A very clear, concise and practical description of Tuesday's bottom by Ivan Hoff
[url]http://stocktwits50.com/2011/10/08/stocktwits-50-october-8/[/url]
Billy
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A very clear, concise and practical description of Tuesday's bottom by Ivan Hoff
[url]http://stocktwits50.com/2011/10/08/stocktwits-50-october-8/[/url]
Billy
Some interesting data about Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam:
[url]http://asia-jobs.fins.com/Articles/SBB0001424052970203388804576614813439419154/Malaysia-Indonesia-Thailand-the-New-Frontiers-of-Asia[/url]
The global debt clock
An interactive overview of government debt across the planet
[url]http://www.economist.com/content/global_debt_clock[/url]
Chinese investments, what and where:
[url]http://www.heritage.org/research/projects/china-global-investment-tracker-interactive-map[/url]
[url]http://quantifiableedges.blogspot.com/search/label/IBD%20Follow%20Through%20Day[/url]
[URL="http://www.slopeofhope.com/"]Slope of Hope. [/URL]
NYT review of "Margin Call":
[url]http://movies.nytimes.com/2011/10/21/movies/margin-call-with-zachary-quinto-review.html?adxnnl=1&hpw=&adxnnlx=1319199049-eBpzYzJb0caz+0/1ne3QVA[/url]
[url]http://www.schwab.com/public/schwab/resource_center/expert_insight/todays_market/sonders/sonders_101711.html[/url]
Key Points
Market volatility has spiked, starting with 2010's flash crash and culminating in this year's wild August, bringing asset-class correlations up with it.
High-frequency trading and the use of leveraged exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are the primary culprits, but the impact isn't all bad.
What are regulators doing and saying about the phenomenon?
Billy
The failure of economic thinking/models by academicians; as relevant today as it was when it was written in 2009:
[url]http://blogs.ft.com/maverecon/2009/03/the-unfortunate-uselessness-of-most-state-of-the-art-academic-monetary-economics/#axzz1bbhiuJpi[/url]
The readers' comments are also interesting and instructive.
[url]http://club.ino.com/trading/2011/10/a-simple-humorous-look-at-bank-derivatives/[/url]
Little humor on bank derivatives ..... thought I would share with EV group.
Enjoy!