Aside from the insanity in left for dead, highly levered energy, materials and mining related stocks, emerging market equities were the big winners of the recent bounce in oil, stabilization in high yield credit and the range …
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Regular readers know that macro ain’t exactly my bag, I’m more of a U.S. stock/options monkey. But every so often a headline outside my wheelhouse catches my eye and I dig a little deeper. Like …
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On November 6th we placed a defined risk bearish trade in the emerging markets etf EEM. Here were our thoughts at the time and the trade: If you are of the mindset that the fear …
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As you’ve heard me say before, I am not an economist, so I generally avoid trying to apply Fed speak and economic data to my day to day trading. There are plenty of financial media voices …
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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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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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Here is a quick recap of trades that we initiated, closed, or debated in the week that was Sept 8th – Sept 11th: Monday Sept 7th: Market closed for Labor Day Holiday [hr] Tuesday Sept 8th: …
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We don’t write a lot about Brazil’s economy or their stock market because frankly we don’t know that much about either. What has stuck out to us in 2015 is that China has caught most …
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This morning is one of those days where everyone with a Twitter or Facebook login gets to offer an opinion on Greece. The financial news sharing economy is full tilt and it’s dizzying. I would guess that …
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Back on April 28th shares of Whirlpool (WHR) declined 7% after the home appliance maker cut its full year earnings guidance to $9 to $10 a share vs $10.75 consensus, representing an 11% haircut. WHR gets …
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