After a China trade deal, UK election and a NAFTA 2.0 are announced, what is left to drive the stock market? That is a very good question and explains why the Dow Average was up only a microscopic 3.33 points on Friday. It had spent much of the day down. It’s not a pretty picture.
Global Market Comments December 13, 2019 Fiat Lux Featured Trade: (TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 4 SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA STRATEGY LUNCHEON) (BIDDING MORE FOR THE STARS), (SPY), (INDU), (NVDA) (NOW THE FAT LEADY IS REALLY SINGING FOR THE BOND MARKET), (TLT), (TBT)
"Every Napoleon meets his Watergate," said Yogi Berra, former manager of the New York Yankees.
Global Market Comments December 12, 2019 Fiat Lux Featured Trade: (WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 3 BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA STRATEGY LUNCHEON) (PLEASE SIGN UP NOW FOR MY FREE TEXT ALERT SERVICE NOW), (BRING BACK THE UPTICK RULE!)
Earlier this year, my customer support office spent the entire day taking calls from readers who missed my Trade Alert to buy the iShares Barclays 20+ Year Treasury Bond Fund (TLT) March 2019 $126-$129 in-the-money vertical BEAR PUT spread at $2.40 or best. A few days later, it was worth a $4,000 profit. The
Global Market Comments December 11, 2019 Fiat Lux Featured Trade: (WHAT TO BUY AT MARKET TOPS?), (CAT), ($COPPER), (FCX), (BHP), (RIO), (EUROPEAN STYLE HOMELAND SECURITY), (TESTIMONIAL)
Global Market Comments December 10, 2019 Fiat Lux Featured Trade: (MAD HEDGE FUND TRADER ANNOUNCES STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP WITH TASTYTRADE), (A NOTE ON OPTIONS CALLED AWAY), (MSFT), (TLT), (BA), (GOOGL), (SPY)
Global Market Comments December 9, 2019 Fiat Lux Featured Trade: (MARKET OUTLOOK FOR THE WEEK AHEAD, or THE MELT-UP CONTINUES), (SPY), (TLT), (VIX), (FXI)
I can tell you that the way to NOT start writing a newsletter is to first swing a 20-pound sledgehammer for three hours. That's what I did this morning helping the Boy Scouts mount 700 trees on rebar stands as part of the annual Christmas tree fundraiser. Nor is it advisable to start writing a
Global Market Comments December 6, 2019 Fiat Lux Featured Trade: (DECEMBER 4 BIWEEKLY STRATEGY WEBINAR Q&A), (SPY), (TSLA), (TLT), (BABA), (CCI), (VIX)
Below please find subscribers’ Q&A for the Mad Hedge Fund Trader December 4 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: How do you see the markets playing out in 2020? A: Well, I’m looking at small single-digit positive returns with a
Global Market Comments December 5, 2019 Fiat Lux Featured Trade: (MY 20 RULES FOR TRADING IN 2020)
There's nothing like starting the new year with going back to basics and reviewing the rules that worked so well for us in 2019. Call this the refresher course for Trading 101. I usually try to catch three or four trend changes a year, which might generate 100-200 trades, and often come in frenzied bursts.
Global Market Comments December 4, 2019 Fiat Lux Featured Trade: (THE DEATH OF KING COAL), (KOL), (PEA), (THE BRAVE NEW WORLD OF ONLINE RETAILING), (SNAP), (GPRO), (APRN), (SFIX)
Global Market Comments December 3, 2019 Fiat Lux Featured Trade: (WHY WATER WILL SOON BE WORTH MORE THAN OIL), (CGW), (PHO), (FIW), (VE), (TTEK), (PNR), (BYND), (WHY WARREN BUFFETT HATES GOLD), (GLD), (GDX), (ABX), (GOLD),
Global Market Comments December 2, 2019 Fiat Lux Featured Trade: (MARKET OUTLOOK FOR THE WEEK AHEAD, or 2020 IS ALREADY HAPPENING), (TSLA), (X), (GE), (FCX), (SLB), (GOOGL), (MSFT), (GLD)
You know the melt-up that is going on in the stock market right now? That is your 2020 performance being pulled forward. One thing I have noticed over the past half-century of trading is that when market participants agree on a direction, it gets accelerated. Once the traditional October selloff failed to show, it was
Global Market Comments November 29, 2019 Fiat Lux Featured Trade: (WHATEVER HAPPENED TO THE GREAT DEPRESSION DEBT?) ($TNX), (TLT), (TBT)
Global Market Comments November 27, 2019 Fiat Lux Featured Trade: (IS USA, INC. A SHORT?) (TESTIMONIAL)
What would happen if I recommended a stock that had no profits, was losing billions of dollars a year and had a net worth of negative $44 trillion? Chances are, you would cancel your subscription to the Mad Hedge Fund Trader, demand a refund, unfriend me from your Facebook account, and unfollow me on Twitter.