December 15, 2016 by Dan • FREE ACCESS

Investors in U.S. equities have been buying stocks based on an assumption that the incoming administration will be “pro-business” (lower corporate taxes and less regulation). For the most part, investors are correct to assume that, …

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December 2, 2016 by riskreversal • Trade Updates

On November 11th we laid out the case that from a technical perspective XLE, the energy stock etf, had the potential to hold its uptrend and make new highs for 2016. We expressed that view …

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August 1, 2016 by Dan • Trade Ideas

Event: Procter & Gamble (PG) report fiscal Q4 results tomorrow before the opening bell. The options market is implying about a 2.5% one day post earnings move vs its 4 quarter one day average move …

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June 17, 2016 by Dan • Trade Ideas

Since the start of 2014, shares of Proctor & Gamble (PG) are essentially unchanged, up $2, or about 2.5%, vs the S&P 500 (SPX) up about 13% during the same period. The dividend yield on the …

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December 3, 2015 by Dan • Commentary

Over the past month, leading up to this morning’s ECB meeting and the FOMC’s December 16th meeting we have taken a look at the U.S. dollar on a couple of occasions. First vs the Euro (here on …

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September 10, 2015 by CC • Commentary

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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