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SET Monthly Issue April 2016
The Changing Face Of Main Street Not long ago, the best looking and most prosperous appearing building in small town America was the bank. And before 1999, back in the days before lobbyists and politicians dismantled the Glass-Steagal Act of 1933, a community bank was the backbone of local finance. Community banks didn’t go away […]
SET Portfolio Update March 2016
Last month, we raised what we believe are the two key questions sector ETF traders should ask. “Where’s the real problem? In the financial markets or in the global economy?” And… “Are we going into a recession, even a mild one?” After 30 days of promise and rising prices on global markets, we’re not much […]
SET Monthly Issue March 2016
The 11 Thousand Mile Connection It is 11,705 miles from Shanghai, China to Santiago, Chile. Flying time is brutal, more than a day, because there aren’t any direct flights. You need to go through Paris, Miami, Sydney, or even Chicago. But the vast distance between China and Chile suddenly shrinks when you examine things from […]
EOT Position Update – February 24, 2016
Market Snapshot Stocks continue to move in lockstep with oil. And volatility is increasing… over the last month, the S&P 500 has daily swings of more than 1% in 2 out of every 3 days. We’re also seeing sovereign wealth funds cash out of their stock holdings. Oil exporting countries that had been profiting from […]
EOT Position Update – February 17, 2016
Market Snapshot It’s been another crazy and unpredictable week for stocks. Right now, bulls are trying to defend the October 2014 low around 1,815 on the S&P 500. The initial bounce and follow up from the trend following computers has led to a 6.5% surge the last four trading days. But the large cap index […]
SET Portfolio Update February 2016
Change is in the air. “It appears a major sea change in the way markets work may be at hand,” is what hedge fund manager Adam Sender told his investors last month. Key factors driving this change… a global slowdown, oil prices, China worries, and market declines. From our perspective, key question #1 for sector […]
EOT Position Update – February 10, 2016
Market Snapshot Uncertainty is the name of the game these days. Falling oil prices, slowing economic growth, the Fed painting themselves into a corner with the promise to raise rate four times this year, and the US presidential election are all adding to investor fears and uncertainty. The mood on Wall Street is one of […]
EOT Trade Alert – February 5, 2016
Trade Alert: Buy STMP February 19th 2016 $85.00 puts at $2.90 or better Company Background: Stamps.com (STMP) provides Internet-based postage solutions in the United States. It offers solutions for mailing and shipping various mail pieces. The products and services are a USPS approved PC Postage service that allows customers to print electronic stamps directly […]
EOT Position Update – February 3, 2016
Market Snapshot The January selloff caused significant damage to charts of the S&P 500. The large cap index has been making lower highs and lower lows over the last several months. The poor performance was offset somewhat by better than expected 4th quarter earnings. More than 70% of companies have beaten their EPS estimates. This […]
SET Monthly Issue February 2016
Finances, Floor Plans, And A Flood Of First-Time Home Buyers There are at least two schools of thought on the homebuilding business. Possible interest rate increases will spur more buyers to buy a home before mortgage rates go up even more. Or the increases – if they hit – will blockade buyers and slow the homebuilding […]
