As was widely anticipated, the main blue chip U.S. index, the S&P 500, climbed to a new high—and broke above the 2,000 level for the first time last week. The latest up-move hasn’t been very strong, but represents an advance nonetheless. We have a dovish Federal Reserve to thank for… Read More
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Smaller-capitalization stocks, in fact, have been underperforming the large-caps this year. Expecting a further pullback in the small cap Russell 2000 Index and a retest of its July 2014 lows, last week we recommended a new trade: buying to open the iShares Russell 2000 (IWM) November 116 put option. We… Read More
These under-the-radar investments are the perfect way to profit from America’s energy boom—and they give you a tax benefit, to boot! Read More
Average Annualized Return Per Closed Trade: 34.6% Average Return Per Closed Trade: 20.2% Average Holding Period: 226 days Earlier today, we recommended selling Thermo Fisher Scientific (TMO). In its 372 days in our portfolio, TMO delivered a strong return (including dividends) of 33.4 percent. Funny enough, it… Read More
Reference fund Paulson & Company has sold 29 percent of its stake in Thermo Fisher Scientific (TMO). We still like TMO quite a bit as a long-term holding. However, the fund's 29 percent reduction indicates that John Paulson's appetite for the stock has significantly lessened. In accordance with Brain Trust… Read More
Buy to open the iShares Russell 2000 (IWM) November 116 put option. Use a limit order to pay no more than $3.80 per contract. Despite having bounced back from their July swoon, small capitalization stocks have trailed their blue chip counterparts by a fairly wide margin. While the larger… Read More
Step by step, stocks continue their ascent with the help of an accommodative Federal Reserve. The blue chip S&P 500 carved out a new milestone this week, closing above the 2000 mark. Likewise, the Nasdaq 100 notched another post-tech bubble high. Other averages, however, while not acting poorly, have so… Read More
As with stocks, we do not expect much from gold in the short term. The metal has seen a bounce today but has been soft in recent weeks on the back of a strengthening U.S. dollar (induced by expectations of eventual U.S. Federal Reserve credit tightening and, more immediately, quantitative… Read More
Average Annualized Return Per Closed Trade: 34.8% Average Return Per Closed Trade: 19.7% Average Holding Period: 220 days Market participants are closely watching this week’s annual Jackson Hole, Wyoming symposium on economic policy, hosted by the Kansas City Federal Reserve Bank, for insight into the Fed’s plans—most pertinently, for hints about when the Fed may first increase interest rates. The highlight of the conference, this morning Fed Chair Janet Yellen delivered a speech centered on the labor market. Read More
Stocks are marching ahead once more today in quiet trading, with the blue chip averages close to record highs. The tech-heavy Nasdaq 100 actually reached its own milestone today, a 14-year high, revisiting levels not seen since the heady days of the tech bubble. With many investors enjoying their summer… Read More