April 6, 2016 by Dan • Commentary

This morning, Bloomberg reported on short interest in U.S. equity markets reaching levels not seen since 2008, with the suggestion that this could serve as a contrarian set up, quoting Fundstrat Global Advisor’s Thomas Lee, who opined:  “There’s …

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March 16, 2016 by Dan • Commentary

It’s been exactly three months since the U.S. Federal Reserve raised interest rates from zero. A lot has happened since then in global financial markets, but looking at the year to date performance of some …

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September 11, 2015 by Dan • Commentary

The last time we traded the Utilities Select etf (XLU) was back in late December 2014 when the etf was approaching new all time highs, up 30% on the year, and by far the best performing …

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May 14, 2014 by Enis • Commentary

10 Year Treasury yields near 10 month lows.  The Yen near 6 month highs vs. the dollar.  IWM down nearly 10%.  And SPY trading at an all-time high.  Pretty sure that is an unprecedented set …

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March 12, 2014 by Dan • Commentary

Last week we highlighted the technical and fundamental set up in GM (post below) and detailed how we planned to roll our current bullish & losing trade.  We did not pull the trigger last week, …

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