The markets are not changing so much as the technology that makes markets move. The technology has enabled machines to ping each other at speeds that give them an edge over humans (at least in the very short term) and people are connected to other machines and people in ways that can’t be quantified. The …

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As equities keep rising and more importantly to me, not falling, cash just has to make its way into the market. Underperformance makes big hedgies do crazy things. They chased up Bitcoins, they chased up biotechs and maybe now they chase up the ‘safety ‘ cash rich tech stocks like Cisco, Microsoft and even Apple. …

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A funny thing happened while I was walking the floor of the NYSE yesterday with CNBC talking about Stocktwits and Twitter and the markets (for an hour long episode on Twitter to air in June). We had a flash crash. Look closely: I don’t quite care who is to blame yet. Josh has a good …

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I have been in Manhattan the last few days and it has been awesome as usual. The meetings, the friends, the pizza… I was on Yahoo Finance ‘Tech Ticker’ early Monday Morning talking about $TSLA and $AAPL and explaining how I thought the market was perceiving both stocks. Here is the link. Tesla has rallied …

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It was an tragic week for many Americans. It feels so random and unavoidable from afar. When I was a kid, Israeli buses were always targets of terrorist attacks and I remember being drilled on by adults that I was not to kick a can or pick up and suspicious bags on the street during …

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Yesterday I sold the rest of my Apple. The kids don’t own it and I don’t own it. The last sales price I got was $415 and I posted it on Stocktwits. The last 25 percent down in Apple has been painful to watch and hold. The stock will bounce. The stock may return to …

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Let’s not sugarcoat it. The market is in a correction mode. Risk appetite is fading. Preservation of capital is a priority.. There haven’t been many stocks on the 52-week high list lately. You could see mostly defensive stocks with immediate catalysts like Pepsi ($PEP) and Verizon ($VZ), which beat their analysts’ estimates. Or, stocks like Tesla …

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I have been long $NKE (Max and Rachel too) for a long time and discussed the many reasons why on this blog. Yesterday I had the opportunity and priviledge to mentor the first 10 Techstar teams at The Nike Accelerator in Portland. Nike ask that you ‘Just Do It’. They also do it themselves, somehow …

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Distribution days are pilling up, correlation and volatility are rising, which is usually not a sign of a healthy market. Granted, the $SPY managed to find some buyers near its rising 50dma and tomorrow it could make fun again of all cautious market participants by rallying 2%, just like it did on Tuesday. Nevertheless, the …

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Consumer staples ($XLP) led the market bounce today. After yesterday’s widespread selloff, they were the first to get back to new all-time highs. Stocks like Coca Cola ($KO), Johnson & Johnson ($JNJ), Hershey’s ($HSY) continue to be appetite bites in an yield-chasing world. Relative strength proved itself again as one of the most powerful equity …

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