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Active Fund Managers Face A Major Dilemma: Momentum
Active equityfund managers are staging a comeback. After years of underperformance, during which active managers lost tens of billions of dollars in assets to passive funds, during the first half of this year, over half of all US equity mutual funds outperformed their benchmarks, according to the latest flagship scorecard from SPDJI. Equity hedge funds are also doing well, gaining […]
October Realized Volatility Is Now The Lowest On Record
After September was declared the lowest volatility month on record, October is starting auspiciously, if only for the vol sellers. After last week stocks rose again on renewed hopes of a Trump tax deal and following a payrolls report which showed the hottest wage inflation since the financial crisis, the S&P 500 closed the week 1.19% higher, while […]
Another Government Is Attempting This Dangerous Mining Strategy
One of the world’s fast-growing mining trends has taken another twist this week. As I’ve been discussing for several months, governments in mining nations globally are obsessing about “value-added” production. Demanding that miners upgrade and refine metals in-country, instead of exporting lower-value products like concentrate. And this week, another government got on that bandwagon. In […]
Aurora Upsizes Financing Deal To $60 Million – Here’s The Details
Earlier today, Aurora Cannabis Inc. (ACBFF) (TSX:ACB) announced that the company would be raising $50 million CAD in a bought deal financing round. As of midday today, Aurora has just announced that they’re upsizing the financing round to $60 million CAD. This new offering amounts to 20,000,000 units, at a price of $3.00 CAD per unit. Each unit […]
AppFolio, Inc. – Chart Of The Day
The Chart of the Day belongs to AppFolio (APPF). I know this is a repeat but it still has one of the best chart I can find and deserves to be repeated.I found the software solutions by using Barchart to sort the list of stocks hitting new 52-week highs, first by the highest Weighted Alpha then again by using the […]
These Two Defense Tech Plays Are Crucial In Our Battle Vs. North Korea’s Nukes
On Aug. 30, off the coast of Hawaii, sailors aboard the USS John Paul Jones tracked, intercepted, and shot down a medium-range ballistic missile. It was a milestone in our nation’s defense system. Doing so put North Korea and Kim Jong-un on notice that we can shoot down their missiles before those missiles reach the U.S. mainland or one of our Asian-Pacific allies. And it’s […]
Short Setups For When The Time Comes
Here’s the updated list of short setups I am following. It’s a pretty good list and most of them have fared pretty well of late. The problem is, the market isn’t going to help you at all. When it comes to shorting the market; I want the wind at my back, and not fighting the […]
Secrets To The Hottest Trade – Shorting VIX
Financial regulations such as the Dodd-Frank Act and Volcker Rule were constructed to keep large banks from straying from their core lines of business. As these rules have been incrementally implemented over the past five years or so, realized volatility has only spiked above 20 twice. Market expectations for volatility seemingly overestimated the frequency that […]
Natural Gas Finds Its Footing
After three straight down days, and down days 7 out of the last 8 trading days, natural gas prices rallied over 2% today for the largest prompt month contract rally since September 18th. Of note today as well was that the H8/J8 spread widened for the first trading day since September 27th, as concerns arose […]
