How Does A Bear Market Grab You?
I revisited my old stats dating back 50 years ago when the U.S. was mired in deep recession, 1973–’74. Our expression then for the...
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Martin Sosnoff
- Sep 18
- 5 min
I Shoulda Collected Vineyards
A wine advocate who chooses diversity in his inventory, and in tastings, puts any portfolio manager to shame. After all, a great wine,...
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Martin Sosnoff
- Sep 11
- 4 min
Another Black Monday Hiding In The Bushes?
For those not around for the original Black Monday, lemme fill you in. First, digest this chart on gyrations in NASDAQ between 2000 and...
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Martin Sosnoff
- Sep 4
- 3 min
Stocks Getting Trashed ? Turn Off The Bloomberg
The best advice I ever got was from an old trader. When they trashed his stocks, he took a long walk. But, first shut down his quote...
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Martin Sosnoff
- Aug 28
- 3 min
High Profile Money Managers Cookie-Cutter Alike
Putting aside Warren Buffett and Carl Icahn who march to separate drummers my take-away on the quarter’s 13f reports shows sizable...
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Martin Sosnoff
- Aug 21
- 3 min
Toot-A-Lamma, Lamma, Any Old Umbrellas For Sale Today?
The old peddler sang out as he plied the Bronx streets, looking for business. Actually, I never saw any business transacted. The market...
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Martin Sosnoff
- Aug 14
- 3 min
Do You Remember Gasoline At 21 Cents-A-Gallon?
I surely do. It was late Thirties in the Great Depression. Pop drove a jalopy which took him down the long hill from Mt. Airy to the...
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Martin Sosnoff
- Aug 7
- 4 min
Inflation Always Worrisome, Yet Deflation Makes Me Crazy
I’m a Great Depression baby (1931.) But, with a good peg from third base, baseball was my game. I never went hungry while we lived off...
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Martin Sosnoff
- Jul 31
- 3 min
Soft Landing Fully Discounted As Financial Assets Jump The Gun
The market already has discounted a soft landing for financial assets, housing and iconic art. Nobody expects the FRB to rock the boat...
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Martin Sosnoff
- Jul 21
- 3 min
My 71st Stay In Venice
I am addicted to Venice which I’ve visited summers, annually, ever since 1951. The Vaporetto was free then, a few coppers. You shared a...
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Martin Sosnoff
- Jul 17
- 3 min
My Toes Couldn’t Reach My Bike’s Pedals (1941)
As a 10-year-old, the East Bronx was my world. It was 1941 and Bell Lab wouldn’t introduce the transistor for another 20 years. There was...
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Martin Sosnoff
- Jul 10
- 4 min
NASDAQ 100 Bounced 32%? Vas You Dere, Charlie?
At midyear, looking at sector weightings in the market, technology has blossomed to 28%. Unless brave enough to put serious assets into a...
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Martin Sosnoff
- Jul 5
- 3 min
2-Year Treasuries? Love Em Or Leave Em
I’ve spent over 60 years on the Street, but never carried Treasury bills until recently. Now I own a garbage bag full of ‘em, losing...
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Martin Sosnoff
- Jun 26
- 4 min
Buddy Bones, Riderless, Hugged The Inside Rail
Early on, a rim man on the copy desk of a publishing house, all six of us were confirmed horse players. The guy who took our coffee...
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Martin Sosnoff
- Jun 20
- 3 min
Pie Chart Asset Management A Mirage Of Stability
“ Get a hunch and bet a bunch.” we used to quip. But, those days are long gone. Today, socially accepted money management is serious, but...
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dforsosnoff
- Jun 12
- 3 min
Negative Yield Spread In Treasuries Widening, Perplexing and Bearish
I never, ever expected to encounter a chart like this one: Two-year Treasuries which historically sell at a discount to 10-year paper...
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Martin Sosnoff
- Jun 5
- 4 min
Let Economists Worry Over The Negative Yield Curve
For 2- year Treasuries its yield premium over 10-year counterpart still widens, unrelentlessly. I bought a basketful of 2-year notes when...
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Martin Sosnoff
- May 28
- 4 min
Apple Concentration By Buffett Eclipses Hyper-active Honchos
Sole item I trade-in daily is my jockey shorts. For me, speculation is dead for now. My old $10 ragamuffins like Dish, Teva and Rivian...
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Martin Sosnoff
- May 22
- 3 min
Berkshire Hathaway: Cracks Visible In This Grecian Urn
Warren Buffett’s celebratory annual meeting differs markedly from its annual report which is a boring composition that goes on and on in...
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Martin Sosnoff
- May 15
- 3 min
Structure A 7% Yield, Live Happily Ever After
In the good old days, 1960’s, I’d run 150% long and curse the FRB chairman when he took away the punch bowl and raised margin...
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