The Week Ahead: Federal Reserve Guidance On Rate Hikes Key
The Federal Reserve is set on raising interest rates next week. The data dependent Fed has reduced their dependency to seemingly only two data...
Recapping My “Short” Crude Oil Trade
Today I am going to share a quick review of my crude oil trade that I entered on 11/12/15 and closed out on 12/8/15. Before...
Federal Reserve Conundrum: Will They Or Won’t They?
The Federal Reserve announced in late October that there is a live possibility that they will raise rates in December. The very announcement of...
Strong Dollar Keeps Pressure On U.S. Exports
U.S. multinationals can breathe a little easier. Maybe.
U.S. exports are under pressure… and it has been that way for a while now. Look no...
Pershing Square Ups Stake In Valeant Pharmaceuticals (VRX)
Pershing Square acquires 2,144,618 shares of Valeant Pharmaceuticals (VRX) from 1-Oct-15 to 23-Nov-15
Total cost: $240,933,692
Pershing Square sells strangles to fund purchases of OTM calls;...
U.S. Capital Markets Review: Stocks Outpace Treasuries, Commodities
October was an eventful month as stock markets rebounded from their September selloff, oil prices stabilized somewhat, and the employment picture in the U.S....
Amazon (AMZN) Continues To Crush Traditional Retail
Here are a couple of good examples of how changes in demographics and consumer trends can affect markets.
We'll look at how Consumer banking and...
Investing In Drones: The Space Is Green Yet Uncertain
U.S. lawmakers are in a rush to regulate drones. Odds are pretty good that regulations will be unduly harsh at first. A heavy-up on rules...
Chart Spotlight: Is Copper Ready To Rally?
With the entire commodity space taking another nose dive, a specialty pattern indicator that I have been focusing on just popped up on my...
The Canaries Are Quiet: All Eyes On The Federal Reserve
The Canaries Are Quiet
In the late summer months of 2015 the Federal Reserve were actively discussing the possibility of raising the Federal Funds rate...