Investing Advice From Peter Thiel: Timing Is Everything

Investing Advice From Peter Thiel: Timing Is Everything

 Peter Thiel on Timing is Everything One of the dilemmas with our post-bubble hypothesis is that while the enormous distortions affecting the market, must eventually unwind, they can get bigger before reversing course. Balancing long-term and short-term views on the pivot of timing indicators is very tricky. For example, we think there is a housing…

Stocks Positively Reverse & Close Above Resistance

Stocks Positively Reverse & Close Above Resistance

STOCK MARKET COMMENTARY: Friday, October 12, 2013 The market positively reversed last week (opened lower and closed higher) after investors believed that a deal would get done in DC. So far this appears to be just another shallow pullback in size (% decline) and scope (weeks, not months). The primary catalyst behind this 4.5 year…

Adam Sarhan Reuters Quote: US STOCKS-Futures point to slight gains at the open

Adam Sarhan Reuters Quote: US STOCKS-Futures point to slight gains at the open

Fri Oct 4, 2013 8:55am EDT * Shutdown enters fourth day, investors watch debt ceiling * Dow, S&P 500 on track for second straight week of losses * Adobe Systems down; hackers stole source code, client data * Futures up: Dow 6 pts, S&P 500 2.7 pts, Nasdaq 4.75 pts By Ryan Vlastelica NEW YORK, Oct 4 (Reuters) – U.S. stock index futures pointed to a slightly higher…

Stanley Druckenmiller – “The Greatest Moneymaking Machine In History”
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Stanley Druckenmiller – “The Greatest Moneymaking Machine In History”

Join Our Free Newsletter  Who is Stanley Druckenmiller? Here is what hedge fund manager Scott Bessent says about Druckenmiller in the book “Inside the House of Money’ Stan may be the greatest moneymaking machine in history. He has Jim Roger’s analytical ability, George Soros’s trading ability, and the stomach of a riverboat gambler when it…

#Shutdown – Which Economic Reports Will Be Released & Which Will Be Postponed

#Shutdown – Which Economic Reports Will Be Released & Which Will Be Postponed

Join Our Free Newsletter & Get Powerful Ideas Delivered To Your Inbox Coutesty of WSJ By Josh Mitchell and Jeffrey Sparshott The U.S. government shutdown will halt releases of most official gauges of the economy. Private organizations produce some measures that could be used to track the economy, such as gauges from the Institute for Supply…

How The S&P 500 Performs When The Government Shutdowns

How The S&P 500 Performs When The Government Shutdowns

Government shutdown definition from Wikipedia  In U.S. politics, a government shutdown is a situation in which the government stops providing all but “essential” services.[1] Typically, services that continue despite a shutdown include police,fire fighting, the National Weather Service and its parent agencies, medical services at federal facilities, the postal service, armed forces, air traffic management, and…