Is Salmon Brothers finally dead?  (WSJ) The Bloomberg Financial Conditions Index is back to normal.  (Trader’s Narrative) Heavily shorted stocks are leading the market.  (WSJ) SPACs ...

Looking back on just how bad things were in the stock market a year ago.  (Bespoke) No wonder insiders aren’t buying back their shares.  (The Pragmatic Capitalist) Can you still make a c...

Two positive short term signals for the stock market.  (Small Fish, Big Odds, Quantifiable Edges) Parsing signals from the Nasdaq TRIN.  (VIX and More) “If instead you blame Goldman for ...

The now famous “four bears” chart sure looks different today.  (dshort) The “money on the sidelines” argument is a canard.  (MarketBeat also FT Alphaville) Sometimes th...

Dow 10,000.  (Bespoke, DJ Market Talk, Curious Capitalist, The Reformed Broker) The S&P 500 is once again trading 20% over its 200 day moving average.  (Small Fish, Big Odds) A bearish set...

At least one company is not hoarding cash any more.  Berkshire Hathaway (BRK-A) buys railroad Burlington Northern (BNI).  (WSJ, 24/7 Wall St., DealBook, FT Alphaville) Warren Buffett is bett...

Despite a wild ride, the stock market is nearly flat since the 2008 election.  (Bespoke, ibid) How the July “momentum thrust” has played out so far.  (Trader’s Narrative) Ada...

Felix Salmon, “..every move upwards in US stocks or gold or the Aussie dollar or junk-bond indices is another step in exactly the wrong direction: it’s a step towards yet another massive ...

Companies are rushing to get through the IPO window.  (WSJ, SmartMoney) The gold market has all the makings of a bubble.  (Buttonwood, Fund My Mutual Fund also Telegraph) If you trade gold, li...

“For better or worse, the more likely culprit for the uptick in market mood swings is the increased popularity of ETFs.  As more take bets on sectors and asset classes rather than individual ...