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The Leaper Kings

By Ian Mathias

08/26/09 Baltimore, Maryland

Here’s further proof that the market is off its rocker lately. Ladies and gents, the leaders of the new bull market:

The 4 Most Actively Traded NYSE Stocks

Ah yes, worthy foundations of the next leg up. Over the last two days, these four have accounted for 40% of the total trading volume on the NYSE. Forty percent! Call us crazy, but we doubt this is mutual fund volume piling in on behalf of their long-haul clients.

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Ian Mathias is managing editor of The 5 Min. Forecast.  We discovered Ian working as a full time rock climbing guide and writing on the side. As it turns out, markets and global economics can be extreme too… at least enough to keep him around. Since working for Agora Financial, respected media outlets including Forbes.com, the Associated Press, Yahoo, and MSN Money have syndicated his writing. He received his BA from Loyola College in Maryland and is currently studying writing at the graduate level.

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3 Responses

  1. tony bonn said

    hmmmmm….looks like the gs-bots, ms-bots, db-bots, and jpm-bots have been busy again….

    of course who could be surprised with all of those trillions of usd seeping into the equities markets from mbs and treasuries purchases by the fed….

    on August 26, 2009.
  2. Jack said

    The other shoe is about to fall

    on August 27, 2009.
  3. rick said

    I’ve seen this report now at several places, but no one ever explains who is doing this trading and why?

    on August 27, 2009.

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