Wealth Creation Through Natural Resources
During bull markets one of the best places to look for new long ideas is the list of stocks with highest short interest. However, during bear market cycles heavily shorted stocks tend to underperform and sometimes by a wide margin … Continued
A large institutional trader decided today was a good time to put on a large and slightly complex options trade in the XLE (Energy Select Sector ETF ). This options trade which is called a risk reversal involved buying 30,000 … Continued
While some may be quick to point out that the S&P 500 is barely more than 10% from its all-time high reached last summer, the damage beneath the surface and across global equity markets is extensive. More than $17 trillion … Continued
The following two charts indicate that it’s time to seriously considering adding to OR initiating new equity long positions: The AAII % Bulls is currently below where it was at the 2009 low; this speaks volumes as to the … Continued
Yesterday renowned bond fund manager Jeffrey Gundlach said 2016 is a “go with it” environment for the Treasury bond/interest rate complex. In other words, investors and traders should follow the trend and not try to fight momentum. If Gundlach is … Continued
Last week was a brutal start to the year for equity markets with the S&P 500 falling nearly 6% and the small-cap Russell 2000 shedding nearly 8% in a single week. The longer term structural damage inflicted by last week’s … Continued
$1.4 trillion in market cap has been erased from global mining equities in the last 5 years: Global equity indices are flashing a relatively rare oversold buy signal: Full-time employee has finally fully recovered from the financial crisis: … Continued
While equities have more than tripled from the 2009 bottom and home prices have also tacked on significant gains (doubled in certain parts of the country) there is a valid case to be made that these asset classes are still … Continued
Resource investors should be encouraged by the first trading session of the new year. On a day in which the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed down nearly 300 points (down by more than 400 points at the session lows), precious … Continued
The Russell 2000 (IWM) has been testing an important area of resistance for the last few days: IWM (Daily) This resistance near $115-$115.20 on the IWM also happens to line up with the flat 50-day simple moving average and … Continued