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We are short selling silver (SLV) again. The trigger is the agreement on debt ceiling. Since the only convenient market open is the futures market, we short sold near term silver futures contract at $39.82. The debt ceiling uncertainty has added about $2.50 to the price of silver. The world economy is slowing. At The Arora Report, we monitor leading economic indicators from 23 countries. Our forecast is that the world GDP will grow by 0.5% over the next two quarters less than the consensus. Silver is also an industrial metal. Slower economic growth reduces industrial consumption of silver. Estimates
Akamai (AKAM) reported Q2 EPS 35c vs. consensus 36c. Q2 revenue for Akamai were $277M vs. consensus $277.98M. : CEO of Akamai said, ‘œWe’ve seen our topline growth slow down, driven primarily by the pricing and traffic dynamics in our media and software delivery businesses. And we’ve encountered a general slowdown in a few of the more mature markets outside of the US where we operate, due primarily to the tougher macroeconomic headwinds in those markets” We have long held a negative view of Akamai. Our predictions are coming true. For our reader’s convenience, a post from 2008
Juniper (JNPR) reports a bad quarter. Juniper reports Q2 EPS 31c vs. consensus 34c. Juniper reports Q2 revenue $1.12B vs. consensus $1.15B . Juniper sees Q3 EPS 26c-30c vs. consensus 38c and Q3 revenue $1.07B-$1.12B vs. consensus $1.22B The CEO of Juniper said, ‘œJuniper’s results reflect momentum in our routing business and a return to solid performance in switching. A number of factors, however, including mixed signals in the macro economy, impacted our performance this quarter.’ Juniper is now beginning to see same macro problems that Cisco (CSCO). Cisco is much bigger and its size explains
Earlier in the day, NVDA broke below $14.00. The break was not sustained and NVDA bounced sharply taking out the stops of short sellers. NVDA plateaued around $14.70. Going into the close money flow has been negative in NVDA. Fundamentally NVDA is a weak stock bouncing from an oversold condition. If there is an actionable signal it will be provided on the Real Time Feed of the ZYX Buy Change Alert or the Real Time Feed of the ZYX Short Sell Change Alert.
Express Scripts (ESRX) is buying its larger competitor Medco Health Solutions (MHS). Express Scripts is a pharmacy benefit manager. The Wall Street likes the deal and currently Express Scripts is up over $3.00. Our analysis shows that there may be serious anti trust issues here that the Wall Street has not thought about. Normally we would have given a signal right here, but our long experience with trading Express Scripts stock shows that there is a propensity for a short squeeze. We will not short here, but will watch Express Scripts for a short squeeze.
Intel Corporation (INTC) reported upside financial results and guidance in spite of weak consumer PC trends and ‘œiPad effect.’ People buying tablets instead of laptops is called ‘œiPad effect.’ The excellent financial performance is attributable to Intel Corporation firing on all cylinders, success of Sandy Bridge and heavy demand for servers. Sandy Bridge is the code name of a new family of CPU chips that integrate high quality graphics. We will provide actionable signals on Intel Corporation in the Real Time Feed of the ZYX Buy Change Alert .
Our models are predicting a significant probability of a sharp stock market decline. We are hedging 90% of all long positions. We have also developed a BE NIMBLE plan for subscribers of the ZYX Buy Change Alert. If the market goes up from here , it will be an opportunity to short sell. We will provide an actionable signal in real time, if appropriate, Real Time Feed of the ZYX Short Sell Change Alert.