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The entire universe of “Tiger Cub’s and Seeds” (offshoot funds of Julian Robertson) are sitting on huge long positions in the following high beta stocks:
GOOG, RIMM, QCOM, BIDU, AAPL
I doubt there is intentional coercion, but there is certainly dialogue. What are the short-term implications for fast money traders? These stocks will have support on significant […]
August 22nd, 2008 | Posted in Commodities, Economy, Energy Stocks, Financial Sector, Google, Hedge Funds, Tech Stocks, Technical Analysis, Trade Ideas | No Comments
Financial stocks in the stock market presenting major buying opportunities but risk is high so trading sizes should be reduced significantly and long term positions built up over time. Exploit the volatility.
March 17th, 2008 | Posted in Bearish Looks, Economy, Financial Sector, Hedge Funds, Trade Ideas, Trading Discipline | No Comments
There’s absolutely no way to predict how the market is going to behave in the near term. This is where the “chaos” meter spikes off the charts. Pure random noise. But one can, if one so chooses, to react based on certain “tactical” guidelines. I would prefer to see some retracement early in the trading day, a base to develop over several hours, and then a continuation on Thursday and Friday for another 10% to 15% from here. These short term bear market rallies are hands down the best market environments to trade the bull side. The problem is that it would also require sitting on one’s hands for several days, weeks even, keeping the powder dry. Since most full time traders can’t sit out from the market for sustained periods, there is a tendency to give gains back.
March 11th, 2008 | Posted in Economy, Financial Sector, Technical Analysis, Trade Ideas, Trading Discipline | No Comments
The massive gap to the upside is a bitter-sweet move for those with long-term investment horizons around the financial stocks that have been mentioned here in the past two weeks. Bitter-sweet because although it should show good profits for long positions, it also places a big, nasty gap right below current prices. And being that […]
March 11th, 2008 | Posted in Economy, Financial Sector, Trade Ideas | No Comments
A great way to take advantage of the excess pessimism in the REIT sector is to buy URE, another geared ETF that holds a portfolio of very strong REITS. Remember, this is also a 2X ETF so it will move twice the regular Real Estate index.
March 4th, 2008 | Posted in China Stocks, Economy, Financial Sector, Home Builders, Trade Ideas | No Comments
Remember, it’s times like these when fortunes are made. Contrarian traders have to buy when most market participants think their stocks are going to be worthless, and sell when these participants think they’ve missed the boat. Now is the time for the former so get your buy orders ready, and let’s make some money.
January 21st, 2008 | Posted in China Stocks, Economy, Energy Stocks, Hedge Funds, Trade Ideas, Trading Discipline | No Comments
An Iranian Peacock Revolution and its Global Macroeconomic Implications
by Mark Etwiz
www.InvestmentCapitalist.com
Three former colonial masters of Iran (France, England, U.S.) stare down two rising superpowers (China, Russia) with Iran as their battle ground in a clash of civilizations. As history is any guide, Iran has a notorious track record of dominating regional politics of the […]
January 8th, 2008 | Posted in Economy, Politics | No Comments
“Ron Paul is far too intelligent to believe the main pillars of his campaign platform such as abolishing fiat currency , abolishing taxes and turning America further inward through psycho-graphic racism.”
Now before you get all emotional one way or the other, it was never my original intention to polarize the message I was trying […]
November 4th, 2007 | Posted in Economy, Politics | No Comments