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U.S. stocks ended their six-day slide, rallying strongly into the close. The six-day losing streak was the longest in more than 3 years. Included in the volatile stretch was the worst two-day fall since the dark days of the financial crisis. On the other hand, today’s gain also marked the… Read More

Trade Positions: Early this week, we recommended closing the two oil-stock call options: the Energy Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLE) March 69 call and the SPDR S&P Oil & Gas Exploration & Production ETF (XOP) Jan 40 call. Although it meant taking a loss, given the higher volatility in the… Read More

Sell to close both the Energy Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLE) March 69 call and the SPDR S&P Oil & Gas Exploration & Production ETF (XOP) January 40 call.   Deflationary fears are riling global markets today. In such an environment, there will be… Read More

Average Annualized Return Per Closed Trade: 29.7% Average Return Per Closed Trade: 22.5% Average Holding Period: 285 days Earlier this week in accordance with our strategy of following the best of Wall Street, after we saw that Leon Cooperman had sold 14 percent of his position in Sirius XM Holdings (SIRI), we sold the long-time recommendation from our portfolio, booking a 62.3 percent return after a holding period of nearly 3 years. Read More

In its weekly petroleum report, the EIA reported a surprising increase of 2.62 million barrels in commercial crude inventory. This marks the largest increase since April, and the current inventory of 456.2 million barrels remains near the highest summer level in at least the last 80 years. Read More

Our oil stock options, the Energy Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLE) March 69 call and the SPDR S&P Oil & Gas Exploration & Production ETF (XOP) Jan 40 call, both swung downward on today’s sharp drop for both the XLE and XOP. Both nevertheless remain “buys,” for those readers who… Read More

Sell Sirius XM Holdings (SIRI). Buy SunEdison, Inc. (SUNE). Sirius XM (SIRI) recently reported a very good quarter but the stock, which has repeatedly challenged $4 level but failed to break through and hold, barely budged. Our reference fund, Leon Cooperman’s Omega Advisors, just reported that it has sold… Read More

It’s been a volatile week for the stock market, mainly caused by the surprising People’s Bank of China (PBOC) move to devalue the yuan by 1.9 percent; that pushed the yuan to a three-year low against the dollar. Everyday, the PBOC sets a reference rate for the yuan and lets… Read More

The People’s Bank of China (PBOC) surprised the markets by sharply devaluing the renminbi (aka the yuan) by 1.9 percent, the largest one-day adjustment on record. The PBOC sets a reference rate everyday, from which the yuan is allowed to trade up to 2 percent above and below. Yesterday the… Read More