ONE-TWENTY TWO: Trading Financial Markets
Exploring the poetry in financial markets for students of money and economy since the year 2000.
Wall Street's Irrational, Dangerous Hatred of Solar Stocks | Alternative Energy Stocks For most of 2011, the stocks of solar power companies of all kinds, from providers of raw polysilicon to developers of finished utility scale plants, have been taking a beating on world and U.S. stock markets, partly because solar has been the industry … Read more
(T2108 measures the percentage of stocks trading above their respective 40-day moving averages [DMAs]. To learn more about it, see my T2108 Resource Page.) T2108 Status: 30% and neutral. VIX Status: 19; below last oversold period General (Short-term) Trading Call: Hold (or lock in some profits to allow you the comfort to continue holding remaining … Read more
(T2108 measures the percentage of stocks trading above their respective 40-day moving averages [DMAs]. To learn more about it, see my T2108 Resource Page.) T2108 Status: 33% and neutral. VIX Status: 20; completely erased all gains from the oversold period. General (Short-term) Trading Call: Hold (or lock in some profits to allow you the comfort … Read more
BitCoin HackCrash Raises Doubts About Viability of Virtual Currency – CNBC The dramatic crash in the value of BitCoins on the most popular exchange for trading the electronic currency-substitutes highlighted the dangers investors face when dealing in BitCoins. The value of BitCoins dropped on Sunday from $17 each to just pennies on the most popular … Read more
(This is an excerpt from an article I originally published on Seeking Alpha. Click here to read the entire piece.) Last week, an article from China Daily titled “Rare-earth supplies expected to grow” was blamed for the weakness in several rare earth stocks like Molycorp and Lynas Corp. Ltd on June 16th. The article contains … Read more
(T2108 measures the percentage of stocks trading above their respective 40-day moving averages [DMAs]. To learn more about it, see my T2108 Resource Page.) T2108 Status: 25% and neutral. VIX Status: 20; reversed gains from the last day of last oversold period. General (Short-term) Trading Call: Hold. Commentary T2108 rose slightly to 25% on another … Read more
(This is an excerpt from an article I originally published on Seeking Alpha. Click here to read the entire piece.) GT Solar (SOLR) is one of the few companies, and just about the only solar company, that has survived the May-June correction in the general market. The stock has managed to stay on an uptrend … Read more
(This is an excerpt from an article I originally published on Seeking Alpha. Click here to read the entire piece.) In late May, I wrote two pieces on Lender Processing Services (LPS) that reflected my increasingly bearish opinion on the company: “Rethinking Lender Processing Services Amidst New Allegations and Surging Put Activity” and “Shorts Close … Read more
A friend and I have actively discussed how best to position ourselves for the near-term, bearish risks in the market. As my favorite technical indicator, T2108 – the percentage of stocks trading above their 40-day moving average (DMA), hit oversold territory, he asked my opinion about adding to his SSO put spread. Puts on SSO … Read more
OK. I admit. This post is just an excuse to share what I think is a hilarious music video “Whole Foods Parking Lot.” Even if you do not like rap music, I recommend checking it out. It is about suburban angst (well, as suburban as West Los Angeles can get) exploding in the parking lot … Read more