Stocks & Equities

parker 2When Morgan Stanley’s Adam Parker had a notable change in heart earlier in the year when he turned from a raging bull to a muted bear, it unleashed a series of odd letters to MS clients such as this one from April where “In Bizarre, Schizophrenic Note Morgan Stanley Compares Rally Chasers To “Cockroaches”, followed by an angry noted aimed at “Fake Contrarians Who “Only Care About Price”, culminating with a letter in July in which he feared becoming the “counter-indicating idiot.”  

Well, several months later, with the central banks refusing to allow his bearish narrative to manifest itself, this morning Parker flip-flopped again, and once more threw in the towel, this time reverting back to his old bullish ways, when overnight he released a note titled.….continue reading HERE

 

…related Michael Campbell on: Complexity Failure Crisis & Panic

Hot Properties: August Sales Numbers Are In!

Ozzie walks through the Vancouver area real estate sales numbers. Some areas up and some sharply down. One thing for certain, foreign buyers are leaving for greener pastures.

…Featured Guest: Be Really Careful Here

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Live From The Trading Desk: Look Out Below

Victor Adair is positioning himself on the short term to take advantage of multiple markets that look to be heading down, Oil, CDN Dollar, Gold. Even a short sale is the only position he wants on Stocks right here.

…related Michael Campbell on: Complexity Failure Crisis & Panic

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Complexity Failure Crisis & Panic

Intensive Government management of our economy cannot solve the problems we have. There are too many variables involved. Massive debt problems, commodity prices, currency values, the actions of Governments at all three levels, International Government actions. They’ve all led to untenable derivative positions and banking system problems could trigger a significant liquidation panic at any time.

…Martin Armstrong on: Sovereign Debt Crisis – Banking Crisis – Derivative Clearinghouse Risk

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Be Really Careful Here

 

Featured guest John Johnson  has had such a terrific track record with the CDN Dollar and the economy. Chief Strategist of of Davis Rea, John sees the next 2 weeks when market volumes pick up from the summer doldrums as critical in determining whether the stock market can move higher. Views the bond market as not capable of producing the returns investors need. Overall he is on the pessimistic side.

….Michael Campbell on: Complexity Failure Crisis & Panic

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