Real quick… Video #3 of my “Portfolio Prophet” trading lab series is now ONLINE! I’m going to be releasing my Portfolio Prophet software on Monday, March 21st, at 1pm Eastern. Everything is here… Good Trading, Bill Poulos p.s. Make sure you catch the part about the upcoming multiple market crashes I talk about in...

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Jesse’s Cafe’ Americain Stock futures are moving sharply lower after hours based on reports such as this: US Calls Radiation ‘Extremely High’ and Urges Deeper Caution. The emphasis was clearly on the risk in Japan today. The Middle East situation continues to deteriorate. The PPI and import prices are rising at a rate that suggests...

By: John Darsie of T3Live Wednesday was a volatile roller-coaster for the markets, as more fears of nuclear meltdown in Japan triggered a sharp late-morning sell-off. The day started off quietly after yesterday’s morning gap down and bounce, with the market drifting higher following a slight down open. However, stocks were sent tumbling when the...

by Tyler Durden And from the relentless shock and awe happening abroad every single day, we briefly turn our attention to the total financial chaos domestically. Following the settlement of $67.6 billion in debt from last week’s auctions, the Treasury managed to raise its dangerously low cash to a level that will give Tim Geithner pocket change...

Tim Iacono On perusing US Dollar, FOMC, and the Japan Crisis: The Dog That Didn’t Bark at Jesse’s Cafe earlier today, there were two items of interest that seemed worth sharing here, the first being more ominous warnings from Yale economist Robert Shiller, he being one of those rare dismal thinkers who can actually spot asset bubbles in real time. Shiller...

One of the characteristics of option trades that is particularly vexing to the new trader is the almost infinite variation in which individual options can be combined to produce a seemingly infinite array of choices. These combinations of the various individual options are more than a theoretical exercise; each individual combination often produces...

Update: Britain follows US in recommending all nationals in Tokyo and north of Tokyo evacuate More on the earlier news that Steven Chu “thought” a partial meltdown may have occurred, the just released news escalates the verbiage, which is now a definitive: “US Energy Chief says ‘partial meltdown’ occurred at the Fukushima...

By: Timothy Kelleher of T3Live Netflix, Inc. (NFLX) (Up strong on the pre-market and thru yesterdays highs) WSJ: Programming Plan Could Make Netflix New HBO Rival Apple Inc. (AAPL) downgraded to Market Perform from Outperform at JMP Securities Hercules Offshore, Inc. (HERO) FBR downgraded Hercules Offshore to Underperform with a $4.50 price target Take...

This is it, the moment every trader has been waiting for… After weeks of planning and preparation, our friends at MarketClub have officially announced the launch of MarketClub TV. And you are officially invited to join them ONLINE for the premiere episode: Join us ONLINE for the premiere episode of MarketClub TV At 7:00pm eastern, Thursday,...

Tim Iacono The Commerce Department reported(.pdf) that housing starts plunged 22.5 percent last month, down from an annual rate of 618,000 in January to just 479,000 in February, a level just 2,000 above the record low seen in early-2009 during the financial market crisis. Permits for new construction also fell, down 8.2 percent from a rate of 563,000...

Dear Traders, (“Portfolio Prophet” Training Video #2 is LIVE!) I may have revealed TOO MUCH in my second “Portfolio Prophet” training video, which I just posted online here… …so make sure you check it out before my son and business partner, Greg, convinces me to take out the “good stuff”. Here are...

by Tyler Durden U.S.:  Markets mostly negative this morning but showing some improvement over yesterday’s drop. In its FOMC meeting yesterday, the Fed reported that the economic recovery is on a “firmer footing” while it made no mention of the current turmoil in Japan. The Fed acknowledged an increase in commodity prices, but qualified them...

By Jordan Roy-Byrne, CMT Relative Gold is also known as the real price of Gold. Its essentially a comparison of Gold against various asset classes. Why is this important? There are two reasons. First, the real price of gold tends to lead leverage performance (e.g the HUI/Gold ratio). Second, the real price of Gold often provides hints of the...

JESSE’S CAFÉ AMÉRICAIN The US dollar is rolling over and going lower today, no doubt easily explained away by the meme of Japanese selling their dollar Treasuries to raise cash to pay for their much needed repairs. Except, that it does not bark sufficiently for me, but in context, the dollar just continues to roll over during what would ordinarily...