Daily Archives: August 13, 2013

Insiders cashing out like bandits

Greater fools beware, initial public offerings are being sold to the public today at the highest pace since 2000. The IPO (initial public offering) market is scorching. It’s hotter than any year since 2000. But that offers yet another reason … Continue reading

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New Fed report on QE finds miniscule economic benefit

A new study published by the San Fransisco Fed yesterday confirms what a few of us have seen all along: trillions of Fed bond purchases over the past 3 years have added maybe a miniscule .13 to annual GDP growth: … Continue reading

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No margin for disappointment in US stocks

Jonathan Tepper, partner at Variant Perception, tells CNBC that large increases in margin debt in the NYSE have almost always been associated with pretty steep draw downs. Here is a direct video link.

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