Archive for May, 2010

• Sunday links: electronic incivility
  abnormalreturns, May 16th, 2010 at 6:21 am, Comments: 0

  Like it or not, volatility is back.  (Bespoke) The state of equity market sentiment at week-end.  (Trader’s Narrative, The Technical Take) It shouldn’t be surprising [...]

• Top clicks this week on Abnormal Returns
  abnormalreturns, May 14th, 2010 at 8:46 pm, Comments: 0

  Thanks for checking in with us this weekend.  Here are the items readers clicked most frequently on both Abnormal Returns Now and Abnormal Returns Classic for [...]

• Slicing the ETF pie ever thinner
  abnormalreturns, May 14th, 2010 at 1:41 pm, Comments: 0

  Felix Salmon is sniffing around the wrong delicatessen.*  He wants the ETF industry to design and launch an all-in-one fund that captures the returns on [...]

• Friday links: weak hands
  abnormalreturns, May 14th, 2010 at 11:42 am, Comments: 0

  “Gold has only enriched those who have known when to sell it to a greater fool.”  (FT also Bloomberg Businessweek) What does an investment in [...]

• Thursday links: market signals
  abnormalreturns, May 13th, 2010 at 11:34 am, Comments: 0

  Gold and silver have separated themselves from other commodities.  (Barron’s also FT, FT Alphaville) Bullish sentiment has backed off of its highs.  (Bespoke) Two contrasting [...]

• Wednesday links: going for gold
  abnormalreturns, May 12th, 2010 at 11:41 am, Comments: 0

  Gold hits an all-time high.  (FT also FT Alphaville, EconomPic Data, Felix Salmon) Individual investors should quit their moaning.  Times have never been better.   (Kid [...]

• The forthcoming golden age of stock picking
  abnormalreturns, May 11th, 2010 at 2:10 pm, Comments: 0

  We don’t go much for rank speculation here at Abnormal Returns, but let’s try this one on for size: The coming decade is going to [...]

• Tuesday links: market stability
  abnormalreturns, May 11th, 2010 at 11:52 am, Comments: 0

  Don’t fight the ECB!  (The Money Game) Insiders have scaled back their selling. (Marketwatch) How volatility affects a momentum strategy.  (Barron’s) The momentum paradox.  (Abnormal [...]

• The momentum paradox
  abnormalreturns, May 10th, 2010 at 2:27 pm, Comments: 0

  It seems that momentum has been in the news of late.  In this case we are not discussing recent market moves, but rather the use [...]

• Monday links: sound and fury
  abnormalreturns, May 10th, 2010 at 11:33 am, Comments: 0

  Sound and fury signifying little net price change.  (Bespoke) Volatility means increased demand for options.  (Investing With Options) Putting the moves of the VIX into [...]