The Rule of 72
By David Nelson, CFA CMT Wall Street loves complex theories of why an asset class will outperform or head south. We tear apart income statements, balance sheets and parse every word from the FOMC. We run thousands of back tests on multi-factor quantitative models diving through virtually every data point that relates to a company, commodity, fixed […]
Oil and the Black Swan – Saudi’s go nuclear
By David Nelson, CFA CMT Investors have spent the last two weeks on a roller coaster as markets attempt to discount the coronavirus outbreak and potential damage to the global economy. With demand slowing it’s not surprising energy markets have been weak but Monday’s price action with crude looking to open down more than 20% […]
6 Charts Showing How Oil Still Drives the Market
6 months ago oil turned taking stocks along with it. David put together 6 stocks for Yahoo Finance to show the role oil is playing in both credit and stock markets.
6 things I’m watching this week: Pakistan, Oil, Yellen, Trump, Profits & Jobs
By David Nelson, CFA When I started this article I had 5 key observations to make as we start the trading week post the Easter holidays. Now of course we have a 6th following a deadly attack in Pakistan where the suicide bomber’s target seems to have been innocent women and children. As of this […]