March 9, 2011 - Quote of the Day
'A girl in the convertible is worth five in the phone book,' said 'Oracle of Omaha', Warren Buffet, CEO and the largest shareholder in Berkshire Hathaway.
Entries by Mad Hedge Fund Trader
March 8, 2011 - China's BYD Promises to Take Over the US Car Market
Featured Trades: (MY ALL ELECTRIC BOOBY PRIZE), (NSANY), (TM), (BYDDF) 2) China's BYD Promises to Take Over the US Car Market. For years now, I have been chronicling in exacting detail my quest to buy an all-electric Nissan Leaf automobile as the ultimate hedge against rising oil prices (click here for 'Getting Something for
March 8, 2011 - Quote of the Day
'You know you're no longer CEO when you get into the back of your car and it doesn't move,' ' said 'Oracle of Omaha', Warren Buffet, CEO and the largest shareholder in Berkshire Hathaway.
March 7, 2011 - Thoughts on Oil and the Economy
Featured Trades: (THOUGHTS ON OIL AND THE ECONOMY) 1) Thoughts on Oil and the Economy. If at the beginning of the year I had told you that oil would go well above $100/barrel within two months, there would be a civil war in Libya, and the stock market would hit a new three year high,
March 7, 2011 - An Update with Technical Analyst to the Stars, Charles Nenner
Featured Trades: (UPDATE WITH TECHNICAL ANALYST CHARLES NENNER) 2) An Update with Technical Analyst to the Stars, Charles Nenner. If you have not made your year by now, you are dead meat. Many of 2011's big moves have occurred, and there aren't going to be many fireworks for the rest of the year. Many
March 7, 2011 - The February Nonfarm Payroll
Featured Trades: (FEBRUARY NONFARM PAYROLL) 3) The February Nonfarm Payroll. President Obama's political advisors were no doubt popping the champagne bottles on Friday morning when the February nonfarm payroll showed a gain of 192,000. It was the best report in two years. The headline unemployment rate handily dropped from 9.0% to 8.9%. The December
March 7, 2011 - Quote of the Day
'The direction of interest rates is up. There is only one direction in the future and it is up. It's a timing thing,' said Kevin Ferry of Cronus Futures Management.
March 4, 2011 - Oil's Big Push on Corn
Featured Trades: (OIL'S BIG PUSH ON CORN), (CORN), (DBA), (ADM), (JJG) 2) Oil's Big Push on Corn. You would think that with oil crisis levitating over $100/barrel and gasoline continuing its relentless march towards $5/gallon, farmers would be wringing their hands, wondering how they can afford the fuel for their machinery. Not so. The
March 4, 2011 - The Sword Hanging Over the Housing Market
Featured Trades: (THE SWORD HANGING OVER THE HOUSING MARKET) 3) The Sword Hanging Over the Housing Market. Some 97% of the financing for the housing market is about to disappear. That is how much bankrupt federal agencies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are taking down in loan guarantees to the residential housing market. Created
March 3, 2011 - Watch Out for the Millennial Voter
Featured Trades: (MILLENIAL VOTERS) 3) Watch Out for the Millennial Voter.? I have been banging the table for years now about the importance of demographic trends for the economy, the financial markets, and the housing market. Well, politics is no different, as the table below of Obama's approval rating shows. Millennials, who are now