On August 16th we initiated a bearish position in EEM, the emerging markets etf. The trade we landed on looked to fade the lack of volatility into Labor Day weekend in order to finance November …
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On August 10th we took a look at Facebook (FB) stock and decided on a defined risk bearish trade that was looking for a mild pullback in the stock from where it currently is (about …
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Into Cisco (CSCO) earnings last week we looked at an idea for those looking to be long but with defined risk, and also an idea for those already long looking for potential leverage. I wanted …
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Towards the end of July we took a look at the HYG, the iShares high yield corporate bond etf. At the time, HYG had been in a very tight consolidation around $86. Here was the …
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As June ended we looked around at some of the popular trades at the time (dividend yield, staples, utilities) and tried to apply that to some names that perhaps had been overlooked. Target fit the …
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Yesterday we looked at Alphabet’s (GOOGL) earnings and I detailed 2 trade ideas into the earnings announcement. GOOGL is up about 4.5% this morning on a well received quarter: Alphabet reported second-quarter earnings of $8.42 …
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In late May we looked at XLV and decided to play for a possible breakout with defined risk. Here was the initial trade: *XLV ($71) Buy the July 71 call for $1.25 Break-even on July …
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On June 22nd we detailed a way to fade what I thought was too much too soon for shares of Verizon (VZ) as global bond yields continued to tumble causing an insatiable bid for defensive …
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Back on June 17th I made a bearish near term case for shares of Proctor & Gamble (PG), highlighting stretched valuation, unusually high investor sentiment despite dollar headwinds and impediments to growth in key overseas …
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Back in early April I laid out my bearish view on U.S. banks stocks (XLF – Bank Shot), It was largely based on comparison to the price action of their European peers, and the reasons …
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