Hated Stocks
Investor sentiment swings from optimism to pessimism and back again continuously. Sometimes these emotional swings attach themselves to individual stocks, sometimes they attach themselves asset classes, technologies or even counties.…
Oracle Post Mortem | The Future was Clear, Investor Response was Not
Yesterday, we added to the discussion of Oracle started by the gang on Options Action on Friday. Carter and Mike discussed an earnings play. Oracle reported earnings last night and…
Fed Week | What’s Next for Bonds and Rates
The Federal Reserve Board is having their policy meeting this week. Investors and prognosticators are keeping a sharp eye on this meeting as this is the first meeting where Jerome…
Carter Worth Sees the Future of Oracle, Michael Sees a Trade
On Friday, March 16th, Carter Worth looked into the price action of Oracle Inc. (ORCL) the data management company that offers a comprehensive and fully integrated stack of cloud applications, platform…
When Will We Have the Next Recession
Economics is a dismal science. We call it that because everyone likes to talk about economics as a core of their investment process, but it does not seem to help.…
Is the Equity Market Attempting to Please Everyone?
The equity markets have been sending out mixed signals and trading in a way that does not occur very often. It seems that the price action of the various broad market…
Is FaceBook About to do a Face Plant?
Yesterday, Carter Worth & Michael Khouw talked about Facebook and shared their concerns about the name on Options Action. He pointed out that the stock is not attracting capital and…
The Iron Condor
Selling the Iron Condor is one of the most popular strategies for the experienced options trader who is looking for "yield" in their investment portfolios. Most people do not realize…
Update: South Africa Stock Market
There was a time when South Africa was a shining light of the continent. While it took a long time to bring apartheid to an end, the people made the…
Big Picture Update
Here we are, back in the soup once again. Yesterday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 380 points (1.5%), the S&P500 fell 30.45 points (1.1%), the NASDAQ fell 24 points…