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EOT Position Update – January 27, 2016
Market Snapshot Volatility in oil prices and energy stocks are driving this market. The US stock market has become highly correlated to oil and Chinese stocks. In other words, if oil and China are up, then US stocks follow suit. But if China and oil are down, US stocks follow them lower. This is unusual. […]
EOT Trade Alert – January 22, 2016
Trade Alert: Buy ADBE March 18th 2016 $92.50 calls at $3.00 or better Company Background: Adobe Systems (ADBE) is a diversified software company. They operate in 3 segments – Digital Media, Digital Marketing, and Print and Publishing. Short-Term Catalyst: Adobe is a big company with a market cap around $44 billion. It’s one […]
EOT Position Update – January 20, 2016
Market Snapshot Are we already in a bear market? Right now the S&P 500 is in the midst of its 2nd 10% correction in the last five months. We don’t see multiple corrections of this magnitude in such a short period of time very often. The last time it happened was 2008… right at the […]
SET Monthly Issue January 2016
Has The Bear Market Already Started? Stocks are off to a dreadful start in 2016. The S&P 500 is down 11% from the 52-week highs. It’s not even close to the 20% drop needed to be an official bear market. Yet, you can’t read, watch, or listen to anything about the financial markets without hearing […]
EOT Position Update – January 13, 2016
Market Snapshot The selloff to begin 2016 is the worst since 1930. There’s no way to sugarcoat that… it’s just an awful start to the year. The selloff has hit the best performing stocks of 2015. Facebook $FB, Amazon.com $AMZN, and Alphabet $GOOGL have all seen their stocks move lower with the selloff. Right now, […]
EOT Trade Alert – January 8, 2016
Trade Alert: Buy INTC March 18th 2016 $33.00 calls at $1.00 or better Company Background: Intel (INTC) designs, manufactures, and sells integrated digital technology platforms worldwide. Short-Term Catalyst: Stocks have gotten off to a horrible start to 2016. Investor fears have grown as China’s stock market tanks and fears that the first Fed […]
EOT Position Update – January 6, 2016
Market Snapshot Happy New Year! Sort of… The Santa Claus rally didn’t deliver in 2015. Now financial markets around the globe find themselves in a post-holiday hangover. Markets from China to Europe and here in the US have all sold off in the first few days of 2016. Hopefully, 2016 is a better year than […]
SET Portfolio Update January 2016
Happy New Year! And hopefully it is a better year than a forgettable 2015 for US stocks. As you can see, the S&P 500 finished the year with a modest loss. Sector performance was mixed in 2015. Four sectors finished with gains for the year… consumer cyclical, staples, healthcare, and technology. The other five sectors […]
EOT Trade Alert – December 18, 2015
Trade Alert: Buy IPHI January 15th 2016 $30.00 calls at $1.00 or better Company Background: Inphi (IPHI) provides high-speed analog and mixed signal semiconductor solutions for the communications, datacenter, and computing markets worldwide. Its analog and mixed signal semiconductor solutions offer high signal integrity at data speeds while reducing system power consumption. Short-Term […]
EOT Position Update – December 16, 2015
Market Snapshot Ready or not… higher interest rates are here. The Fed is poised to end its zero-interest-rate policy (ZIRP) today. This policy has been in place since the 2008 financial crisis. Under ZIRP, the Fed has kept interest rates near 0%. They also used periods of quantitative easing or bond buying to help boost […]
