ONE-TWENTY TWO: Trading Financial Markets
Exploring the poetry in financial markets for students of money and economy since the year 2000.
(This is an excerpt from an article I originally published on Seeking Alpha on August 15, 2013. Click here to read the entire piece.) TRI Pointe Homes (TPH) reported very strong earnings for the second quarter of 2013. {snip} Year-over-year results were strong, and TPH raised guidance for the year. {snip} Based on strong demand, … Read more
(This is an excerpt from an article I originally published on Seeking Alpha on June 17, 2013. Click here to read the entire piece.) In September of last year, Toll Brothers (TOL) printed a near 7-year high. It was the culmination of an amazing 12-month run that took the stock up 164% from a retest … Read more
(This is an excerpt from an article I originally published on Seeking Alpha on May 9, 2013. Click here to read the entire piece.) In November of last year, I identified M.D.C Holdings, Inc (MDC) as my second favorite pick for homebuilders for 2013. The main attraction was the sharp drop in short interest in … Read more
(This is an excerpt from an article I originally published on Seeking Alpha on May 5, 2013. Click here to read the entire piece.) In late November, 2012, I made a list of my homebuilder picks for 2013. I combined valuation, price changes, and short interest to build the list. Almost 6 months later, it … Read more
(This is an excerpt from an article I originally published on Seeking Alpha on August 26, 2013. Click here to read the entire piece.) The release of the minutes for the Federal Reserve’s last policy meeting caused a lot of churn in financial markets, especially in currencies. I read contradicting headlines with one interpreting the … Read more