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Nice Article in the Economist
I love the Economist because every time I read it I feel more intellectual and intelligent. Excellent piece on the Economist Free Exchange. Those pesky hedge fund margin calls are a factor now. I did not think about that one… Listen guys, this is the playbook, Any bounce I shortable. I referenced the DOW charts [...] -
Thank You S&P – Bunch of Bufoons
Officially in the bear camp as I hedged all of my portfolios with gold and puts. I am also letting current longs expire as necessary. This one is going to be worse than 2008 as there is selling contagion between nations. Now, I believe that information was leaked to someone last week of this downgrade [...] -
Welcome to the Bloodbath
With the stock market taking technical support levels and the Dow 300 points down it is safe to declare that the market foresees another recession. F_____ng politicians playing games with families. Unemployment is increasing and they play their mindless games with the economy of this country. I have been establishing long positions in Gold and [...] -
Run to the Hills
In times of uncertainty the yellow metal rules supreme. However, investors are also purchasing other defensive securities such as the Swiss Franc (not a security). Why? Well, Switzerland has 28 percent debt vs its GDP and relatively low unemployment. How can you get exposure to this currency? Simple, just purchase the iShares MSCI Switzerland Index [...] -
I am Back…
I was gone for a while. I was writing and testing new systems (I wrote or improved about 12 stock trading systems). They run the gamut of short-term, long-term, trend following, and counter-trend systems. I also read upon the work of John Ehlers and began implementing some of his stuff (I sound like Doc Rivers). [...] -
Interesting Stocks for 1/3/2011 – Bring the New Year!
After the stock market operators decided to croak some of our longs on 12/31/2010 we seems eager to declare that they are just playing games. We believe the stock market is going higher for the time being. We are also ready to change our stance if conditions change. PBJ- PowerShares Dynamic Food & Beverage Portfolio [...] -
Dogs of the Dow
Who let the dogs out? Yes, we know that it sounds corny but we could not help ourselves. The Dogs of the Dow is a strategy that we came across while listening to some Optionetics audio material. The waythey described the system was to buy the five (5) worst performing members of the Dow Jones [...] -
Interesting Stocks for 7/28/2010.
These are some stocks that look attractive for short term gains: IDSA: Industrial Services of America, Inc. (ISA) is a recycler of stainless steel, ferrous and non-ferrous scrap, and provider of waste services. PTRY: The Pantry, Inc. (Pantry) is an independently operated convenience store chain in the southeastern United States. AMSF: AMERISAFE, Inc. is a [...] -
Interesting Stocks for July 21, 2010 – Hear the Bull Roar!
The fans that follow us on Twitter @Smarkethacker will know that we have been long for a couple of weeks. It was not easy, but the market needed to digest six straight days of gains. A pundit in Yahoo’s tech ticker (the same people employing Henry Blodget) stated that the Dow would go to 5000. [...] -
The Market is Turning and not Because of Goldman Sachs.
Do you know what these stocks have in common? SDP, EUM, EWB, ZSL, SRS, SMN, EEV, and GLL. Two things: They are short trading ETFs. They started appearing in my automated trading system as long signals starting Wednesday of last week. The themes in the ETFs mentioned above are real estate, gold, silver, international markets, [...]