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The Scary Blip

The Scary Blip

I hate it when my mom reminded me when I was a younger, but now that I’ve survived into middle-aged adulthood, I will give you the same medicine she gave me: “I told you so.” As I cautioned last month, “It’s important for investors to remember this pace of gains cannot be sustainable forever.” I added that […]
Biotech ETFs Head To Head: XBI Vs. IBB

Biotech ETFs Head To Head: XBI Vs. IBB

The biotech sector has been attracting a lot of investor attention lately. This sector is expected to continue benefiting from increased M&A activities, new drug approvals, better R&D and innovations. Although the sector took a beating last year owing to drug-price controls and Trump’s plans of tackling the ever-surging drug prices getting highlighted in his […]
Stocks And Precious Metals Charts – As The Markets Turn

Stocks And Precious Metals Charts – As The Markets Turn

Stocks, were weakly unravelling most of the day, just hanging on despite the morning’s cheering ambiguities of Fed Chair Powell, who sought to calm the markets after rattling their cages yesterday. An announcement came out that President Trump would indeed be seeking to impose a global 25% tariff on steel and 10% on aluminum. And […]
Gunmaker Stocks Crash After-Hours: “Low Firearm Demand May Continue For Some Time”

Gunmaker Stocks Crash After-Hours: “Low Firearm Demand May Continue For Some Time”

American Outdoor Brands (which owns Smith & Wesson) and Sturm Ruger stocks are collapsing in after-hours trading following AOBC slashing its sales and earnings guidance and warning that lower levels of firearm demand may continue for some time. The company reported much lower revenue than expected in fiscal third-quarter earnings Thursday, and offered a revenue forecast […]
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                        Are Coffee Prices Starting To Brew?

E Are Coffee Prices Starting To Brew?

Coffee futures in the May contract settled higher for the 2nd consecutive session settling right near a 2 week high up 195 points at 123.95 a pound as it looks to me that prices bottomed out around the 11850 level in last weeks trade. At the current time my only soft commodity recommendation is in […]
The Stars Group – Chart Of The Day

The Stars Group – Chart Of The Day

The Chart of the Day belongs to The Stars Group (TSG). I found the gaming software stock by using Barchart to sort today’s New 52 Week High list first for the highest technical buy signals, then I used the Flipchart feature to review the charts for consistent price appreciation. Since the Trend Spotter signaled a buy on 1/16 the stock gained […]
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                        The Trade Desk: Analysis Of Competition

E The Trade Desk: Analysis Of Competition

The Trade Desk (TTD) is a technology company that empowers buyers of advertising. It operates under a thriving SaaS business model with mid double-digit growth and 30%+ operating margins, in an industry with expanding $700 million TAM. The company is the only addition to our market-beating portfolio in 2018. Readers can familiarize themselves with our original long […]
It’s Q1 Again, Do You Know Where Consumer Spending Is?

It’s Q1 Again, Do You Know Where Consumer Spending Is?

Residual seasonality isn’t a residual, but it is seasonal. The concept was introduced several years ago mostly because Economists were finally being embarrassed about their meteorological predilections. It had become common, far too common, to blame snow, cold, and general wintry like conditions during the winter. Thus, something else had to be brought forward to […]
Hot Option Report For End Of Day – Thursday, March 1

Hot Option Report For End Of Day – Thursday, March 1