September 21, 2016 by Dan • FREE ACCESS

Last night, Microsoft (MSFT)  announced that they will be replacing their existing $40 billion share repurchase agreement (that should be completed this year) by another $40 billion buyback plan. While that is a dazzling headline, …

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September 19, 2016 by Dan • FREE ACCESS

Thirty years ago, in March 13th, 1986, a little company named Microsoft (MSFT) went public. Split adjusted the IPO price was below 10 cents!. At the time the Nasdaq Composite (CCMP) was trading very near 300.  MSFT …

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June 10, 2016 by Dan • Trade Ideas

Let’s talk small cap U.S. stocks for a moment. For the most part these are companies that have higher leverage ratios than their larger cap brethren, which in times of financial market distress like we …

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June 9, 2016 by Dan • Trade Ideas

The Nasdaq Composite (CCMP) and the Nasdaq 100 (NDX) are the only two major U.S. equity indices that are not up on the year, despite out-sized rallies (compared to the S&P 500) off of their …

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