Archive for September, 2009

  • Science, too big to fail
    Aiki14 Market Sense, September 26th, 2009 at 5:31 pm, Comments: 0

    While not directly market related, I would like your indulgence for a few moments on a topic I am interested in. I will tie it in to the markets but really it's more of a social zeitgeist matter. One of those cliche sayings you hear now and again is "If we can put a man [...]

  • Why I am short the Ratings Agencies
    Aiki14 Market Sense, September 20th, 2009 at 2:53 pm, Comments: 0

    I am on record here on this blog and on StockTwits TV as having the opinion that the three agencies primarily responsible for putting ratings on mortgage backed securities are among the most responsible entities for the economic crisis the nation and indeed the world has endured these last 20 months or so. But feeling [...]

  • Great Reference Source On Economics
    Aiki14 Market Sense, September 16th, 2009 at 7:01 am, Comments: 0

    While working on research for this blog, my StockTwitsTV show or my business I often use many sites for reference. I have listed them in an earlier blog here However I want to single out one particularly great source of information that I find myself using quite frequently as a reference, and as a place [...]

  • An Excuse to Bring the Market Down
    Aiki14 Market Sense, September 13th, 2009 at 10:45 pm, Comments: 0

    I am one of the people who has expected to get a correction in the Equities Markets for some time now. I think there are many data points that support this position but the general market sentiment and certainly that of the financial media has been quite rosy of late. It was like the market [...]

  • Thought for 9/11
    Aiki14 Market Sense, September 11th, 2009 at 7:34 am, Comments: 0

    Hard to believe it has been 8 years since that day. Many of the folks in the financial industry and especially those of us from the New York area have stories of friends lost, lives changed forever. Joe Donohue, upsidetrader to those of you who may follow him on twitter or Stocktwits recounts his recollection [...]

  • Why I am Short the long Bond
    Aiki14 Market Sense, September 10th, 2009 at 3:33 pm, Comments: 0

    Currently I am short the 30yr U.S. Treasury Bond by being long the Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) TBT and short the ZB Futures contracts from ZBU09 (Front month Sept 09) as far out as ZBH10 (Mar 2010). I added to TBT this afternoon at 46.16 and 46.05 and am adding to the short futures position [...]

  • The Death Penalty
    Aiki14 Market Sense, September 7th, 2009 at 10:45 pm, Comments: 0

    I read a story today in the New Yorker about a guy who was executed in Texas and it is very likely that he was innocent of the charges against him. Here's a link to the article I am not against the death penalty per se, I think a person who takes another persons life [...]

  • Focus
    Aiki14 Market Sense, September 2nd, 2009 at 2:03 am, Comments: 0

    While spending some time on the new StockTwits desktop I came upon a tweet by Nick Fenton http://twitter.com/nickfenton that linked to an article about focus. I believe the ability to focus upon a task, whatever it might be, is the single most important factor in achieving excellence. On many occasions while involved in a trade [...]