$10k invested in Apple in 2003 would be worth over $500k today
Not bad at all, I remember Atilla over @ xTrends said Apple was going to $7 bucks a share about a year ago. - Not even close!
Thursday, February 10, 2011
March Madness - and no I'm not talking about basketball
Knight Capital has released a sovereign roadmap Catalyst Calendar which is a must read for anyone who trades with more than a 15 millisecond eye on the markets. And while everyone is now focused on what is going on with the Chinese tightening regime (with expectations of two-three more liquidity tightening steps over the next several months) with much speculating over just how priced in all this is (not much if one looks as the Bombay Sensex or even the SHCOMP for that matter), the real focal point should once again be on Europe. The reason: March is coming fast, and March will likely be the cruellest month for Europe, and possibly for the stock markets, and serve as the catalyst to introduce QE3 in all its glory.
Why March?
From Knight Capital...
March Madness -Political Risk Is High and Rising
Funny thing about democracies is the feedback loop between electorates and national policy
Policy risk remains tethered to national, and even regional political risk across the European Union
Higher risk within coalition governments
Breakdown of coalition (i.e. Ireland) can lead to snap elections and uncertainty around policy action
Two primary sources of political risk as it relates to the Euro sovereign crisis
Stressed states (periphery Europe) lose the electoral support to carry out reforms, trim deficits, and curtail debt
Core Europe or payer states (e.g. Germany) lose electoral support to bail out Peripheral Europe or debtor states
EurozonePolitical Sound Bites:
“We believe that Ireland may be left with no option, in the absence of a renegotiated deal, but to write down the value of the bonds in the Irish banks or face the prospect of a hugely damaging sovereign default”
Fine Gael, Irish Opposition Party, February 2, 2011
“62% of [German] voters oppose further bail-outs of weak euro members….”
The Economist, January 13, 2010
“49% of Germans would like to have a return of the D Mark”
YouGovInsitute, December 26, 2010
It may be “useful for the €440 billion European Financial Stability Facility to buy government bonds”
Jean-Claude Trichet, January 26, 2011
http://www.zerohedge.com/article/will-march-be-years-cruelest-month
Why March?
From Knight Capital...
March Madness -Political Risk Is High and Rising
Funny thing about democracies is the feedback loop between electorates and national policy
Policy risk remains tethered to national, and even regional political risk across the European Union
Higher risk within coalition governments
Breakdown of coalition (i.e. Ireland) can lead to snap elections and uncertainty around policy action
Two primary sources of political risk as it relates to the Euro sovereign crisis
Stressed states (periphery Europe) lose the electoral support to carry out reforms, trim deficits, and curtail debt
Core Europe or payer states (e.g. Germany) lose electoral support to bail out Peripheral Europe or debtor states
EurozonePolitical Sound Bites:
“We believe that Ireland may be left with no option, in the absence of a renegotiated deal, but to write down the value of the bonds in the Irish banks or face the prospect of a hugely damaging sovereign default”
Fine Gael, Irish Opposition Party, February 2, 2011
“62% of [German] voters oppose further bail-outs of weak euro members….”
The Economist, January 13, 2010
“49% of Germans would like to have a return of the D Mark”
YouGovInsitute, December 26, 2010
It may be “useful for the €440 billion European Financial Stability Facility to buy government bonds”
Jean-Claude Trichet, January 26, 2011
http://www.zerohedge.com/article/will-march-be-years-cruelest-month
Monday, February 7, 2011
Food prices hit all time highs
Commodity food prices have hit new all-time highs. It can take up to 10 months for commodity's prices from the stock market to hit the grocery stores. Expecting food prices to be raised in 2011
Double up 666 to 1332
Tad bit overbought here, thanks Bernake for the record price level of food to all time high!
When in a bubble, just make it bigger! is the feds response
Canadian dollar now worth 3 cents more than the US dollar, and it will continue
On other points check this video out, extremely interesting if you are remotely engaged by science and power
http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/holes-in-heaven/
When in a bubble, just make it bigger! is the feds response
Canadian dollar now worth 3 cents more than the US dollar, and it will continue
On other points check this video out, extremely interesting if you are remotely engaged by science and power
http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/holes-in-heaven/
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