Portfolio Update, Roll AIZ
Friday was options expiration and it is time to update and review our results. The following table provides the summary statistics of all the trading ideas published since the inception…
Investor Complacency Everywhere You Look
Ever since the election, the equity markets have moved higher day after day. Merrill Lynch Global Research recently pointed out, for example, that the S&P 500 Index has gone 105 days…
The Name’s Bond, Treasury Bond
(Image Source | Wikimedia Commons) Yesterday afternoon, the Federal Reserve did as the financial media and most investor’s expected. They raised the price of borrowing money by raising the discount…
Ackman Gives Up On a Valeant Effort
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Canadian Dollar Versus Crude Oil
The Canadian economy is a very interesting one. According to the US State Department, the two countries share the longest international border between two countries on the planet, one would…
A Time to Hedge?
The equity market has been ripping higher since the election. Investors seem to be responding to the possibility of tax cuts for both individuals and corporations and a reduction in…
Pain in the Bitcoin
Bitcoin is getting hit hard. The reason, Bitcoin does not seem to be ready for prime time, at least in the opinion of the US Securities and Exchange Commission. The…
Always Trade with the Underlying Trend
Trend Following, Trend Trading, Momentum Trading, these are names that describe the same trading concept that gets its inspiration from Newton’s first law of motion. An object in motion will…
Oil: Speculators Riding the Slope of Hope
For the past few week, our algorithm designed to help us find stocks that are going to rally, fall or trade sideways was signaling trouble in the oil patch. That…
A Hike in the Fed Funds Rate: A Sure Thing?
For the past few weeks, the financial media has been talking about the March 15 meeting of the Federal Reserves Open Market Committee. About a month ago, Fed Funds Futures…