WSJ)

Learning from bad graphs and weak analysis (Seth Godin's Blog)

The Stimulus Has Stalled (Planet Yelnick)

Playoff picture, scenarios (ESPN)

Forex correlations, Dubai, ETF updates, and post-holiday recaps

Wall St. Breakfast from Seeking Alpha

Dubai and holiday retail sales from The Kirk Report

A fresh look at the strongest forex correlations by Kathy Lien on Greenfaucet

The Declining Moving Averages of Market Internals Nov 29 by Corey Rosenbloom

Thanksgiving Week 2009 Stock Market Recap by Trader Mike

Hirsch & Person, Commodity Trader’s Almanac 2010 by Reading the Markets

ETF Update: Trading Discipline in a Time of Turmoil by Dash of Insight

Morning Briefing for November 30th: Wide Pre-Market Range by Dr. Brett Steenbarger

Massive Attack - Protection by Trader Rock

Ravens victorious over the Steelers in OT thriller WOO!

Grunge: Mohawks, Flannel and Loud Guitars (Michael Lavine's photographs via Rolling Stone)

Coleadero: steer wrangling in Chihuahua  on Lonely Planet

Let's Go Ravens!

Not much to say on a Sunday like this one except for a big loud CACAW! Going to join the rest of Baltimore in support of our Ravens!

In case you're in town, here's a good football guide for ya, Bmore style:

http://baltimore.metromix.com/events/roundup/baltimore-ravens-football-guide/169506/content

My pick-- Mother's Purple Patio! Enjoy---

Dow convergence, bond bulls, futures for Thanksgiving, and TheHotel in Vegas

Marvelous Mondays (Kirk Report)

Interesting convergence to watch at Dow 10,500 (Corey Rosenbloom)

The bond bull (Planet Yelnick)

Holiday trading slowdown in play (Toni Hansen)

A daily breakdown of Thanksgiving week history (Quantifiable Edges)

Stocktwits (for all you new to Twitter)

Options Trader Monday Outlook: Stuffing the Futures for Thanksgiving (Seeking Alpha)

Is the dollar driving stocks or the reverse? (Kathy Lien on Greenfaucet)

Quick reads (Dr. Brett Steenbarger)

It isn't easy being green (Rick Reilly, ESPN)

16 Rock Myths- Debunked! (SPIN)

TheHotel at Mandalay (thanks for a great weekend!)

Dollar news, SP500 Peaks, and Are You Using the Right Hammer?

The Dollar and Producer Price Index (Kirk Report)**

What a strong early tick as meant in the past (Quantifiable Edges)

Run on the Dollar (Planet Yelnick- Elliott wave analysis)

Building Value Lower (Traderfeed- Dr. Brett Steenbarger)

A Look at Recent Peaks in the SP500 (afraid to trade)

The Quant View: Market in Strange Dance with Dollar (greenfaucet)

Buffalo Trader Bullish Reversal Report 11/17 (Mr. Swing)

Hammer time- are you using the right tool? (Seth Godin)

Julian Casablancas - 11th Dimension  (Trader Rock)

Some Boys are Born to Wander by Walter McDonald (Poetry Foundation)

Dave Grohl Reveals Tales Behind His Trio of Led Zeppelin Tattoos (Rolling Stone)

College Hoops Tip Off Live (ESPN)

China, ETFs, Stock Market Updates, and Happy Veteran's Day

China and the US Dollar (Kirk Report)

Nov. 9 Stock Market Recap (Trader Mike)

Markets hit upper channel resistance (Toni Hansen)

The New Normal: A Secular Bear (Seeking Alpha, Elliott Gue)

I love goooooold! (Big Trends)

ETF Wednseday (Random Roger)

Lotta noise, no point (Planet Yelnick)

Previewing and reviewing your trading (Dr. Brett Steenbarger)

How's the world doing? charts! (Chart Addict)

Them Crooked Vultures NEW Album- streaming free! (Spin)

Phoenix Suns top early NBA Power Rankings! Woo!

from Late by Gottfried Benn (poetry foundation)

November 9th by George Packer (The New Yorker)

Happy Veteran's Day - thank you from all of us! (Military.com)

Don't Trust the Rally and more news

Don't trust the rally! (Kirk Report)***

Oct. 29 Stock Market Recap (Trader Mike)

Cash4GDP Updated (Planet Yelnick)

SPX 20/50 day Trap (chart addict)

NASDAQ launches iPhone App (Stocktwits)

Upside it is (Shark Report)

Follow ups and other fun facts (Random Roger)

Janis Joplin - Maybe (Trader Rock... since I'm dressed like a war-protesting hippy for Halloween!)

Ooooo-vechkin! Go Caps (ESPN)

Bahwlmer-themed Halloween, aka Baltimore for those not from here (Bmore Sun)

Saturday reading from new and familiar bloggers

A New Bull Market in NYX (art of contrarian trading, carl futia)

Pick 1 stock for 5 years (market folly)

Kirk Report round-up

The pyschology of this market (planet yelnick)

Visualizing the market's trend status (dr. brett steenbarger)

Indices close at new yearly highs (toni hansen)

Dip buying continues (david fry for seeking alpha)

OVIE!! Go Caps! (espn)

Where I wish I was right now....

and... 3pt favorites? I think NOT! go Ravens!

Trading News: Dollar Run, Copper & Steel ETFs, Trading Addiction, and more

The Kirk Report rundown

Aborted run on the dollar? (planet yelnick) *

Citigroup shares: hey, where'd all the volume go? (wsj, marketbeat)

Why copper and steel ETFs are moving (seeking alpha)

 When trading for a living becomes living for trading (dr. brett steenbarger) **

Surowiecki, The Wisdom of Crowds (reading the markets)

Individual sector analysis (chart addict)

Street Fighting Man, Rolling Stones (trader rock)

Tom Brady Draws Emotionally Roughing The Passer Penalty (sports pickle) ***

The Dollar, Natenberg, Robertson, and the Psychedelic Furs...

Happy Friday everyone!!

Morning briefing for Sept. 25 (Dr. Brett Steenbarger)

5 Reasons the Market will Moderate (WSJ, MarketBeat)

Trader Spotlight: FuturesTrader71 Trading the Fed (stocktwits)

The Dollar May Not Be Doomed (seeking alpha)

Friday Outlook- Another Strong Volume Sell-off (seeking alpha, David Fry)

Natenberg, Basic Option Volatility Strategies (reading the markets)

Are flash orders really so bad? (quantitative trading)

Julian Robertson: "We're in for some real rough sledding" (credit writedowns)

Reacting to News: The RIMM Lesson (a dash of insight)

Psychedelic Furs: The Ghost In You (trader rock)

Driving West in 1970 by Robert Bly (poetry foundation)

Traveling across the USA with Pearl Jam (Spin)

It's hard being a Cowboys cheerleader (Rick Reilly, espn)

Go Ravens!

Jody's on her way back from a trip to San Diego today, where she went to cheer on the Ravens as they battled the Chargers yesterday.

Check out Ray Lewis' game-ending hit that sealed the Ravens win!

-- associate editor Courtney

Market briefing, technical outlook, and how it's hard to get a hole-in-one

The lesson of Lehman (dash)

Technical picture: new recovery high (wall st warrior)

Morning briefing for 9/15: Trying to sustain breakout (dr. brett steenbarger) 

Soundgarden- Loud love (trader rock)

Morning checks (shark report)

Swimming against the tide (kirk report- various links)

Stocktwits recession poll (stocktwits)

A lot of caveats to this recovery scenario (seeking alpha)

Gregoriou, et., Stock Market Volatility (reading the markets)

Twofer Tuesday (random roger)

Can a trader be a do-gooder? (quantitative trading)

Slow roll; so 1938 again (planet yelnick)

Retail data push futures higher into open (market beat, WSJ)

John Dizard considers gold's bull run (controlled greed)

Everyone and their grandma has a hole-in-one. I want mine! (rick reilly) haha a must read!