Discretion certainly can be the better part of valor. That was the feeling that came over me last weekend when I saw the Australian dollar (FXA) plunge to a new three year low against the buck. I had been mulling over buying the Aussie around the $88 support level for the past couple of months.
Global Market Comments January 21, 2014 Fiat Lux Featured Trade: (FEBRUARY 12 AUCKLAND NEW ZEALND STRATEGY LUNCH), (HOW OBAMACARE WILL BOOST YOUR PORTFOLIO), (XLV), (GILD), (XLS), (XPH), (XBI), (GOOG) Health Care Select Sector SPDR (XLV) Gilead Sciences Inc. (GILD) Exelis Inc. (XLS) SPDR S&P Pharmaceuticals ETF (XPH) SPDR S&P Biotech ETF (XBI) Google Inc. (GOOG)
Come join me for lunch at the Mad Hedge Fund Trader?s Global Strategy Update, which I will be conducting in Auckland, New Zealand on Wednesday, February 12, 2014. An excellent meal will be followed by a wide-ranging discussion and question-and-answer period. I?ll be giving you my up-to-date view on stocks, bonds, currencies, commodities, precious metals,
Still basking in the glow of 2013?s spectacular 26% gain in the Dow, I sat down on a rock on a high mountain the other day to try and figure out what happened. The last time I saw a move this healthy was back in the nineties, when a perfect trifecta of the internet going
Global Market Comments January 17, 2014 Fiat Lux Featured Trade: (MAD HEDGE FUND TRADER SURGES AHEAD WITH A 5.78% 2014 PROFIT), (SPY), (TLT), (XLK), (XLF), (XLE), (AAPL), (SFTBY), (FXY), (AT&T IS DILAING A WRONG NUMBER), (T), (VZ), (NFLX), (AMZN) SPDR S&P 500 (SPY) iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond (TLT) Technology Select Sector SPDR (XLK) Financial
The red hot performance of the Mad Hedge Fund Trader?s Trade Alert Service has maintained its blistering pace from last year, picking up another 5.73% profit in the first two trading weeks of 2014. The S&P 500 was down during the same period. Since the beginning of 2013, I am up 73.23%. 2013 closed with
AT&T (T), or Telephone as we used to call it on the floor on the New York Stock Exchange when we hand traded its shares, enjoyed a nice little 50-cent pop yesterday, to $34, only the second day it managed to rise this year. The move comes after a federal appeals court in Washington DC
Global Market Comments January 16, 2014 Fiat Lux Featured Trade: (CASHING IN ON APPLE), (AAPL) (BECOME MY FACEBOOK FRIEND), (OIL ISN?T WHAT IT USED TO BE), (USO), (DIG), (DUG) United States Oil (USO) ProShares Ultra Oil & Gas (DIG) ProShares UltraShort Oil & Gas (DUG)
Apple (AAPL) has delivered again, choosing the expiration week of my January, 2014 $490-$520 bull call spread to take forward their gigantic joint venture with China Mobile (CHL), far and away the world?s largest phone company. Expect to see video of long lines forming at Apple stores throughout china. This is always good for the
Global Market Comments January 15, 2014 Fiat Lux Featured Trade: (INVESTORS WILL WIN THE ETF PRICE WAR), (BIDDING FOR THE STARS), (SPX), (INDU), (THE DEATH OF THE MUTUAL FUND), (TESTIMONIAL) S&P 500 Index (SPX) Dow Jones Industrial Average Index (INDU)
ETF?s are much more attractive than mutual fund competitors, with their notoriously bloated expenses and spendthrift marketing costs. You can?t miss those glitzy, overproduced, big budget ads on TV for a multitude of mutual fund families. You know, the ones with the senior couple holding hands walking down the beach into the sunset, the raging
Global Market Comments January 14, 2014 Fiat Lux Featured Trade: (THURSDAY FEBRUARY 20 MELBOURNE AUSTRALIA STRATEGY LUNCH), (WHY I?M KEEPING MY BOND SHORTS), (TLT), (TBT), (MUB), (LQD), (JNK), (HYG), (LINE), (ITB), (TESTIMONIAL) iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond (TLT) ProShares UltraShort 20+ Year Treasury (TBT) iShares National AMT-Free Muni Bond (MUB) iShares iBoxx $ Invst Grade
Come join me for lunch at the Mad Hedge Fund Trader?s Global Strategy Update, which I will be conducting in Melbourne, Australia on Thursday, February 20, 2014. An excellent meal will be followed by a wide-ranging discussion and question and answer period. I?ll be giving you my up to date view on stocks, bonds, currencies,
The Department of Labor took the punch bowl away from the party on Friday, reporting that the December nonfarm payroll came in at an anemic 74,000. Analyst forecasts had been running in the 200,000-250,000 range. What was even more interesting was that the labor participation rate dropped to a 1978 low, with nearly 400,000 workers
Global Market Comments January 13, 2014 Fiat Lux Featured Trade: (SATURDAY FEBRUARY 22 BRISBANE AUSTRALIA STRATEGY LUNCH), (AMERCIA?S DEMOGRAPHIC COLLAPSE AND YOUR STOCK PORTFOLIO)
Global Market Comments January 10, 2014 Fiat Lux Featured Trade: (FRIDAY FEBRUARY 14 SYDNEY AUSTRALIA STRATEGY LUNCH), (A SPECIAL NOTE ON EXERCISED JANUARY OPTIONS)
There are only 5 trading days left until the equity option expiration on January 17. My short dated January expiration play turned out to be wildly successful, with all of these positions quickly turning profitable. During the two-week December holidays when markets fell asleep, time decay assured that we made money almost every day, and
Global Market Comments January 9, 2014 Fiat Lux Featured Trade: (FEBRUARY 12 AUCKLAND NEW ZEALND STRATEGY LUNCH), (MAD HEDGE FUND TRADER CLOSES 2013 WITH 67.45% PROFIT), (AAPL), (XLE), (XLF), (FXY), (TLT), (SFTBY), (GILD) (TESTIMONIAL) Apple Inc. (AAPL) Energy Select Sector SPDR (XLE) Financial Select Sector SPDR (XLF) CurrencyShares Japanese Yen Trust (FXY) iShares 20+ Year
The performance of the Mad Hedge Fund Trader?s Trade Alert Service finished 2013 with a total return for followers of 67.45%. Including both open and closed trades, 75 out of the 90 Trade Alerts were profitable, a success rate of 83%. The final month of December alone came in at an eye popping 11.45%. The
Global Market Comments January 8, 2014 Fiat Lux Featured Trade: (TEN TIPS FOR SURVIVING A DAY OFF WITH ME), (TESTIMONIAL), (US HEADED TOWARDS ENERGY INDEPENDENCE), (USO), (UNG), (KOL), (XOM), (OXY) United States Oil (USO) United States Natural Gas (UNG) Market Vectors Coal ETF (KOL) Exxon Mobil Corporation (XOM) Occidental Petroleum Corporation (OXY)