A month ago we looked at NKE stock and though found it to be a decent candidate for a turnoround into last night’s earnings. We detailed a trade that sold near term calls to finance …
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A little over a month ago we took a look at one of the best performing sectors the past 2 years, semiconductors. We detailed a trade idea in the etf SMH to position for a …
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Regular readers know that technical analysis for trade set ups is merely one input for us. While I am far from a “technician” I consider myself a bit of a tourist whose understanding of chart patterns …
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Back on May 30th (here) we took a look at Nike (NKE) in the wake of an implosion in the shares of its athleisure peers as Lululemon (LULU) and Under Armour (UAA) and other apparel …
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Bonds have had a few interesting days, reacting to news from all over, including the BoE, ECB, FOMC and Capitol Hill. What happens next is unclear, to say the least. Here’s Peter Boockvar: the $64k …
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Bloomberg this morning quoting Deutsche Bank – Oil at $35 Is Tipping Point for High-Yield: In large part, Crude’s decline to multi-year lows in Q1 2016 caused shockwaves through risk assets of all stripes. High yield …
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Back on May 25th we checked in on Oil, the XLE, and SLB in particular. Here’s a little of what we had to say at the time: In aggregate, oil stocks, represented by the XLE …
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Just to rehash, in the wee hours of November 9th, when it became clear that Trump would win the Presidency and likely have a super-majority in Congress, rates, U.S. dollar, commodities, and stocks all reversed …
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10 days ago we checked in on Brazil and the various factors affecting their stock market (read here: Brazil Nuts). Also, from a technical standnpoint we felt the EWZ, which had recently gapped lower and …
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The term dot-com bubble, describing the Nasdaq surge in the late 1990s was a bit misleading. While Internet companies, browsers, ISPs, portals, and e-commerce companies were the darlings driving a lot of the attention to the …
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