Don’t Be a Chicken
Consumer staples stocks have been one of the most unloved sectors of the equity market over the past three years or so. The share prices of many of the stocks…
The Equity Markets “Feel” Strong but “Is Something Rotten in the State of Denmark?”
Ever since the 4th of July, the equity markets have found their legs. Prices have moved higher for all the broad popular indexes. But do we have a discernible trend we…
Can J&J Get High(er)?
On 06-June-2018, Carter Braxton Worth made the bullish technical case for J&J, the ginormous pharmaceutical and healthcare company. He pointed out that J&J has been trading like a consumer staple…
Should You Put a Little LUV in Your Portfolio?
Yesterday, the price of American Airlines (AAL) stock got stacked after it announced that it expects revenue per seat mile is likely to be 0.5% less than their previous reported…
Trade Wars Don’t Matter! Who Knew?
Well, at least that is what the market is telling us. On Thursday 05-July-2018, the S&P500 rose 0.82%. On Friday, the day the new tariffs went into effect, the S&P500…
Financial Stocks as a Bellwhether
There are a number of characteristics that show themselves during bull markets, bear markets, and market turns. A bull market lifts all boats. This is another way of saying that…
Trade Suggestions Updates
Tomorrow is Independence Day, the day we celebrate the most important event in the history of the United States. On this day, in 1,776 the colonies adopted the Declaration of Independence. I…
Tesla | Short Morning Update
Elon Musk reported over the weekend that the company hit its production goal of 5,000 Model 3 cars in a week. Not surprisingly, they did it the last week of…
Tesla (TSLA) | Higher? Lower? These are Mike’s Thought’s, His Trade, & More
On Friday, June 29, Melissa Lee, the host of CNBC's Options Action notes that Tesla went public 8 years ago and much has happened since then. Phil LeBeau introduced the…
Update | Interest Rates and the TLT Trade
Interest rates have been in correction mode ever since the 10-year US Treasury Bond hit 3.1% in the middle of May 2017. This capped a very impulsive higher move in…
It was a Macro Monday, But No Black Swan
Yesterday, the equity markets took the bulls out to the woodshed. Investors seem to be concerned about the Presidents recent moves in the very public negotiations for international trade. The…
Nike, Inc (NKE) Run or Rest
On Friday, 22-June-2018, Mike presented a trade in Nike. It looks like the company will be reporting earnings sometime between June 27 and July 2. The options market is pricing…