What If GDP Growth Is Not Improving?
Ever since the election, investors have been in a positive mood. Share prices took off on the day of the election results and did not look back. With election results…
Is it time to Put on Apparel with PVH Corp, or Is It Too Soon?
PVH Corp. (PVH) is a global apparel company. They own some of the most iconic brands in the business, including Calvin Klein, Tommy Hilfiger, Heritage Brands, Van Heusen, IZOD, ARROW,…
Shedding Some Light on Acuity Brands (AYI)
Acuity Brands, Inc. (NYSE: AYI) is a leading provider of lighting and building management solutions for commercial, industrial, infrastructure, and residential applications throughout North America and some international markets. Individual…
Low Risk Bullish Trades Getting Hard to Find
When looking for investment opportunities, we prefer bullish opportunities to bearish ones. If we were to describe our ideal investment it would have a number of characteristics, which are listed…
Bitcoin’s Growing Pains
Bitcoin continues to experience growing pains. The price of Bitcoin was jolted after the SEC rejected the Winklevoss Brothers application to sponsor an issue a Bitcoin ETF. The price of…
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…
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…