Close TLT Trade | Looks Like Bond Sell Off May Be Over For Now
The bond market has been a tricky affair the past year or so. There have been both fundamental and technical arguments that would support the bullish and bearish case. Fortunately…
Fade the Bounce or Buy the Dip
A few weeks ago, Carter Braxton Worth put out a bearish call on Technology stocks. For those who wanted to express a bearish thesis, Carter suggested selling XLK the Technology…
The Week Ahead | 10/15/2018
The market declined 4.1% last week. Wednesday saw the biggest one day drop since February. Volatility spike higher and remained high into Thursday and Friday. Will strong earnings and a…
Investors Hit the Panic Button
Interest rates have been inching higher for a few years now. The yield on a 10-year US Treasury bond bottomed on 5-July-2016 at a rate of 1.35%. This is a…
Now That Did Not Take Long
Last week, we presented an analysis concerning rising interest rates and the probable change in global money flows. It is fundamentally clear that the prognosticators on Wall Street do not…
The Week Ahead | 10/08/2018
U.S. stock markets are open for trade on Monday, but bond markets are closed in observance of Columbus Day. Global Spotlight Close Encounters on the South China Sea. The U.S. and…
What is Next for this Hot Stock? Advanced Micro Devices (AMD)
On Friday, Mike took a closer look at Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), the silicon chip manufacturer. The company competes in a number of very tough neighborhoods. They compete with Intel…
Are Interest Rates About to Bite?
On 11-September-2018, we changed our short-term minds on interest rates. The bond market has had us particularly concerned throughout the year. After a selloff in Q1, long-term government bonds went into a…
A Crude Idea
It has been a while since we have discussed the price of crude oil, exploration & production companies and oil service firms. The biggest reason we have shied away from discussing…
South Africa (EZA) | What’s Next?
We have written a number of articles and suggested a number of trades on South African stocks over the past year or s0. The trading vehicles we prefer to use…
TheWeek Ahead | 10/01/2018
Inflation watch is in order this week, but it is the wrong thing to look at. I expect that the PPI, CPI, the Beige Book, and the JOLTS report will…
Update | Netflix (NFLX)
On Friday, Mike took a second look at a trade in Netflix he initially discussed 2 weeks ago. On 14-September-2017, NFLX closed the days trading $365.56 a share and show…