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For those of you that are new to investing or haven’t experienced financial meltdowns like the one we’re seeing currently, I thought I’d write up a post on a somewhat similar situation which arose about twenty years ago. Contrary to what it may have seemed like the last 10 years, our capital markets are happy […]
I mentioned the term circuit breaker in yesterday’s post on government intervention in falling markets without really defining it. Circuit breakers are a market euphemism for trading curbs which are instituted during particularly intense draw downs in the broad market. They typically refer to stoppages of trading by the NYSE and were instituted after Black […]
After my recent post examining the response to event risk (and when it manifests itself) depending on perspective as a trader or as an investor, I realized that it might be a good idea to throw my two cents in on the difference between trading and investing. It would seem that this is a pretty […]
With the Fed’s opening of an emergency credit line for companies facing insolvency due to the current credit crisis, markets have rebounded swiftly and we’re looking at 2% days across the major indexes. I should be jumping for joy given that we haven’t seen such green days for a while now. Unfortunately, both of my […]
I hope you’ve all taken the time to check out Buffett and Lampert’s letters for this year. Maybe they’ve even piqued your interest and you’ve started reading more in the archives. But, if you haven’t, I thought I would write a few posts summarizing some of the best lessons to take away from these two […]
Well, it seems that my PEG analysis has reached a bit of a snag. The absolute valuation model is proving difficult to construct and it’ll be some time before I figure it out exactly. Thus, I’m going to take a bit of a hiatus from it. I apologize to those who were waiting eagerly for […]
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