Tuesday 1 September 2015

Top Tweets Today: 01/09/2015

If you recall  that the market first started to somersault with the Greek debt bailout story and all we've seen is China taking over the baton and pushing it even further. Having a chance to settle over the last number of weeks it seems likely that we'll be seeing this newsreel rearing it's ugly head again. It seems that the specifics of the bailout terms haven't meted out which is causing some alarm amongst investors. Elections are due to be held in late September and many will be watching to see if a likely candidate can be elected who is willing to separate the wood from the trees and put the Greek economy back on track. Wouldn't want that job for all the money in the world.


This is a great piece by CNBC exhibiting 8 stocks that could've turned an initial investment of $10 000 into $857 had you hypothetically own them at various times during the last 8 months. Although the word hypothetically means you followed the rules which we know in most cases isn't always the case plus it isn't to say that everyone would have thought there was value to be had from lower prices it does bang home the point that risk management is an absolute essential when it comes to investor or trading the market. The shorter your time horizon the more priority needs to be placed on educating yourself on the different ways of dealing with risk.


Green energy rolling forward with some great stats coming out of Europe. Last week I reported that almost 60% of German energy is produced from green energy, it's now reported that Tesla Motors Model S outsold BMW's 7 Series. It appears that the increased demand has come from Tesla's aggressive infrastructure layout with charging stations being setup at lightning speed...no pun intended. It does shine a good light for the way we commute which makes a considerable part of an ever moving global village and our awareness to harmful impacts on the environment.


Statistical analysis is one of my new learning areas I've been exploring especially when one thinks about seasonality and its context to indices performances.  Ryan Detrick breaks down the performance of the 1st trading day of September which statistically speaking is the worst month of the year for trading. With both the S&P 500 and Dow Jones opening down over 2% this morning, Ryan has found that only on 5 other occasions has the market ended down more than 2% on the first trading day since 1928. That's pretty impressive but what's really interesting is that the rest of the month following that has ended overall down 5%. Are we in for a bumpy September ride?
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