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By Peter Tchir, Minyanville Timing in fixed income markets can be as important as it is in equities. With so many more liquid opportunities in fixed income now compared to the past, this is a meaningful risk management tool. This “active” component will also include ideas in equity and commodity...

We are very excited to have Tony LaPorta provide three charts as well as his commentary on the overall market. In the past week, Tony has called a short on the Gold market with the price in the 1715 area (well ahead of this week’s sharp drop). In addition to that he had an excellent long call on...

  Hola Senor Bond Yield Just when things started to settle down following the panic from rising Italian Bond Yields, we saw the fire of fear spread to Spain.  Based on the selloff this morning the market is not pleased.  After rallying up to test the 1200 area in the overnight...

Hardly a day passes without some news from Europe these days that could potentially move markets. Whether it's Greece backing down on a holding a referendum, Italy's Berlusconi finally resigning, or EFSF buying its own bond due to lack of demand, there's no shortage of drama for the saga....

Aside from the fact that the equity and commodity markets are substantially higher than they were at the end of last week... we really don't have too much more to add. Nothing new at least. The arguments have been that the markets tested the point of maximum stress around a week ago... and held....

It seems everyone is looking for a place to put their hard earned money as uncertainty around the globe continues to rise. Oil, Gold, and Silver which have been the hot investments for the past few years took it on the chin over the past month with oil falling 13%, gold dropping 15%, and silver...

A slew of new signals to report for tomorrow's open of trading and the coming weeks. See my newly updated latest signals table for all the details based on the latest weekly Commitments of Traders data on how the biggest market players are positioned in the markets. For newbies, my COTs Timer...

On the one hand the damage to asset prices- so far- in 2011 has been significantly less than it was back in 2008. On the other hand a case can be made that the pressures within the markets are almost exactly the same as the very worst point in time in December of 2008. The bad news is that if this...

There are many ideas about market timing, stock valuation, and financial ratios. Text books, popular finance books, blogs, and television offer a buffet of theories. The goal for all is buy low and sell high, right? But how to do so is not easy. Use the Dividend Yield to Value the MarketThis...

Introduction Early in their careers investment professionals are taught the importance and benefit of properly diversifying their client's portfolios.  Modern Portfolio Theory (MPT), which was developed and promoted by academia, has taken diversification to the extreme.  According to Modern...