Natural Gas and Other Catastrophes – Is There A Pony In Here Somewhere?
Wed, 15/02/12 – 17:05 | No Comment

It has been a little while since I have posted here. This has been due to much stuff going on to do with this blog and outside of this blog. In simple terms – pretty …

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Correlations? Forget about them! Commodity Decline Pushes Equities Lower
Thu, 12/05/11 – 8:07 | No Comment

Correlations? Forget about them! Commodity Decline Pushes Equities Lower

For those who still believe that Australian Equities are falling because of its currency, just stop. Today the spot rate was trading at around 1.06 against the greenback, now down almost 4 cents from the highs in a very short timeframe. The reality is that Australian equities just don’t care!

Last night, US had losses of around 1% across its indices, whereas the Australian market extended its overnight losses and ended down 1.76%. After the close, futures slammed our market a further 15 or so points. This makes the spread between SPI and ES at approximately negative 660 (see hedging with other markets).

Of course one of the reasons for our slump was BHP’s continued spiral down, mostly due to commodities getting slammed overnight and as it represents a big portion of our market (roughly 16%) that alone is reason to fall. I will cover BHP probably early next week, it is now down at 44 dollars, which is now an almost 15% after hitting all-time highs.

In addition, one can blame poor employment numbers, however, I do not think that this can be attributed to more than 15 points of the 80 point massacre.

All eyes on the European session, and as strange as it is, on Crude Oil now. I find it hilarious how we were hoping for oil to fall during Egypt’s crisis; we are now looking at Oil for recovery. Go figure. We live in a strange environment.

Hedging with Other Markets
Tue, 10/05/11 – 4:47 | No Comment
Hedging with Other Markets

I would to write a piece of hedging equity portfolios with other markets. Sometimes it is a good idea to keep an eye on how our market moves against other world counterparts. There are circumstances, …

Recent Downtime
Tue, 10/05/11 – 4:29 | No Comment

Hello recently I have had the unfortunate issue of seeing my site completely eliminated by hackers. Well more accurately my host was hacked, which ultimately led to my database being hacked. As a result of …

Australia A Bit Too High, US A Bit Too Low?
Mon, 30/08/10 – 10:04 | 3 Comments
Australia A Bit Too High, US A Bit Too Low?

Well it would seem that over the last few trading sessions Australian Equities have generally rallied to a higher level, in light of falling US markets. Friday DJIA seemed to enter a bullish breakout, however, …

DOW 10,000, Again! We Are Right, Again! Trust The Dow Baseball Cap Maker!!
Tue, 24/08/10 – 12:37 | 2 Comments
DOW 10,000, Again! We Are Right, Again! Trust The Dow Baseball Cap Maker!!

Art Cashin (pictured) was on the dot when he said that he thinks the market is manipulated by the man who makes the Dow 10,000 caps. We are right back here. And my analysis proves …

Australia Decides: Hung Parliament Looks Likely, Abbott PM?
Sun, 22/08/10 – 8:09 | 2 Comments
Australia Decides: Hung Parliament Looks Likely, Abbott PM?

The weekend was not as decisive for Australia as many anticipated, however it was definitely interesting. Australia faces the first hung parliament since 1940, and this would be very interesting. At this rate it looks …

Facebook Helps Stalkers More – Facebook Stalk.. I Mean Facebook Places
Thu, 19/08/10 – 8:05 | 2 Comments
Facebook Helps Stalkers More – Facebook Stalk.. I Mean Facebook Places

Wow, well finally it is here. The one we have been waiting for. Or well, not so waiting for those who love to cheat on their lovers, or run multiple girlfriend apps. Oh how lame …

Two Days Of Absense
Thu, 19/08/10 – 7:03 | 472 Comments
Two Days Of Absense

Walking down the astonishingly clean street, layered with beautiful pavement throughout the street, I couldn’t help to think how many slaves of the Communist Party layed the brickwork back in late 1800s, early 1900s. And …

Welcome To What We Call – Fear; Markets Collapse
Thu, 12/08/10 – 6:30 | 2 Comments
Welcome To What We Call – Fear; Markets Collapse

And this is what makes this experience so rewarding. Being right. Have a look at the collapse in equities, since it properly broke the red line, and finally the DJIA has closed below it. Target …

ASX Moves Higher, Asia Mixed Ahead Of US
Mon, 9/08/10 – 6:45 | 941 Comments
ASX Moves Higher, Asia Mixed Ahead Of US

The S&P/ASX 200, finished just under the 4600 mark, edging 28.8 points higher on an extremely light volume day. The biggest movers where AXA, moving higher by 5.18% to close at 5.48 and our highly …

Breakout Turns False, US Equities End The Day Slightly Lower
Sat, 7/08/10 – 4:45 | 2 Comments
Breakout Turns False, US Equities End The Day Slightly Lower

DJIA and S&P rebounded off their lows in light trade after 1pm as the Friday Effect took place, finishing the day slightly lower. This has moved the markets back above my red line that was …