Another note: the A’s are 3.5 games ahead of the Angels; and 15-1 to win the pennant versus the Angels’ 15-2? Does “home investing bias”…
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Another note: the A’s are 3.5 games ahead of the Angels; and 15-1 to win the pennant versus the Angels’ 15-2? Does “home investing bias”…
The Giants lead the Dodgers by two games with 35 to go. The prospectively fearsome lineup of the Dodgers is inaugurated by a opening at…
The Wall Street Journal had a piece alerting readers to the comparative lack of third party accounting verification of the wells of Chesapeake Energy (CHK).…
I had a remarkable run last summer in the futures markets, mostly from shorting the metals save for gold last August. The trading has been infrequent since then save for spates of shorting the 10 Year Treasury which on balance has been a disaster.
Last week I shorted both Corn and Wheat, even holding them short over the weekend. Frankly was planning to reduce the position but forgot the ag futures markets close at noon pacific and was left holding my breath a bit for the weekend. The basis of this trade effectively was a belief in mean reversion and the Corn trade worked out well with mild rains over Iowa leading to a drop Monday morning. I did not however want to be short going into the crop report, and even went long, but intending to get short again in all but the most dire reports should the price action after the crop report appear safe to do so.
Buchanan-Breckinridge Romney-Ryan 2012 was an inspired choice. It invites a holy barrage of mediscare tactics that will jeopardize a minimum Florida, Ohio & Pennsylvania. But…