Archive for September, 2011

• Window Breaking
  Posted by Robert Sinn on September 30th, 2011 at 4:19 pm, Comments: 0

  Over the weekend and early in the week, there was a strong consensus among market participants that we would see a “window dressing” rally this [...]

• Noise
  Posted by Robert Sinn on September 30th, 2011 at 1:48 pm, Comments: 0

  This is a picture of sound waves (noise):   This is a chart of the $SPX over the past two months:   Share on StockTwits

• How NOT to Trade This Market
  Posted by Robert Sinn on September 29th, 2011 at 4:00 pm, Comments: 0

  I’ll let you in on a little secret: This market is here to fool you and take your money. Yeah I know, nothing ground breaking [...]

• Rebalancing
  Posted by Robert Sinn on September 29th, 2011 at 11:00 am, Comments: 0

  After an inexplicably large gap higher off the open, equities are markedly weakening as the session progresses. There has been notable weakness beneath the surface [...]

• The Most Important Chart of the Day
  Posted by Robert Sinn on September 28th, 2011 at 4:10 pm, Comments: 0

  Recently, the $SPY and the US Dollar Index ($DX_F, $UUP) have exhibited a strong inverse correlation. In fact, yesterday @gtotoy joked that there was a [...]

• Schadenfreude
  Posted by Robert Sinn on September 28th, 2011 at 1:59 pm, Comments: 0

  Everyone loves to engage in a little schadenfreude from time to time, whether we admit to it or not. Financial markets have a special affection for [...]

• Trying to Make Sense of it All
  Posted by Robert Sinn on September 27th, 2011 at 8:29 pm, Comments: 0

  Today’s rally ($SPY) up until 2:15pm felt weak and lacked broad based conviction (anyone notice that energy is flat on its ass? $OIH $XLE) – [...]

• A Few Snippets From Fisher’s Speech
  Posted by Robert Sinn on September 27th, 2011 at 3:07 pm, Comments: 0

  Dallas Fed President just released a speech entitled “Explaining Dissent on the FOMC’s Vote for Operation Twist”  wherein he offers his rationale for dissenting from [...]

• A Word About Fundamentals Part II: Silver
  Posted by Robert Sinn on September 27th, 2011 at 10:09 am, Comments: 0

  What is an ounce of silver worth? What is it worth to you? What is it worth to your neighbor? What is it worth to [...]

• Need Volatility?
  Posted by Robert Sinn on September 27th, 2011 at 7:46 am, Comments: 0

  Silver continues on its course of ensuring that anyone who dares to trade silver futures ($SI_F) using stop-loss orders will be stopped out within hours [...]