If you have a portfolio of 1000 stocks, there are 5 key decisions that one needs to take: Buy to Open Sell to Open Buy to Close Sell to Close Do Nothing In a quant based strategy like the one I have been working for the past few months , the signals help me get on to the position. However, there is a catch. As you get on to the position based on external asset price movements, you have to look at something relating to the portfolio, which is RISK.

House approves the $700 billion package!! Link : Approved

Link : House again Will the bail out package be approved this time ? I bet that it would be passed this time in the House..Why ? May be trying to be a bit optimistic i guess..It will be fun to track VIX in this week.Today there was a record volume of puts traded . Whats in store for this week ? well, it is drama time NOW!! :) They say this is the worst year for anybody to graduate out of a program…I say, it is fun to be in such uncertain periods and watch closely the markets.

Looking at the chart of 1 day DOW movement, it would be hard to say that we are in one of worst financial crisis. The significant feature of this crisis, when people write about it , would be that of a volatility based crisis where vol is created by government regulations, panic etc.. ~500 point increase in DOW on a single day…and we are in a financial crisis!!!! Who says markets are predictable ?