(The Weekly Digest reproduces the morning capsules made available every morning before the market open in the Real Time Feeds to the paying subscribers. ) ARE CONDITIONS RIPE FOR A 1987 TYPE CRASH? October 16, 2015 Today is a perfect day to ponder if conditions are ripe for a 1987
This post was just published on ZYX Buy Change Alert. WMT is plunging as it lowers FY17 earnings by 6 – 12%. Increased wages are about 75% of the reason behind reduced earnings. It appears that the success of AMZN is behind the remaining earnings reduction. The stock is very volatile and
This post was just published on ZYX Buy Change Alert. The position is long with an average price of $34.14. As of this writing JPM is trading at $60.25. Currently, 10% of the full core position size is being held and there is also a trade around position. The current hedging program
This post was just published on ZYX Short Sell Change Alert. Consider initiating or adding a 20% tranche to SPY in the zone of $201.o00 to $204.75, preferably in four small scale ins. Temporarily no stops or target for those with longer term orientation. Those with very, very short-term orientation may consider a
(The Weekly Digest reproduces the morning capsules made available every morning before the market open in the Real Time Feeds to the paying subscribers. ) FED BECOMES IMPOTENT, INVESTORS CELEBRATE; ZINC JUMPS, ALCOA BIG MISS October 9, 2015 FOMC minutes show that the Fed has become impotent to normalize monetary policy.
This post was just published on ZYX Buy Change Alert. The company is a big land owner in North West Florida and a real estate developer. The position is long with an average price of $16.00. Currently, 45% of the full core position size is being held. Profits have been taken
I first wrote about a strategy I use when finding beaten-down stock in a February 2014 column titled “An Evergreen Strategy For Unstable Times.” In the column, I illustrated the strategy with an example using Walgreens WBA. Our buy in was around $29. Subsequently, Walgreens hit a high of $97.30.
(The Weekly Digest reproduces the morning capsules made available every morning before the market open in the Real Time Feeds to the paying subscribers. ) JOB NUMBER UNEXPECTEDLY DIVERGES FROM OTHER DATA, RAISE MORE CASH October 2, 2015 September Non-farm Private Payrolls came at 118K vs. 200K consensus. This is
This post was just published on ZYX Buy Change Alert. CUDA is a cyber security firm. After reporting roughly in line earnings, CUDA just had a very disappointing conference call. In a surprise, the company says that the security market it serves is slowing. CUDA guides Q3 EPS $0.07 – $0.08 vs.
This post was just published on ZYX Buy Change Alert. HNT is a health insurance firm. It has a buyout offer from CNC under which it will receive $28.25 in cash and 0.622 shares of CNC. Consider accumulating a total of up to 70% of the full core position size in