Diary Entry for Tuesday, April 1, 2014 Dear Diary, 4:30 PM Monday-the day before- Thought I?d check my Bloomberg to see how the Asian markets were opening. Wow! Japan finally had an up day. It must be fiscal year end window dressing. The VAT tax hike that takes effect tomorrow, from 5% to 8%, certainly
Global Market Comments April 1, 2014 Fiat Lux Featured Trade: (FRIDAY APRIL 25 SAN FRANCISCO STRATEGY LUNCHEON), (WILL SYNBIO SAVE OR DESTROY THE WORLD?), (XLV), (XPH), (XBI), (MON), (IBM), (GOOG), (AAPL), (CSCO) Health Care Select Sector SPDR (XLV) SPDR S&P Pharmaceuticals ETF (XPH) SPDR S&P Biotech ETF (XBI) Monsanto Company (MON) International Business Machines Corporation
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 25, 2014. An excellent meal 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
Some 40 years ago, when I was a biotechnology student at UCLA, a handful of graduate students speculated about how dangerous our work really was. It only took us an hour to figure out how to synthesize a microbe that had a 99% fatality rate, was immune to antibiotics, and was so simple it could
Global Market Comments March 31, 2014 Fiat Lux Featured Trade: (LAST CHANCE TO ATTEND THE FRIDAY APRIL 4 INCLINE VILLAGE, NEVADA STRATEGY LUNCHEON) (THE HARD NUMBERS BEHIND SELLING IN MAY), ?(SPY), (QQQ), (GOOG), (HEDGE FUNDS: THE NEW DUMB MONEY) SPDR S&P 500 (SPY) PowerShares QQQ (QQQ) Google Inc. (GOOG)
Global Market Comments March 28, 2014 Fiat Lux SPECIAL TESLA EDITION Featured Trade: (ON THE TESLA MELT UP), (TSLA), (F), (FIATY), (PEUGY), (SCTY), (BBRY), (HLF), (NFLX), (FSLR) Tesla Motors, Inc. (TSLA) Ford Motor Co. (F) Fiat S.p.A. (FIATY) Peugeot S.A. (PEUGY) SolarCity Corporation (SCTY) BlackBerry Limited (BBRY) Herbalife Ltd. (HLF) Netflix, Inc. (NFLX) First Solar,
Tesla (TSLA) was the short squeeze that was begging to happen. Five guys owned 50% of the company, including the visionary founder, Elon Musk. Of the remaining float, 45% had been borrowed and sold short by hedge funds. All that was needed to ignite a rally was for someone to say ?Boo?. Someone said exactly
Global Market Comments March 27, 2014 Fiat Lux SPECIAL VOLATILITY ISSUE Featured Trade: (LAS VEGAS WEDNESDAY, MAY 14 GLOBAL STRAGEGY LUNCHEON), (WILL CANDY CRUSH CRUSH THE MARKET?), (SPY), (QQQ), (IWM), (KING), (VIX), (VXX), (BUY FLOOD INSRANCE WITH THE (VXX), (VIX) SPDR S&P 500 (SPY) PowerShares QQQ (QQQ) iShares Russell 2000 (IWM) King Digital Entertainment Plc
Feed the ducks while they are quacking. That is one of the oldest nostrums heard on Wall Street, and feed them they have, to the point of absolute gluttony. This year we have seen the market for new initial public offerings for newly listed companies explode to life. There have been 46 so far in
Global Market Comments March 26, 2014 Fiat Lux Featured Trade: (FRIDAY APRIL 25 SAN FRANCISCO STRATEGY LUNCHEON) (THE AMERICAN ONSHORING TREND IS ACCELERATING), (GE), (TSLA), (TESTIMONIAL) General Electric Company (GE) Tesla Motors, Inc. (TSLA)
Global Market Comments March 25, 2014 Fiat Lux Featured Trade: (FRIDAY APRIL 4 INCLINE VILLAGE, NEVADA STRATEGY), (HEED THE MAD DAY TRADER?S Q2 FORECASTS), (SPY), (QQQ), (IWM), (TLT), (TBT), (FXY), (FXE), (FXA), (CU), (USO), (GLD), (GDX) SPDR S&P 500 (SPY) PowerShares QQQ (QQQ) iShares Russell 2000 (IWM) iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond (TLT) ProShares UltraShort
Mad Day Trader, Jim Parker, thinks that the next three to six months will be a tough time for the financial markets. They won?t crash, but won?t break out to new highs either. Instead, they will stay confined to technically driven, narrow, low volume ranges that will cause traders to tear their hair out. It
Global Market Comments March 24, 2014 Fiat Lux Featured Trade: (MARCH 26 GLOBAL STRATEGY WEBINAR), (READ OIL & ENERGY INSIDER FOR TRADING CLUES), (USO), (UNG), (APC), (NBL) (END OF THE COMMODITY SUPERCYCLE), (SLV), (PPLT), (PALL), (CU), (BHP), (USO), (CORN), (WEAT), (SOYB), (DBA), (RSX) United States Oil (USO) United States Natural Gas (UNG) Anadarko Petroleum Corporation
I am often asked to divulge my research sources that give me my unfair advantage in trading. I usually decline such requests, unwilling to part with the ?secret sauce? that enables me to beat the market, as well as most other hedge fund managers year after year. Why level the playing field for my competitors,
Global Market Comments March 21, 2014 Fiat Lux Featured Trade: (CHICAGO FRIDAY, MAY 23 GLOBAL STRAGEGY LUNCHEON) (THE RECEPTION THAT THE STARS FELL UPON), (NLR), (CCJ), (CORN), (WEAT), (SOYB), (DBA), (THE MOST FUNCTIONAL WORD IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE) Market Vectors Uranium+Nuclear Enrgy ETF (NLR) Cameco Corporation (CCJ) Teucrium Corn (CORN) Teucrium Wheat (WEAT) Teucrium Soybean
My friend was having a hard time finding someone to attend a reception who was knowledgeable about financial markets, White House intrigue, international politics, and nuclear weapons. I asked who was coming. She said Reagan?s Treasury Secretary, George Shultz, Clinton?s Defense Secretary, William Perry, and Senate Armed Services Chairman, Sam Nunn. I said I?d be
Global Market Comments March 20, 2014 Fiat Lux Featured Trade: (ORLANDO FLORIDA SATURDAY, MAY 17 GLOBAL STRAGEGY LUNCHEON), (MAKING HAY WITH THE EAGLEFORD SHALE), (USO), (UNG), (XOM), (CVX), (LNG), (CHK), (HAL) (THE PASSING OF A GREAT MAN) United States Oil (USO) United States Natural Gas (UNG) Exxon Mobil Corporation (XOM) Corporation (CVX) Chevron Cheniere Energy,
Global Market Comments March 19, 2014 Fiat Lux Featured Trade: (LAS VEGAS WEDNESDAY, MAY 14 GLOBAL STRAGEGY LUNCHEON), (THE MYSTERY OF THE MISSING $100 BILLION), (TLT), (AN EVENING WITH CONGRESS BARNEY FRANK) iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond (TLT)
Global Market Comments March 18, 2014 Fiat Lux Featured Trade: (FRIDAY APRIL 25 SAN FRANCISCO STRATEGY LUNCHEON (ITS TIME FOR A STRATEGY CHANGE), (SPY), (DAL), (GE), (GS), (BAC), (TLT), ($DAX), (HOW TO TRADE CALL SPREADS IN AUSTRALIA), (MY FAVORITE SECRET ECONOMIC INDICATOR) SPDR S&P 500 (SPY) Delta Air Lines Inc. (DAL) General Electric Company (GE)
There is absolutely no doubt that both risk and volatility are rising in the financial markets. The higher the indexes rise, the sharper the intraday breaks. That is never a healthy sign for a bull market that has thrived for more than two years without a 10% correction. The Crimean referendum should have been a