Featured Trades: (WELCOME TO WWIII) 1) Welcome to World War III. If there was ever a war that had to happen it is our new military engagement against Libya. Khadafy had made enemies with so many governments as the enfant terrible of the Middle East that putting together a coalition to depose him was a
Featured Trades: (MY HOLLYWOOD ROLE) 1) Hollywood Cashes in on Wall Street's Woes. I have done many things in my life: hedge fund manager, pilot, cowboy, journalist, stock broker, mountain climber, translator, guide, etc, etc. etc. Now add technical consultant to Hollywood to the list. According to the New York Times, Simon Baker,
Featured Trades: (TESLA MOTORS), (TSLA) 2) Tesla: Sell the Sizzle, Then Buy the Steak. So far, the most successful thing Tesla Motors (TSLA) has done is sell stock. The IPO was an absolute blowout success, far and away the best this year, with book building at $14-$16, the size increased by 20%, pricing at
Featured Trades: (RHODIUM), (AAUKY.PK), (PAL), (SWC) 3) Pssst! Have You Heard About'..? When I was at the New York Hard Asset Investment Conference, every hour someone would stop by my table, mention the word 'rhodium', and walk away. My interest piqued, I decided to look into this mysterious metal. Rhodium (Rh) is in fact
Featured Trades: (LAS VEGAS CITY CENTER) 4) A Poolside Report from City Center. I write this to you from my poolside cabana at the Aria at City Center, the newest and hottest hotel in Las Vegas, against a background of blaring rock music and helicopters buzzing overhead every five minutes. It's amazing what passes
Featured Trades: (STOPPED OUT ON MY YEN SHORT), (FXY), (YCS) 2) Stopped Out of My Yen Short. My standing stop loss order to cover my short in the Japanese yen got triggered right as it dipped under ?80, a new all-time high. The massive flight to cover huge yen carry trades is the cause,
Featured Trades: (MY SHOPPING LIST OF TECHNOLOGY STOCKS), (AAPL), (CSCO), (HPQ), (ORCL), (GOOG), (INTC), (JDSU), (QQQ), (ROM), (XLK) 3) My Shopping List of Technology Stocks. Hedge fund managers are smacking their lips, maneuvering to take advantage of the recent sharp sell off by technology stocks. They are building shopping lists of where to pounce
'The seller has an upper hand, as a girl might if she were the only female at a party attended by many boys. That lopsided situation would be great for the girl, but terrible fort the boys,' ' said 'Oracle of Omaha', Warren Buffet, CEO and the largest shareholder in Berkshire Hathaway.
Featured Trades: (QE2 JUST ENDED EARLY), (DIG), (JJG), (AAPL) 1) QE2 Just Ended Early. Many observers believe that the massive sell off that we have seen in global equity markets are purely the result of the Great Sendai Earthquake. Fat chance. I think the earthquake is masking the true causes of the liquidation, the end
Featured Trades: (NUCLEAR POWER STOCKS), (CCJ), (NLR), (GE) 2) The True Story on Nuclear Power. Having once worked for the Atomic Energy Commission at the Nuclear Test Site in Nevada, I do have some insights into the melt down at Fukushima. The media is wallowing in an orgy of misinformation that is approaching epic
