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The Disappearing Dream? A Closer Look at “No Landing” and Why It May Be Fading Away Fast
There’s been a lot of chatter around the idea of a “no-landing” scenario with the economy coming out of inflation and fighting off a recession. Prior to the momentum behind “no landing” picking up last month, everybody was all about the soft landing. In that scenario, they could creep up to that line of tightening…
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Shut Up, Shut Up, Shut Up!
Dear Reader, We’re back in positive momentum conditions… just like that. Crazy right? Yesterday, Atlanta Federal Reserve Bank President Raphael Bostic decided to suggest a rate pause later this summer. The algos and arb-strat traders decided to create a rally… We were right at the 200-day moving average for the S&P 500. Another move down,…
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Implied Volatility Is Getting a Lift
Our president visited Ukraine over the long weekend and Russian President, Vladimir Putin is ruffling feather as he talks of suspending his country’s participation in the nuclear arms reduction treaty with the United States. And, to kickstart the week of earnings, Walmart (WMT) shares took a tumble after its year-ahead outlook was lowered – inflation…
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Here’s the Big Problem with This “Trillion-Dollar” Buyback Binge
Shah Gilani Mar 02, 2023 According to the American Prospect, a progressive policy journal, U.S. companies in the S&P 500 spent $5.3 trillion on buybacks between 2010 and 2020. Some analysts believe corporate buying power was responsible for 40% of the rise in stocks over that period, a huge contributing factor to the Great Bull…
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Meme Stocks Melting Down
The bloom is off the rose.Meme stocks were on of the biggest and hottest trades of 2020 and 2021 with GameStock Corp.(NYSE: GME) jumping over 10,000% and AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc.(NYSE: AMC) up over 2000%.Now these stocks are trading near 52-week lows and the big question is, is there any juice left in the trade?.…
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How my ‘Voodoo science’ can make short squeezes profitable
Mark Haines called me out back in the day saying I was using Voodoo science to trade the market. When he said it, I was taken back a bit as he referred to how I use the market sentiment and the Volatility – or fear – Index (VIX) in my approach to trading the market.…
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Where Were You When Apple Finally Cracked?
Reason #248: We analyze historic market events LIVE. As if you need any more reasons than “to trade profitably” and “find money-making trades every day,” yesterday’s Pump Up the Close show proved the value of tuning in whenever we’re live on air. Right as the show started, Apple broke through a key support level on…
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Off to 4,100 We Go
Dear Reader, I wrote this at 10 am. It takes a little while to get things out the door. The S&P 500 just pushed through 4,060 – and it has a clear path to 4,100. That’s where things get tricky. You see, 4,100 is a line in the sand. 4,100 is a key level that…
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A Trading Foundation to Combat Economic Hardship
Dear Reader, The market rallied close to 10% last month, and it has already given back half of the gains, so it looks like our market may very well be on its way to another rollercoaster ride this year. Despite the market looking promising early this year, officials at the World Bank have explained “the…