Are Biotech Stocks Nearing Exhaustion… Again?
In early April I wrote a piece arguing that biotech stocks – using the iShares Nasdaq Biotech ETF (IBB) as a proxy – looked to...
Trading Ideas: 5 Stocks To Watch (V, IBM, SONC, DPZ, MLNX)
So far this week, the overall market price action has not been kind to my weekend bullish hypothesis. The usual "risk-on" suspects (e.g. small...
What Are ETF And Mutual Fund Flows Telling Investors Now?
There are many ways to look at investor sentiment, one of my favorite is looking at flows to mutual funds and ETFs. The Investment...
Consumer Discretionary ETF (XLY): More Downside Ahead?
Back on June 1st, I talked about a naked call strategy on XLY, the Consumer Discretionary ETF. To refresh, the ETF closed at 76.52...
Credit Markets Update: Is Something Scary Headed This Way?
With the “big bad event” that was the payroll number out of the way, it’s worth recapping the state of the corporate credit markets...
Options Trading Idea: Restoration Hardware Into Earnings (RH)
While many investors only think of Home Depot (HD) and Lowe's (LOW) as the home improvement stocks/companies, Restoration Hardware (RH) is a smaller, higher...
Volatility Index (VIX) Likely To Settle Dow Theory Debate
Much has been written about the severe underperformance of the Dow Jones Transports and select transportation stocks (vs the broader market). Is Dow Theory at play...
Will Small Cap Stocks Outperform In June?
Over the past week, the financial blogosphere has been packed with articles about the tendency for SPY underperformance in June. From Ryan Detrick’s study...
Unusual Options Activity: AET, UPS, WMT, And More
It’s Sunday night so it’s time to review several stocks that had unusual options activity over the last week. Although traders can never be sure why these...
The Rotation Report: It’s A Stock Pickers Market
The S&P 500 appears to be confirming a false breakout as it starts to pull back off a major Fibonacci extension level mentioned here before....
