Category Equity Markets
Herbalife – Bull and Bear Cases in Charts
The Herbalife (HLF) story is a gift that keeps on giving. If 2013’s wild ride en route to a more than 200% gain wasn’t enough, it looks like we might not be finished yet. I’m giving a quick review of both upside and downside cases for this one. Read on: Bull Case Here’s a look […]
Is Amazon A Value Play?
WSJ – The shift to online shopping has already turned Amazon into a behemoth, and is often cited as a factor in the decline of traditional stores.
Bitcoin’s Latest Drama
Bloomberg – Mt. Gox, which had the largest market share of all digital currency exchanges as recently as April 2013, went offline yesterday, after halting customer withdrawals on Feb. 7. A document posted on the Internet that appeared to be an internal strategy document said Mt. Gox had lost 744,408 Bitcoins — about $390 million — as […]
Stay Posted
I’ve been hammering out the kinks of a new trading strategy for the past week, and I’m pretty excited about it. It’s got a high probability setup that actually sees a fair amount of entry signals. I’ll be posting more on the markets and my personal account next week. I’ll also be giving an update […]
The Dollar’s Loss is My Gain
The government shutdown isn’t a big deal…yet. Despite trading down 8 out of the last 10 sessions, the S&P hasn’t actually moved much. Before today, the index had only seen a net loss of 40 points. Despite the volatility, much of the market is essentially on hold right now. Should the shutdown continue into next […]
U.K. > U.S.A.
Great Britain’s GDP was just revised up another 0.7%, off of strong manufacturing and construction numbers, further underlining steady overall growth. The BoE recognizes these positive data outputs and sports a hawkish stance on quantitative easing. In other words –that’s a government responding positively to positive changes in its economy. There is a light at […]
Tuesday Technicals – $TLT
The best trades are driven by a confluence of fundamental and technical factors. $TLT is a prime example. The iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF stands to gain significantly from a continuation in QE. But the bull case began even before last week’s FOMC… $TLT’s downtrend ended back in mid-late August. The ETF made a […]
The Fed Wants You To Get Rich
Ben Bernanke just sat down at a press conference yesterday and told the world that the Fed will never stop printing money. Our economy just can’t hold its own. This is outrageously ominous, yet stocks are now breaking records. Tell me again how the S&P 500 is an accurate economic barometer. So…our government is just […]
The Sound of Silence
Can you hear anything? Neither can I. The markets are completely silent ahead of the Fed meeting. Honestly, the decision this afternoon could be monumental. Or it could be insignificant. No one really knows. The VIX says most traders expect a quiet deceleration. But at this point, it doesn’t matter whether you want to press […]
Tuesday Technicals – $EA
“This is the Kansas City Shuffle. They look right… …and you… go left.” – Lucky Number Slevin While $TTWO shares continue to hemorrhage on the day, I’m looking at the chart pattern of competitor EA Games – symbol $EA. $TTWO is a great company with a lot to give, but sometimes it’s just too easy […]
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