(The Weekly Digest reproduces the morning capsules made available every morning before the market open in the Real Time Feeds to the paying subscribers. ) MARKET REACTION TO THE EMPLOYMENT REPORT WILL BE A TELL November 7, 2014 October non-Farm Private Payrolls came at 209K vs. 230K consensus. For the
This post was just published on ZYX Buy Change Alert. THC and CYH are two major hospital chains. Hospital chains have been major beneficiaries of Obamacare. These two stocks have pulled back significantly due to the Republican victory. The conjecture is that Republicans will repeal Obamacare. However, the evidence is that
This post was recently published on ZYX Global Multi Asset Allocation Alert. Overnight Bank of Japan (BOJ) acted decisively. BOJ will accelerate purchases of government bonds to increase at an annual rate of 80 trillion yen which computes to about $725 billion. This is the Japanese version of QE. BOJ will also triple its
This post was just published on ZYX Short Change Alert. The ZAGG position is short from $13.85 and as of this writing is trading at $4.84. 20% of the full core position size is being held. Profits have previously been taken as low as $4.00. Earnings that ZAGG just reported were significantly below the whisper
This post was just published on ZYX Buy Change Alert. BABA is long from $68 and 170% is being held. The up move this morning is overdone. Consider taking advantage of this strength and taking profits on a 10% tranche in the zone of $109 to $110.63. As of this writing BABA
This post was just published on ZYX Buy Change Alert. The position is long with an average price of $20.40 and 15% of the full core position size is being held. Profits have been taken as high as $46.87. As of this writing the stock is trading at $54.14 . Earnings
This post was just published on ZYX Buy Change Alert. BABA is long from $68 and 170% of the full core position size is held. After the company reported earnings, bulls were enthused about the number of users, revenues, and earnings. However, a deeper look shows that non-GAAP gross margins went
The stock market is near all-time highs, and this poses a challenge for the long-term conservative investors in stock selection. Conservative investors have piled into staples and utilities. The thinking goes that people have to eat, use gas and electricity no matter what happens to the economy. Further, investors think
(The Weekly Digest reproduces the morning capsules made available every morning before the market open in the Real Time Feeds to the paying subscribers. ) BOJ ACTION MAY LEAD TO NEW HIGH IS STOCKS, GOLD AGAIN SHOWS ITS TRUE COLORS October 31, 2014 Overnight Bank of Japan (BOJ) acted
This post was just published on ZYX Short Change Alert. Consider taking profits and exiting the trade around silver miner position SLW in the zone of $16.36 to $17.17. The stock is trading at $16.82 as of this writing. Consider continuing to hold the long term core position. There is no