Mike O'Rourke

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Mike O'Rourke is chief market strategist for BTIG, where he advises the firm's clients on Market developments and provides them with "Market Intelligence." Mike's primary focus is identifying short-term catalysts driving daily trading activity and addressing how they fit into the "big picture." O'Rourke has 13 years of experience in the financial markets. He started his career on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange with specialist firm Spear, Leeds and Kellogg. At SLK, Mike transitioned to the Nasdaq as market maker trading technology stocks in the late 1990s. In 1998, he joined the Proprietary Trading Group, managing his own portfolio, and thereafter, he traded proprietarily for Goldman Sachs following its acquisition of SLK. In 2003, he joined one of BTIG's predecessor firms. In 2006, O'rourke was appointed as chief market strategist for BTIG.
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Federal Reserve's Exit Strategy Simplified

By Mike O'Rourke

This should provided further clarity to Bernanke's plans to end the Fed's aggressive policy intervention.

03:46PM 10/16/09

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A Rest Amid a Historic Rally

By Mike O'Rourke

Investors have recognized this ISM report was one of the best in a couple of years, and the market has snapped back quickly.

05:00AM 10/09/09

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America's Lost Decade: You Lived It

By Mike O'Rourke

China's quasi peg to the U.S. dollar has helped to subsidize the U.S. standard of living over the past decade.

11:37AM 08/27/09

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Bernanke: Too Important to Leave

By Mike O'Rourke

The Fed chief has made some huge blunders, but he has learned from them, and that makes him the best person for the job.

08:42AM 08/17/09

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Scouting the S&P's No Man's Land

By Mike O'Rourke

With the right catalyst, the bulls will spring from the trenches into the war zone between the 1000 and 1100 levels.

04:36PM 08/06/09

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Disposable Tech: The New Frontier

By Mike O'Rourke

When one thinks about the progression from VCRs to DVD players to Blu-Ray Disc players, it makes you question whether you should buy anything in a format that will be obsolete in the next decade.

08:43AM 07/31/09

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Market Turns as Jobless Rate Peaks

By Mike O'Rourke

The market historically has rebounded when initial jobless claims reached a peak.

08:57AM 07/24/09

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Speculators Seek to Clean Up Speculation

By Mike O'Rourke

Even speculators welcome more regulation, as it levels the playing field and restores trust.

12:34PM 07/10/09

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The Bubble of Bearishness, Part 2: Banks

By Mike O'Rourke

We wound up in an environment in which financial institutions were penalized by the market for owning exactly what they are expected to own.

11:01AM 06/26/09

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The Bubble of Bearishness Bursts

By Mike O'Rourke

Around early March, the bubble of bearishness reached its apex and popped. The stage is set for an improvement in fundamentals going forward.

12:57PM 06/25/09

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