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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
It’s great to be a global macro equity trader right now for a couple of reasons I’ll get to in just a second. But first, it’s not often there are widespread global macro strategies being employed by various market participants. Whether you know it or not, there’s a good chance your portfolio has a little […]
October 23rd, 2007 | Posted in Bearish Looks, China Stocks, Commodities, Economy, Emerging Markets, Energy Stocks, Ethanol, Politics, Trade Ideas, Trading Discipline | No Comments
The stock responds the moment the secondary is made public info. The market mechanism begins to work to discount the new information. By the time the secondary is ready to complete, in the final week leading up to it, the stock will pretty much stay locked in a very tight range. It’s […]
July 25th, 2007 | Posted in Commodities, Economy, Ethanol, Tech Stocks, Technical Analysis, Trade Ideas, Trading Discipline | No Comments