Linkfest: Yellen’s first ‘Fed day’; Luck v. skill in investing; Don’t mortgage your house to buy stocks
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Today’s most shared:
- Yellen’s first FOMC meeting as chair, and her first press conference… Allowing any intentional inflation ‘overshoot’ seen explicitly ruled out by policy, and by central banker DNA.
- Luck v. skill: Bill Gross v. Bill Miller.
- Why you shouldn’t mortgage your home to buy stocks… do articles suggesting otherwise point towards bubbling irrational exuberance?
- New York AG Schneiderman explains why he is targeting HFT firms.
- Limits of technical analysis, data science.
What to Watch From the Fed Wednesday
Wall Street Journal
In her first press conference as Fed chairwoman, Yellen will likely face questions on the continued reduction in bond purchases and the recent deterioration in economic conditions.
shared by @edwardnh, Crossing Wall Street, @HamzeiAnalytics, @CMEGroup
Wall Street Journal
In her first press conference as Fed chairwoman, Yellen will likely face questions on the continued reduction in bond purchases and the recent deterioration in economic conditions.
shared by @edwardnh, Crossing Wall Street, @HamzeiAnalytics, @CMEGroup
That Train Left the Station
Economist’s View
I was re-reading some of the recent overshooting debate and it occurred to me that it is comical that we are even having this discussion. The Fed is not going to deliberately overshoot inflation, period. That train left the station long ago.
shared by @BCAppelbaum, @ObsoleteDogma, Free Exchange, @IvanTheK
Economist’s View
I was re-reading some of the recent overshooting debate and it occurred to me that it is comical that we are even having this discussion. The Fed is not going to deliberately overshoot inflation, period. That train left the station long ago.
shared by @BCAppelbaum, @ObsoleteDogma, Free Exchange, @IvanTheK
Luck vs. skill: What Bill Gross and Bill Miller have in common
Fortune
Like Bill Miller, reigning bond ruler Bill Gross has tripped after years of a hot hand. Was his success more than a lucky streak?
shared by @cullenroche, @BarbarianCap, Crossing Wall Street
Fortune
Like Bill Miller, reigning bond ruler Bill Gross has tripped after years of a hot hand. Was his success more than a lucky streak?
shared by @cullenroche, @BarbarianCap, Crossing Wall Street
Junk Bonds at $2 Trillion as Gundlach Pulls Back
Bloomberg
The junk-bond bonanza that’s doubled the market to almost $2 trillion since the credit crisis has Jeffrey Gundlach heading toward the exit.
shared by @ReformedBroker, @volatilitysmile, @DavidSchawel, @eisingerj, @mccarthyryanj
Bloomberg
The junk-bond bonanza that’s doubled the market to almost $2 trillion since the credit crisis has Jeffrey Gundlach heading toward the exit.
shared by @ReformedBroker, @volatilitysmile, @DavidSchawel, @eisingerj, @mccarthyryanj
Why New York AG wants curbs on high-frequency traders
MarketWatch
New York’s Attorney General Eric Schneiderman answers a few questions on his announcement that’s he probing high-frequency trading firms.
shared by @ritholtz, @faisalislam
MarketWatch
New York’s Attorney General Eric Schneiderman answers a few questions on his announcement that’s he probing high-frequency trading firms.
shared by @ritholtz, @faisalislam
Greenberg: Don’t Mortgage Your Home to Buy Stocks
The Street
If you’re the average investor, don’t even go there. If we’ve learned nothing else over the last stock and mortgage crashes, it’s that home equity loans are best used for one thing: Improving the value of your home, and even there they can hold risk. It’s a source of funding of last resort for any other uses, especially gambling.
shared by @JacobWolinsky, @markgongloff, @IvanTheK, @footnoted, Abnormal Returns
The Street
If you’re the average investor, don’t even go there. If we’ve learned nothing else over the last stock and mortgage crashes, it’s that home equity loans are best used for one thing: Improving the value of your home, and even there they can hold risk. It’s a source of funding of last resort for any other uses, especially gambling.
shared by @JacobWolinsky, @markgongloff, @IvanTheK, @footnoted, Abnormal Returns
3 reasons to tap home equity to buy stocks
msn.com
Here’s why leveraging your house to scoop up deals in the stock market might pay off big.
shared by @ObsoleteDogma, @TheStalwart, @kevinroose, @finansakrobat
msn.com
Here’s why leveraging your house to scoop up deals in the stock market might pay off big.
shared by @ObsoleteDogma, @TheStalwart, @kevinroose, @finansakrobat
The Stages of Bubble Mania: Ritholtz Chart
bloombergview.com
Where are we in the market bubble?
shared by @JacobWolinsky, @ryanchittum, reddit/Economics, @JohnLothian, @Dvolatility
bloombergview.com
Where are we in the market bubble?
shared by @JacobWolinsky, @ryanchittum, reddit/Economics, @JohnLothian, @Dvolatility
High-Speed Traders Still Trading Faster than Low-Speed Traders
bloombergview.com
If you co-locate your chair next to mine, you’ll be able to read my posts literally minutes faster than anyone else. Fees are quite reasonable.
shared by @matt_levine, @JohnLothian, @KidDynamiteBlog, @TimOBrien
bloombergview.com
If you co-locate your chair next to mine, you’ll be able to read my posts literally minutes faster than anyone else. Fees are quite reasonable.
shared by @matt_levine, @JohnLothian, @KidDynamiteBlog, @TimOBrien
Technical Analysis and Individual Investors
All Star Charts
The paper overall is focused more on the psychology of individual investors at this dutch discount brokerage. It’s about the psychology behind these investors who claim to focus on technicals and how they misuse it as most amateurs do. I think the points that the paper makes are valid points and confirm a lot of the things we already knew.
shared by @tradefast, @TheArmoTrader
All Star Charts
The paper overall is focused more on the psychology of individual investors at this dutch discount brokerage. It’s about the psychology behind these investors who claim to focus on technicals and how they misuse it as most amateurs do. I think the points that the paper makes are valid points and confirm a lot of the things we already knew.
shared by @tradefast, @TheArmoTrader
A Prison Life: Ex-Banker Struggles
Wall Street Journal
Lee Farkas, only a few years ago the chairman of a major mortgage company, now is the most senior executive imprisoned for conduct related to the financial crisis.
shared by @TonyTassell, @LaurenLaCapra
Wall Street Journal
Lee Farkas, only a few years ago the chairman of a major mortgage company, now is the most senior executive imprisoned for conduct related to the financial crisis.
shared by @TonyTassell, @LaurenLaCapra
Derman: We must be careful not to get too enamored of statistics and data science
edge.org
shared by @felixsalmon, @counterparties, @andrewtghill, @eisingerj, @EpicureanDeal
edge.org
shared by @felixsalmon, @counterparties, @andrewtghill, @eisingerj, @EpicureanDeal
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