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Throughout last week’s declines, our stock indicator remained moderately bullish, suggesting that the pullback wasn’t the beginning of a market collapse. The S&P 500 has now gained 5.3 percent since it closed at a new 52-week low last Thursday. Our SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY) June 194… Read More

Sell to close the SPDR Gold Shares (GLD) September 117 put option We recommended the SPDR Gold Shares (GLD) September 117 put option as a short-term hedge against a potential gold pullback after the metal staged a strong rally. The option has served its purpose. We recommend… Read More

Average Annualized Return Per Closed Trade: 28.6% Average Return Per Closed Trade: 22.8% Average Holding Period: 298 days Last week’s decent January jobs report triggered worries that the U.S. Federal Reserve may still push ahead with interest rate hikes—wage growth accelerated and the unemployment rate fell below… Read More

Buy to open the SPDR Gold Shares (GLD) September 117 put option Our gold indicator has turned bearish. Although we hold a very bullish view of gold in the long term, in the near term the metal looks overbought. Given our gold indicator’s bearish signal, we initiate… Read More

The market volatility persists as oil’s daily ups and downs and concerns over China continue to rattle investors. Last Friday’s decent January jobs report raised new questions whether the Fed may continue to tighten despite market turmoil. The official jobless rate fell below 5 percent—to 4.9 percent—for… Read More

Our stock indicator remains moderately bullish, suggesting that conditions are not ripe for a market breakdown. Given the heightened volatility, stocks could rebound sharply in response to positive catalyst. For example, should Chinese economic data turn out to be better than expected, it would ameliorate a lot of investor angst. Read More

A major question investors have struggled with is how immune is the U.S. economy to overseas malaise. The U.S. Federal Reserve believes the American economy will be resilient despite challenges. Recent data, though, suggest that the Fed may be too optimistic.  U.S. manufacturing activity, hurt by the… Read More

Earlier today, we recommended selling to close the iShares 20+ Treasury Bond ETF (TLT) June 125 call option. Our bond indicator is still in bullish territory but the TLT has had a very nice run and seems ready for a breather. Furthermore, the U.S. dollar has also weakened significantly in… Read More

Sell to close the iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (TLT) June 125 call option Our bond indicator is still bullish, however, the TLT looks overbought at this point and we feel it prudent to sell to close the TLT June 125 call and take the gain. Read More