Market Structure Insights

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February 2, 2022

There are four Pinthouse locations in Austin and Round Rock, TX. We’ve not been to any of them but we’ve had their scrumptious hazy IPA beer, Electric Jellyfish.  It may be the world’s best. And the stock market has been an electric jellyfish. Let me...

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January 26, 2022

There’s no excuse.  It’s 2022.  Not 1934, when Benjamin Graham wrote Security Analysis. Back then, the timeless notion of buying profitable companies with undervalued growth opportunity took firm shape. But its interpretation would have to be shaped by the Securities Acts of 1933 and 1934,...

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January 19, 2022

My advice? When the market gets tough, go sailing.  Heck, go sailing when stocks are soaring.  I recommend it. If you missed the Market Structure Map, we were on hiatus the past two weeks whilst undulating via catamaran over azure seas along the Sir Francis...

December 29, 2021

Here we go again.  Twitter fans of Fast Trading are claiming these firms help markets and especially the little guy. Now, before you check out, what’s the Big Market Story of 2021? Retail trading. Right?  Meme stocks. The rise of the Reddit Mob. Editorial Note:...

December 22, 2021

Science and the stock market both aim for outcomes data don’t support. I’m going to take you on a short but intense journey, with ground rules. I’ll ask that you check politics at the door.  Keep an open mind. I’ll take Science first.  Suppose it...

December 15, 2021

“Do you see the market as disingenuous?”  That’s what the Benzinga host asked me yesterday on a stock-market web program.  I generally do two Benzinga shows per week on market structure, for traders. “No, I see the market as genuine but not motivated most times...

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