There seems to be a growing chorus of market participants and pundits (including moi) that the S&P 500 (SPX) will not only soon break the August 24th panic low of 1867, but also retest the …
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Here is a quick recap of trades that we initiated, closed, or debated in the week that was Sept 21st – Sept 25th: [hr]
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Regular readers know that we are very happy long time consumers of almost every Apple (AAPL) product, both personally and professionally. We spend a good bit of time writing about AAPL the stock as it …
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We have written a lot on Disney (DIS) since their fiscal Q3 earnings report on August 4th, which was ultimately the catalyst for a peak to trough decline over the next 20 days of 26%. …
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Last night on CNBC’s Fast Money Dan highlighted some put activity in the XLF, the Financial Sector etf. Watch here: ? Here were Dan’s notes for the segment: Sizzle: put volume was 1.5x average daily volume. …
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On Sept 2nd (Name That Trade – For the $WYNN) we took a look Wynn Resorts when the stock was $72. At the time it was already down 50% from its 2015 highs, down 71% …
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In case you missed it, Caterpillar (CAT) was down 6.25% yesterday making a new 5 year low after pre-announcing results that were much worse than expected. CAT is now down 42% from its 2014 high: …
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The jury is still out on whether the collapse in oil prices that started in mid 2014 has actually had a net benefit to the global economy as it’s still possible the crash preceded what …
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Since the market swoon in late August, and its subsequent rebound we have tried to be patient on laying out new shorts. We have been cautious despite the fact that we feel the U.S. stock …
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If the last 20 years have taught investors anything, it’s that economic and market shocks are very unlikely to remain contained to their region of origin. For better or worse the global economy is an intricate …
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