by Jason Apollo Voss | 08 06 2009 | Blog
Oh my gosh. Have any of you been reading about the Fiat purchasing Chrysler deal being held up? An Indiana pension fund has filed with the U.S. Supreme Court to nullify the deal. The reason is that they are upset that the interests of junior claimants to the assets of...
by Jason Apollo Voss | 03 06 2009 | Blog
One of my favorite ways of viewing market behavior was provided by Edgar Peters. He is both a professional investor and an author who wrote a book called “Fractal Market Analysis.” In the book he says that there are two types of market participants: short...
by Jason Apollo Voss | 02 06 2009 | Blog
You may have heard that both General Motors and Citigroup were both removed from the Dow Jones Industrial Average stock index yesterday and replaced with Cisco and Travelers. The Dow, which has been around forever, is a list of 30 stocks thought to be representative...
by Jason Apollo Voss | 01 06 2009 | Blog
Happy June everyone! The weather here in Santa Fe has been rainy and monsoon-like. It has staved off summer’s normal hot dryness. Whew! However, I am about ready for some lovely high-desert weather. I hope things are well wherever each of you is. Today’s...
by Jason Apollo Voss | 27 05 2009 | Blog
OK, so that is an obscure blog title…but here is what I mean by it trader = traitor. Did you see the big drop in the financial markets today? Give me a friggin’ break. There was no news associated with the drop at all. What’s more, the Dow Jones was...
by Jason Apollo Voss | 27 05 2009 | Blog
In the comments section of the blog, Nate, asked an excellent question that I wanted to address: “You say the European economy is going to see a nastier recession than the US and come out of it slower. This is due to, among other things, increased red tape and...