Sunday, October 11, 2009

Weekend Reading: Markets and More - Volume Two

* FDIC facing growing failures among small banks;

* Three reasons for not pursuing trading as a living;

* Does restricting calories improve health?

* Sobering view on the pension crisis;

* Credit contraction and other topics for important reading;

* But for leverage, Amaranth's strategy was a winner;

* Size matters: ETFs can change markets;

* Thanks to a sharp reader for this link to an article on cocaine addiction in the financial industry;

* Behind the economic collapse was fraud;

* Getting beyond quackery in the coverage of economic data and markets;

* Diversifying beyond the U.S. dollar;

* Thoughts on political power and the financial system.
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1 comment:

OKL said...

I know this sounds a little nuts, but applying non-confirmation signals from a daytrading perspective and what happened in March09....

isnt the Commodities and Treasuries non-confirmation, relative to equities and to a certain extent, currencies, a worrying signal?

First it was the treasury market and the bond market, then commodities... i know Doc, that you've talked about how "stability in the bond markets is leading to stability in the equity markets"... at least that's how its being perceived for now... but its still rather bemusing to see that happen.

I guess the markets are pretty darn confused and to be honest, i find it difficult to gauge what's real and what's not when the central banks/govts are printing money and running stimulus' like nuts all over the world.