Featured Trades: (JAPANESE YEN), (FXY), (YCS) 3) Pricking the Bubble in the Yen. Analysts have been puzzled by the relentless appreciation of the Japanese yen, which went out at ?80.40 on Friday, and seems poised to break out to the ?70 handle and an all time high. Having written the authoritative tome on the Japanese
Featured Trades: (WORLD SERIES) 1) From Your Mad Hedge Fund Trader Baseball Correspondent. What a game! Burp. The San Francisco Giants trounced the Texas Rangers 11-7 in what had to be one of the most exciting games in World Series History. I spent the pregame completing my Christmas shopping for the year, feverishly buying
Featured Trades: (MUNICIPAL BONDS), (NCP), (NVX) Nuveen California Performance Plus Nuveen California Dividend Advantage Muni Fund II 2) The Fascinating World of Municipal Bonds. I was fortunate to catch the muni bond wave this year with my recommendations to buy the funds in this sector, the (NCP) and the (NVX) (click here for 'California
Featured Trades: (CONTEMPLATIONS ON RISK) 1) Contemplations on Risk. The S&P 500 has risen 11 out of the last 13 trading days. Everything in my portfolio is up 50% in the last four months, except for the rare earth stocks which are up 400%. My call that the global equity markets would launch into
Featured Trades: (PEAK TREASURY BONDS), (TBT), (TMV) ProShares Ultra Short Lehman 20 + Year Treasury ETF Direxion Daily 20 Year Plus Treasury Bear 3X Shares ETF 2) The Fat Lady is Still Singing in the Treasury Market. To say that things have gone well for the Treasury bond market this year would be one of
Featured Trades: (THE WORLD'S LARGEST SOLAR PLANT) 3) The World's Largest Solar Plant. Unfortunately, I know Blythe, California too well. This natural blast furnace is in a God forsaken corner of the state where I hunted jack rabbits as a kid, the Indians survived on Gila monsters for protein, and it regularly reaches 130 degrees
Featured Trades: (THE COMMODITIES BOOM) 1) Here Come the Seventies Again. Better drag your leisure suits, bell bottoms, and Bee Gee's records out of the attic. The seventies are about to enjoy a comeback. The near universal run all commodities are enjoying now takes me back to that time in my youth when making money
Featured Trades: (NUCLEAR POWER), (EXC), (CCJ) 3) Is Exelon Building an Alternative Energy Conglomerate? Exelon (EXC) popped up on my radar a few months ago, when it bought the wind energy business from John Deere (DE) for $900 million. The company plans to cash in on a national trend by states requiring their power companies
Featured Trades: (TRADING A 'LOST DECADE') 3) How to Trade a 'Lost Decade.' Having concluded that you should be selling rallies in the US markets, I would add the proviso that you shouldn't sell just yet. Counter trend rallies can last for years, and this time we have QEII on the side of the bulls,
Featured Trades: (LUMBER), (WY), (CUT), (RYN) 4) The Monetization of Lumber. If you want to see how widespread the commodities boom has become, take a look at the lumber market, which has popped 47% since June. This is in the face of new home starts that are flat on their back, posting the worst numbers
