Market Monitor

We continue the week with football themes which seem apropos with the yo-yo stock market this week.

…Call me Deacon Blues. The reference to the Steely Dan song is extremely dated but brings home the point.

Have October blues got you down?  Worried about how you'll get through the next few months as temperatures fall and stock prices could go with them?  Are you looking for proven performance since this bull market began in 2009, with low price volatility and good liquidity?

Today’s headline is not a mafia reference but rather the one related to money stashing in times of turmoil.

With world events spilling over into what appears to fast becoming a bear market there may be trepidation in putting one’s hard earned cash into the market.

We will continue the theme started earlier this week in the Guide and ‘Investing Ideas A to Z’ with an ‘A’ stock from a long time ago.

It’s hard to ignore all the hype associated with any high profile IPO, and last Friday’s debut of Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. (NYSE – BABA) is no exception.

With the ‘new’ war pending in the Middle East, a contentious vote for Scottish independence, and a small cap funk here in September, we thought we would diverge from our normal universe today.

In this week’s Goldman Guide we discussed the rough start to September for the small cap benchmark, the Russell 2000.

With all of the events occurring on the geopolitical front we thought we should take the opportunity to take a break for levity with a ‘fun’ stock pick.