Talk about a bad news factory. A short interest of 26% in Tesla (TSLA) stock has the tendency to manufacture bad news on a daily basis, whether it is true or not. It really has been a black swan a day. This really is the most despised stock in the market. But you have to
Global Market Comments October 9, 2018 Fiat Lux SPECIAL REPORT ON GOLD Featured Trade: (TAKING A LOOK AT GOLD LEAPS), (GLD), (ABX), (AMZN)
As incredible as it may sound, I’m starting to hear good things about gold. That’s amazing as the barbarous relic has been the red headed step child of the financial markets for the past six years. Not since the yellow metal peaked in 2011 have I heard the talk so bullish. You can thank central
“I have not filed, I have just found 10,000 ways that do not work,” said the 19th century inventor Thomas Edison.
Global Market Comments October 8, 2018 Fiat Lux Featured Trade: (THE MARKET OUTLOOK FOR THE WEEK AHEAD, or GET ME OFF THIS ROLLER COASTER), (THE INCREDIBLE FUTURE OF THE AUTOMOBILE), (TSLA), (GM), (F), (TM)
After two years of somnolent complacency, the bond market finally broke out of a two-year range, putting the cat among the pigeons with investors everywhere. In a mere six weeks, the yield on the ten-year US Treasury bond (TLT) soared by 45 basis points from 2.80% to 3.25%, and 25 basis points during last week
It was the kind of dinner invitation I couldn’t turn down. What I learned was amazing. I usually prefer to spend my evenings at home catching up on my research, calling customers, and plotting my next great Trade Alert. So, it takes a lot to get me out of my cozy digs, especially given the
When invited to run for president in 1868, Civil War general William Tecumseh Sherman replied, “I would rather spend a year in Sing Sing than Washington DC, and I’d come out a better man.”
Global Market Comments October 5, 2018 Fiat Lux Featured Trade: (WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 17 HOUSTON STRATEGY LUNCHEON INVITATION), (OCTOBER 3 BIWEEKLY STRATEGY WEBINAR Q&A) (SPY), (VIX), (VXX), (MU), (LRCX), (NVDA), (AAPL), (GOOG), (XLV), (USO), (TLT), (AMD), (LMT), (ACB), (TLRY), (WEED)
Come join me for lunch at the Mad Hedge Fund Trader’s Global Strategy Luncheon, which I will be conducting in Houston, Texas, on Wednesday, October 17, 2018. A three-course lunch will be followed by a wide-ranging discussion and an extended question-and-answer period. I’ll be giving you my up-to-date view on stocks, bonds, foreign currencies, commodities,
Below please find subscribers’ Q&A for the Mad Hedge Fund Trader October 3 Global Strategy Webinar with my guest and co-host Bill Davis of the Mad Day Trader. As usual, every asset class long and short was covered. You are certainly an inquisitive lot, and keep those questions coming! Q: Will the market keep increasing
“If you are ready to give up everything else, you have the cool nerves of a gambler, the sixth sense of a clairvoyant, and the courage of a lion, you have a ghost of a chance of making money in the stock market,” said Great Depression era financier, Bernard Baruch.
Global Market Comments October 4, 2018 Fiat Lux Featured Trade: (TUESDAY OCTOBER 16 MIAMI GLOBAL STRATEGY LUNCHEON), (BONDS FINALLY BREAK TWO-YEAR RANGE), (TLT), (TBT), ($TNX)
Come join me for lunch for the Mad Hedge Fund Trader’s Global Strategy luncheon, which I will be conducting in Miami, Florida, on Tuesday, October 16, 2018. A three-course lunch will be followed by an extended question-and-answer period. I’ll be giving you my up-to-date view on stocks, bonds, foreign currencies, commodities, energy, precious metals, and
I love executing one day wonders. Since we sold short the US Treasury bond market on Monday, it has plunged a stunning 3 points. Bond yields just performed a rare 10 basis point move up to 3.18%. You usually only see that during a major “RISK OFF” geopolitical event or financial crisis. You could see
“The biggest loss I ever suffered was not buying Amazon when I met Jeff Bezos in 1999,” said legendary value investor Ron Baron, when Amazon was trading at $15 a share.
Global Market Comments October 3, 2018 Fiat Lux Featured Trade: (TAKING A LOOK AT GENERAL ELECTRIC LEAPS), (GE), (TEN SURPRISES THAT WOULD DESTROY THIS MARKET), (USO), (AMZN), (MCD), (WMT), (TGT)
Long Term Equity Anticipation Securities, or LEAPS, are a great way to play the market when you expect a substantial move up in a security over a long period of time. Get these right and the returns over 18 months can amount to several hundred percent. At market bottoms these are a dollar a dozen.
“Stock don’t stop on a dime when they reach the right valuation. I’m afraid this time, they’re going to overshoot,” said Karen Finerman of Metropolitan Capital Advisors.
Global Market Comments October 2, 2018 Fiat Lux Featured Trade: (HOW FINTECH IS EATING THE BANKS LUNCH), (BAC), (C), (WFC), (SQ), (PYPL), (WCAGY), (FISV), (INTU), (BABA), (WE’RE MAKING SOME CHANGES HERE AT MAD HEDGE FUND TRADER)