Market Structure Insights
August 8, 2018
There are two pillars to market intelligence: The Rules, and The Money. By market intelligence, I mean information about what’s pricing a stock. So, translating, information about what’s pricing a stock must derive from the rules that govern stock-trading, and how money conforms to those...
August 1, 2018
We are finally watching Breaking Bad five years after the most successful basic cable series in television history ended. It’s symbolic of the era that we’re viewing it via Netflix. And NFLX Market Structure Sentiment is bottomed, and shorts have covered. We’ll come to market...
July 25, 2018
The earnings-versus-expectations construct that fixates Wall Street and business journalism as companies report results fuels bets on which shell hides the pea. In fact, the stock market is built now on hiding the pea and moving the shells, apparent in the Fee Pilot debate we’ve...
July 18, 2018
We spent last week in Summit County, famous for Breckenridge and Keystone. With windows open and the sun set, the temperature at 9,000 feet drops fast, great for sleeping. It’s not great for staying awake reading a Kindle but I worked through some exciting pages...
July 11, 2018
This year’s rare midweek July 4 prompted a pause for the Market Structure Map to honor our Republic built on limited government and unbounded individual liberty. Long may it live. Returning to our market narrative: Did you know that 100% of Exchange Traded Fund creations...
June 27, 2018
What’s actionable? It’s a buzzword of business and the investor-relations profession. And, yes, my title violates a rule of grammar because you can’t tell if the topic is a hoax about actionability or if a hoax out there has proved actionable. We’ll answer using the...