No Sherpa Required

Perched high above the timberline on Colorado’s Mt. Elbert last weekend, I found myself short on oxygen and long on questions—namely, which pharmaceutical heavyweight deserves a spot in my portfolio: Merck (MRK) or Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMY)? At 14,438 feet, the air thins out fast, but the thinking gets clearer. Clarity tends to arrive when your […]

March 27, 2025

Global Market Comments March 27, 2025 Fiat Lux   Featured Trade: (HOW TO GAIN AN ADVANTAGE WITH PARALLEL TRADING), (GM), (F), (TM), (NSANY), (DDAIF), BMW (BMWYY), (VWAPY), (PALL), (GS), (EZA), (CAT), (CMI), (KMTUY), (KODK), (SLV), (AAPL)

How to Gain an Advantage with Parallel Trading

One of the most fascinating things I learned when I first joined the equity trading desk at Morgan Stanley during the early 1980s was how to parallel trade. A customer order would come in to buy a million shares of General Motors (GM), and what did the in-house proprietary trading book do immediately? It loaded […]

The Algorithmic Abyss: How AI Deregulation Threatens to Plunge Financial Markets into Chaos

Washington D.C. – A seismic shift is underway in the landscape of financial regulation, as burgeoning calls for the deregulation of artificial intelligence (AI) within the sector gain momentum. While proponents tout the potential for innovation and efficiency, a growing chorus of experts warns that unchecked AI deployment could unleash unprecedented volatility and systemic risk […]