Corey Williams

rss feed

Corey Williams's Latest Posts

EOT Position Update – February 25, 2015

EOT Position Update – February 25, 2015

| February 25, 2015

Market Snapshot Over the last week, investors have bought risky assets like stocks and sold their safe haven investments like Treasuries. We saw some of the strongest buying action in small cap stocks and high yield debt that are clear indications of investors’ optimism. Fear had been the dominant emotion driving the market during the […]

Continue Reading

EOT Position Update – February 18, 2015

EOT Position Update – February 18, 2015

| February 18, 2015

Market Snapshot The S&P 500 made its first new high of the year on Friday. Stocks have moved higher in part due to oil prices stabilizing a bit last week. And concerns about Ukraine and Greece seemed to wane. That was enough to spark an improvement in investor sentiment. Then two tech giants –Apple (AAPL) […]

Continue Reading

SET Monthly Issue February 2015

SET Monthly Issue February 2015

| February 17, 2015

February 2015 THE ‘RISK ON’ TRADE IS BACK… BUT FOR HOW LONG? After a slow start to the year for stocks, the S&P 500 made its first new high of the year last week. The uptick in stock prices was accompanied by an uptick in oil prices and a decrease in uncertainty. Not surprisingly, the […]

Continue Reading

EOT Trade Alert – February 13, 2015

EOT Trade Alert – February 13, 2015

| February 13, 2015

Trade Alert: Buy DOW March 20th 2015 $48.00 puts at $1.00 or better   Company Background: The Dow Chemical Company (DOW) is a major integrated chemical company.   Short-Term Catalyst: Dow Chemical stock has been moving higher along with the overall market recently. This massive $58 billion market cap company has a strong business that […]

Continue Reading

EOT Position Update – February 11, 2015

EOT Position Update – February 11, 2015

| February 11, 2015

Market Snapshot The story for US stocks so far in 2015 remains the same as it has been all year. Investors are weighing the good with the bad and stocks are gyrating up and down. There have been six moves of more than 3.5% in the S&P 500 this year. Three have been to the […]

Continue Reading

EOT Position Update – February 4, 2015

EOT Position Update – February 4, 2015

| February 4, 2015

Market Snapshot It’s been an interesting start to the year for US stocks. The S&P 500 finished the month without making a new high. And each of the rallies this year made a lower high going back to the December 29th high. This has clearly been a period of consolidation for large cap US stocks. […]

Continue Reading

SET Portfolio Update February 2015

SET Portfolio Update February 2015

| February 3, 2015

It’s been an interesting start to the year for US stocks. The S&P 500 finished the month without making a new high.  And each of the rallies this year led to lower highs going back to the December 29th high. This has clearly been a period of consolidation for large cap US stocks.  However, it’s […]

Continue Reading

EOT Trade Alert – January 28, 2015

EOT Trade Alert – January 28, 2015

| January 28, 2015

Trade Alert: Buy STI April 17th 2015 $41.00 Calls at $0.70 or better   Company Background: Sun Trust Banks (STI) is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. They operate 1,497 full-service banking offices through the United States.   Short-Term Catalyst: Bank stocks have fallen out of favor with investors after some dismal earnings reports from the likes […]

Continue Reading

EOT Position Update – January 28, 2015

EOT Position Update – January 28, 2015

| January 28, 2015

Market Snapshot The slow start for US stocks continued over the last week. Amazingly, the S&P 500 hasn’t made a new high in 2015. The high from December 29th of last year is still the high water mark for the large cap index. For those that believe the old Wall Street adage, ‘as January goes, […]

Continue Reading

EOT Position Update – January 21, 2015

EOT Position Update – January 21, 2015

| January 21, 2015

Market Snapshot Stocks are off to a slow start this year thanks to an increase in uncertainty. The uncertainty stems from a breakdown of a few foundational beliefs. These are beliefs that businesses have been built on and investments have made because of. For instance, the expansion of US oil production was built on the […]

Continue Reading