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. Click here to read the entire piece.) I usually interpret insider buying by company executives as an extremely positive development. However, I am unsure what to think of CEO Mark Smith’s recent purchase of shares of Molycorp (MCP) stock (hat tip to … Read more
(This is an excerpt from an article I originally published on Seeking Alpha. Click here to read the entire piece.) Apparently, First Solar (FSLR) executives agree with my assessment that their company’s shares are undervalued…and now the company has officially launched its PR campaign to spread the word. After the close of trading, FSLR announced … Read more
(This is an excerpt from an article I originally published on Seeking Alpha. Click here to read the entire piece.) Steel stocks have essentially collapsed during this summer’s severe correction. Some have retested lows going all the way back to March, 2009. The stock market is essentially placing its votes and bets on a double-dip … Read more
On Thursday, the stock market was rallying but Lender Processing Services (LPS) was selling off on high volume. At its lowest point, within an hour of trading, LPS was down 7.5% on heavy volume. The stock recovered the rest of the day to close down 3.5%. It turns out that LPS was mentioned during testimony … Read more