First off, I was relieved this morning to see the pre-market indexes swoon at the sight of the employment and GDP figures. I really wasn't in the mood to have the market keep climbing. We'll see if the swoon sticks. The September e-mini S&P (@ES0809) has done a 15 point turnaround in the span of half an hour as I'm typing this.
Second, I wanted to make a mention of MyTrade, a firm my employer (thinkorswim Group) acquired at the end of last year. This is a pretty cool social networking site for investors – – I've always described it as like Facebook for traders. The feature set is still relatively nascent, but it's a very cool way to organize the blogs you read, track people, add your own stuff (videos, images, notes). Here's a link to my own page, and if you're a thinkorswim customer, you can just use your existing username and password to sign in (otherwise, you can register, and it's free). Give it a shot!
