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January 14, 2011: Is fear creeping into the markets again? From looks of the equity market it does not seem so. Equities have been shrugging bad news coming out of Europe and slowly and steadily creeping up. In the past few days markets have generally fallen at the open, but then slowly regained its footing by the end of the day.

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December 31, 2011: Caveat emptor: Nobody knows where the market is going for sure in the next hour, let alone a full year. Nobody really ever knows and run from the experts that claim they know where the market is headed. The past few years must have proven that you. So how does one play the markets profitably?

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December 24, 2011: Remember Operation Twist announced with much fanfare in the US by the Federal Reserve. If the Fed's real intention was to push up long bond prices it failed, but if the desire was to pump up equity prices, success was  modest.

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December 3, 2011: The markets are waiting again this year for a Santa Claus rally in December after the huge jump in equity values last week. But history has proven that Santa Claus rallies are not guaranteed and it's best not to expect one this month.

October 24, 2011: The three major indexes--Dow, S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 have formed negative divergences indicating that the rally may end and markets turn lower.

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October 22, 2011: All eyes are on Europe for the weekend announcement of the latest prescription to avert the debt crisis. The equity markets meanwhile gave mixed signals with the Indian, Japanese and Chinese markets falling, but the US markets rallying.