Sector Mail Archive
10-15-24: Why the Media Don’t Want You to Know the Truth about Their Reporting
by Jason Bodner October 15, 2024 I love quantitative investing. It removes emotion from investing, so I can live my dream: writing financial algorithms while listening to Bach instead of CNBC talking [...]
10-8-24: October is a Month of Mysteries, Surprises and Split Personalities
by Jason Bodner October 8, 2024 October usually means a reduction in hurricane activity, but new potential threats are popping up. There are a few storms forming in the Atlantic and one [...]
10-1-24: Forecasting Market Trends Faster than the Normal Filings Disclose
by Jason Bodner October 1, 2024 Hurricane Helene just slammed into northwestern Florida as a powerful category 4. I hope everyone is OK. The forecasting was spot on, but weather forecasting accuracy [...]
9-24-24: The Fed’s Late-Blooming Flower … Finally Blooms
by Jason Bodner September 24, 2024 There is a flower that blooms so rarely that it might only bloom once a decade. The Amorphophallus Titanium, better known as the Corpse Flower, blooms [...]
9-17-24: September 18th Creates a Turning Point for Stocks
by Jason Bodner September 17, 2024 This is an exciting time for stocks. It may not be as exciting as when the whole idea for a stock market started more than 400 [...]
9-10-24: If Given a Choice, Would You Cancel August – or September?
by Jason Bodner September 10, 2024 Louis Navellier sometimes humorously says we should just close the market in August, since much of Wall Street is on vacation and the trading desks are [...]
9-4-24: August is Mercifully Over – Will the Market Return to Reality?
by Jason Bodner September 4, 2024 The August run of market manipulation is over. Labor Day is here. As I write, the world is quiet… Late August finds much of the tri-state [...]
8-27-24: Is It Market Blast-off Time Yet?
by Jason Bodner August 27, 2024 “3,2,1… Lift-off!” When I was a kid, I loved the hoopla around rocket launches. Imagine hurtling upward at up to 25,000 miles per hour – seven [...]
8-20-24: To Prepare for “Air Pockets” – Always Wear Your Seat Belt
by Jason Bodner August 20, 2024 In May, a flight from London to Singapore was smooth until suddenly the plane underwent “un-commanded changes in altitude and airspeed,” according to the Transport Safety [...]
8-13-24: August is Market Extinction Month
by Jason Bodner August 13, 2024 We think that life is stable, but over the last 450 million years, there have been five mass extinctions: End Ordovician (444-million years ago) Late Devonian [...]
8-6-24: What Kind of Volatility to Expect, Especially in Election Years
by Jason Bodner August 6, 2024 It’s August… the hottest month of the year, and the last full month of summer. That is, in the Northern hemisphere, as it is winter south [...]
7-30-24: Managing Change in Markets Can Be Stressful – But Profitable
by Jason Bodner July 30, 2024 I’ve just returned from another mini-vacation, this time in the mountains of Colorado – watching some of the snow fall in avalanches, much like the technology [...]