Global Market CommentsMarch 13, 2015Fiat Lux Featured Trade:(MARCH 18 GLOBAL STRATEGY WEBINAR),(TAKING PROFITS ON MY EURO SHORTS),(FXE), (EUO), (DXGE), (HEDGE)(ARE JUNK BONDS PEAKING?),?(JNK), (HYG) CurrencyShares Euro ETF (FXE)ProShares UltraShort Euro (EUO)WisdomTree Germany Hedged Equity ETF (DXGE)Hedge Inversiones SICAV (HEDGE)SPDR Barclays High Yield Bond ETF (JNK)iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bd (HYG)
Occasionally the consensus is right. Since the start of the year, it seems that everyone and his brother, sister and cleaning lady has been selling short the euro. As a result, the beleaguered continental currency has suffered one of the sharpest falls in the history of the foreign exchange markets. I have to think back
Global Market CommentsMarch 12, 2015Fiat Lux Featured Trade:(MAD DAY TRADER JIM PARKER IS UP 39% IN 2015),(ZIOP), (THRX), (ZTS), (DXJ), (USO), (SPY), (IWM),(FRIDAY, MAY 15 SAN FRANCISCO STRATEGY LUNCHEON)(DIAMONDS ARE STILL AN INVESTOR?S BEST FRIEND) ZIOPHARM Oncology, Inc. (ZIOP)Theravance Inc. (THRX)Zoetis Inc. (ZTS)WisdomTree Japan Hedged Equity ETF (DXJ)United States Oil ETF (USO)SPDR S&P 500 ETF
Mad Day Trader Jim Parker has been absolutely knocking the cover off the ball this year, delivering a blistering 39% profit so far for followers. He was in and out of the Apple (AAPL) melt up twice. He was early and big in the biotechnology sector, trading around ZIOPHARM Oncology (ZIOP), Therevance (THRX), and Zoetis
Global Market Comments March 11, 2015 Fiat Lux Featured Trade: (WHAT ALMONDS SAY ABOUT THE GLOBAL ECONOMY), (BE CAREFUL WHO YOU SNITCH ON), (COULD YOU QUALIFY TO BECOME A US CITIZEN?)
Yes, that?s right, you read it correctly, almonds. By now, many of you have figured out that I like calling my paid subscribers to find out how they find the service. I always ask for suggestion for improvements. Then I ask what they do besides trade the markets. I get an amazing array of answers.
?If you can?t beat your Chinese competitor in China and win there, you will lose all the markets your like,? said David Cote, CEO of Honeywell. ?
Global Market CommentsMarch 10, 2015Fiat Lux Featured Trade:(WHY I WENT TO 100% CASH),(HEDJ), (SPY), (FXE), (GLD), (TLT)(THE SOLAR ROAD REVISTED),(AAPL), (GOOG), (TESLA), (FB), (TWTR) WisdomTree Europe Hedged Equity ETF (HEDJ)SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY)CurrencyShares Euro ETF (FXE)SPDR Gold Shares (GLD)iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond (TLT)Apple Inc. (AAPL)Google Inc. (GOOG)Tesla Motors, Inc. (TSLA)Facebook, Inc. (FB)Twitter, Inc.
I am sitting here in the balcony seats at the Napa City Winery. Somehow, my peripatetic social life has dragged me down here to listen to a Hispanic rap group. That?s right, you heard it correctly. A Hispanic rap group. It is midnight. The sound is so loud that it is vibrating through my chest.
Global Market CommentsMarch 9, 2015Fiat Lux Featured Trade:(WATCH OUT FOR APPLE IN THE DOW),(AAPL), (T), (MSFT), (CSCO), (INTC),(A COW BASED ECONOMICS LESSON) Apple Inc. (AAPL)AT&T, Inc. (T)Microsoft Corporation (MSFT)Cisco Systems, Inc. (CSCO)Intel Corporation (INTC)
?No one is line dancing over the fact that the market is at 1,940. No one feels good about it. The market likes to climb a wall of worry, and the stonemason has been hard at work. So I think we continue to grind higher,? said Jason Trennert, chief investment strategist at Strategas Research Partners.
Global Market Comments March 6, 2015 Fiat Lux Featured Trade: (THE MAD HEDGE FUND TRADER?S SEVENTH ANNIVERSARY ISSUE) (FRIDAY, APRIL 17 INCLINE VILLAGE, NEVADA STRATEGY LUNCHEON)
Yes, it seems like it was only yesterday. But as of February 1 the Diary of a Mad Hedge Fund Trader has been going out to idea hungry investors now for seven long years. And what a seven years it has been! So I will take the opportunity to explain the murky history of this
Global Market Comments March 5, 2015 Fiat Lux Featured Trade: (GET READY FOR THE COMING GOLDEN AGE), (SPY), (INDU), (FXE), (FXY), (UNG), (EEM), (USO), (TLT), (NSANY), (TSLA) SPDR S&P 500 (SPY) Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) CurrencyShares Euro Trust (FXE) CurrencyShares Japanese Yen Trust (FXY) United States Natural Gas (UNG) iShares MSCI Emerging Markets (EEM)
Global Market CommentsMarch 4, 2015Fiat Lux Featured Trade:(CHICAGO FRIDAY, APRIL 30 GLOBAL STRAGEGY LUNCHEON),(WHY THERE IS NO BUBBLE IN STOCKS),(AAPL), (EBAY), (CSCO), (BRCM), (AMZN),(AN EVENING WITH ?GOVERNMENT MOTORS?), (GM) Apple Inc. (AAPL)eBay Inc. (EBAY)Cisco Systems, Inc. (CSCO)Broadcom Corp. (BRCM)Amazon.com Inc. (AMZN)General Motors Company (GM)
One couldn?t help but notice the outbreak of recollection, reminiscing and schadenfreude that took place yesterday when the NASDAQ briefly tipped over 5,000. I remember it like it was yesterday. I am still amazed by the frenzy that took place, witnessing the kind of bubble one only sees twice a century. And I was right
Yesterday, the auto industry announced blowout sales figures for February which came in at an eye popping SAAR of 17 million units. We are now within a hairs breadth of the peak last during the salad days of 2001-2002. It all provides more evidence the ultra bull scenario for the rest of 2015, which has
?Our economic machine really works. It?s worked since 1776...Look at any milestone you want to pick, and over time it?s gotten so much better,? said Oracle of Omaha, Warren Buffett.
Global Market CommentsMarch 3, 2015Fiat Lux Featured Trade:(MARCH 4 GLOBAL STRATEGY WEBINAR),(THERE ARE NO GURUS),(THE COST OF CLEAN COAL),(KOL), (UNG), (PCG), (BTU), (JOY) Market Vectors Coal ETF (KOL)United States Natural Gas (UNG)PG&E Corporation (PCG)Peabody Energy Corp. (BTU)Joy Global, Inc. (JOY)
Global Market Comments March 2, 2015 Fiat Lux Featured Trade: (FRIDAY, APRIL 3 HONOLULU, HAWAII STRATEGY LUNCHEON) (THE FED GIVES THE GREEN LIGHT TO STOCKS), (AND MY PREDICTION IS...), (TESTIMONIAL)