http://alephblog.com/2007/09/13/fifteen-notes-on-the-state-of-the-markets/ Helping Institutions and Ordinary People Invest Better by Focusing on Risk Control Mon, 15 Mar 2010 06:14:31 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://alephblog.com/2007/09/13/fifteen-notes-on-the-state-of-the-markets/comment-page-1/#comment-5541 Aaron Mon, 17 Sep 2007 04:51:04 +0000 http://alephblog.com/2007/09/13/fifteen-notes-on-the-state-of-the-markets/#comment-5541 The fact that morningstar is moving into options research is quite interesting to me. Morningstar is generally a value stock picking bunch, giving 5 stars to what are generally thought of as slow growing large cap value stocks the most often. This move seems strange, but they'll probably benefit given the popularity of the options market. The fact that morningstar is moving into options research is quite interesting to me. Morningstar is generally a value stock picking bunch, giving 5 stars to what are generally thought of as slow growing large cap value stocks the most often. This move seems strange, but they’ll probably benefit given the popularity of the options market.

]]> http://alephblog.com/2007/09/13/fifteen-notes-on-the-state-of-the-markets/comment-page-1/#comment-5379 Chris Sat, 15 Sep 2007 04:52:13 +0000 http://alephblog.com/2007/09/13/fifteen-notes-on-the-state-of-the-markets/#comment-5379 One point 2, the "guy who said 'sell, sell, sell'" mentions his quant model for forecasting recessions has never given a false signal. Does anyone know anything about this model? Is this for real or are they back-fitting their model or something like that? One point 2, the “guy who said ’sell, sell, sell’” mentions his quant model for forecasting recessions has never given a false signal. Does anyone know anything about this model? Is this for real or are they back-fitting their model or something like that?

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