Archive for June, 2011

• Thursday links: lender responsibility
  abnormalreturns, June 30th, 2011 at 1:02 pm, Comments: 0

  Quote of the day Barry Ritholtz, “Lending to insolvent people, institutions and countries is first and foremost the fault of the lenders.”  (Big Picture) Chart [...]

• Thursday 7atSeven: walls and curves
  abnormalreturns, June 30th, 2011 at 6:46 am, Comments: 0

  Thanks for checking in with us for seven links (give or take) at 7AM Eastern.  Good luck out there. Just how high is the ‘wall [...]

• Wednesday screencast: cash calls
  abnormalreturns, June 29th, 2011 at 3:00 pm, Comments: 0

  James Montier is a must-read around here and his latest post is no exception.  In his latest piece he looks at the desire of investors [...]

• Wednesday links: embracing chaos
  abnormalreturns, June 29th, 2011 at 12:41 pm, Comments: 0

  Quote of the day David Blair, “Let’s face the facts: none of us are good at trading all patterns, in all markets, in all time [...]

• Wednesday 7atSeven: investing criteria
  abnormalreturns, June 29th, 2011 at 6:46 am, Comments: 0

  Thanks for checking in with us for seven links (give or take) at 7AM Eastern.  Good luck out there. Take it easy this summer, traders.  [...]

• Tuesday links: return requirements
  abnormalreturns, June 28th, 2011 at 1:17 pm, Comments: 0

  Quote of the day Douglas Tengdin, “The market doesn’t provide high returns just because we need them.”  (Global Market Update) Chart of the day Two [...]

• Tuesday screencast: model building mine fields
  abnormalreturns, June 28th, 2011 at 11:30 am, Comments: 0

  Everyone participating in the financial markets is working models.  These models can be implicit models we carry around in our heads or they can be [...]

• Tuesday 7atSeven: tail risk tales
  abnormalreturns, June 28th, 2011 at 6:48 am, Comments: 0

  Thanks for checking in with us for seven links (give or take) at 7AM Eastern.  Good luck out there. Don’t expect an up Tuesday after [...]

• Monday links: a recipe for failure
  abnormalreturns, June 27th, 2011 at 1:36 pm, Comments: 0

  Quote of the day Sean McLaughlin, “Comparing yourselves to others is a sure recipe for failure. “  (The Minimalist Trader) Chart of the day Gasoline [...]

• Monday screencast: losing your edge
  abnormalreturns, June 27th, 2011 at 12:07 pm, Comments: 0

  We have previously discussed how the “financialization of commodities” has changed the risk-reward equation for commodity futures.  Now it seems that the surge of assets [...]