I just drove from Carmel, California to San Francisco on scenic Highway 1. I was virtually the only one on the road. The parking lot at Sam’s Chowder House was empty for the first time in its history. The Pie Ranch had a big sign in front saying “Shut”. The Roadhouse saw lights out. It
When asked how he felt when visiting the Federal Reserve at the height of the financial crisis, Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein responded, "I'm getting out of a Mercedes to go to the Federal Reserve, not getting out of a Higgins Boat going to Omaha Beach."
To minimize risk to our staff while continuing to provide an excellent service to our customers, the Mad Hedge Fund Trader is going completely virtual. Of course, the fact that we are already a global virtual company makes this really easy. All work will be done from home. Everyone has to lay in a two-month
Global Market Comments March 13, 2020 Fiat Lux Featured Trade: (MARCH 11 BIWEEKLY STRATEGY WEBINAR Q&A), (INDU), (SPX), (LVMH), (CCL), (WYNN), (AXP), (JPM), (MSFT), (AAPL), (NVDA)
Below please find subscribers’ Q&A for the Mad Hedge Fund Trader March 11 Global Strategy Webinar broadcast from Silicon Valley, CA with my guest and co-host Bill Davis of the Mad Day Trader. Keep those questions coming! Q: What is the worst-case scenario for this bear market? A: The average earnings loss for a recession is 13%. Last year,
Global Market Comments March 12, 2020 Fiat Lux Featured Trade: (SHORT SELLING SCHOOL 101) (SH), (SDS), (PSQ), (DOG), (RWM), (SPXU), (AAPL), (VIX), (VXX), (IPO), (MTUM), (SPHB), (HDGE)
Global Market Comments March 11, 2020 Fiat Lux Featured Trade: (A NOTE ON ASSIGNED OPTIONS, OR OPTIONS CALLED AWAY), (AAPL), (BA), (UAL), (CCL), (WYNN), (FB)
I almost got to take a shower today. However, whenever I got close to the bathroom, I'd get an urgent call from a concierge member, Marine buddy, Morgan Stanley retiree, fraternity brother from 50 years ago, or one of my kids asking me which stocks to buy at the bottom. It’s been that kind of
“At some point, all the money that has been parked in bonds and money market funds over the last five years will go into equities,” said Julian Emanuel of investment bank BTIG.
Global Market Comments March 10, 2020 Fiat Lux Featured Trade: (RISK CONTROL FOR DUMMIES IN TODAY’S MARKET), (SPY), (VIX), (VXX), (AAPL), (CCL), (UAL), (WYNN)
Today, we saw the largest point loss in market history, the first use of modern circuit breakers, and individual stocks down up to 40%. Ten-year US Treasury bond yields cratered to 0.39%. Virtually the entire energy and banking sectors vaporized. What did I do? I did what I always do during major stock market crashes.
"Legalize gay Marijuana," said a bumper sticker seen in Northern Nevada.
Global Market Comments March 9, 2020 Fiat Lux Featured Trade: (MARKET OUTLOOK FOR THE WEEK AHEAD, or SEARCHING FOR A BOTTOM), (SPX), (VIX), (VXX), (CCL), (UAL), (WYNN)
OK, I’ll give it to you straight. If the American Coronavirus epidemic stabilizes at current levels of infection, the double bottom in the S&P 500 (SPX) at 2,850 will hold, down 16% from the all-time high two weeks ago. If it gets worse, it won’t, possibly taking the index down another 8.8% to 2,600, the
Global Market Comments March 6, 2020 Fiat Lux Featured Trade: (THE UNITED STATES OF DEBT), (TLT), (TBT), ($TNX)
With ten-year US Treasury yields falling below 0.90% today a borrowing rampage of epic proportions is about to ensue. This is not a new thing. We are, in fact, becoming the United States of Debt. That Washington is taking the lead in this frenzy of borrowing is undeniable. Since the new administration came into power
Global Market Comments March 5, 2020 Fiat Lux SPECIAL MARKET BOTTOM ISSUE Featured Trade: (FRIDAY, APRIL 17 SAN FRANCISCO STRATEGY LUNCHEON), (A LEAP PORTFOLIO TO BUY AT THE BOTTOM), (TEN LONG-TERM BIOTECH & HEALTHCARE LEAPS TO BUY AT THE BOTTOM) (UNH), (HUM), (AMGN), (BIIB), (JNJ), (PFE), (BMY)
Come join me for lunch at the Mad Hedge Fund Trader’s Global Strategy Update which I will be conducting in San Francisco on Friday, April 17, 2020. An excellent meal will be followed by a wide-ranging discussion and an extended question-and-answer period. I will also be bringing some artifacts from my recent trip to the
Joe Biden’s romp over Bernie Sanders in the Tuesday Democratic primary takes the lid off on the entire biotech and healthcare sector. Sanders has promised to dismantle the entire sector by promising Medicare for all and banning private coverage. Sanders was also about to take a cudgel to drug pricing. While Sanders was leading in
Global Market Comments March 4, 2020 Fiat Lux Featured Trade: (TEN LONG TERM LEAPS TO BUY AT THE BOTTOM) (MSFT), (AAPL), (GOOGL), (QCOM), (AMZN), (V), (AXP), (NVDA), (DIS), (TGT)