The high-flying U.S. stock market will crash if President Trump keeps his promise of trade protectionism against China. Please note that I used the word “will” instead of “might.” That’s quite a conviction on my part, given my second law of investing states: “Nobody knows with certainty what is going
Donald Trump has accused countries including China and Japan of manipulating their currencies and running large trade deficits with the U.S. Investors in Asia were on edge leading into the meeting between Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Trump late last week. The economic policies of Abe, known as Abenomics,
Donald Trump’s inauguration speech Jan. 20 could be boiled down to: “I’m going to put America first.” As an American, I liked that theme. “Protection will lead to great prosperity and strength,” the newly installed President Trump said. He also remarked: “We will follow two simple rules: Buy American and
I can safely say that, from my 35 years in the financial markets, to be consistently successful at investing, one must put prudence over popularity. Human nature as it is, investors often find it difficult to take unpopular actions. My motivation in writing this column is to nudge you
In my over 30 years in the markets, I have repeatedly seen traders getting into an aggressive buy mode without asking questions or understand the news. This is happening in Apple AAPL, right now. The chart linked below shows a pattern that has occurred for the first time since
Intel INTC, has been the king of servers, desktops and laptops. However, despite a massive effort, it has had a limited success in mobile, especially at Apple AAPL. For a semiconductor manufacturer, the biggest prize is to get into iPhone 7. Earlier today, Bloomberg published an enticing headline, ‘Intel Gets
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It is time to take partial profits, especially on short-term trades on Apple AAPL and its supplier Avago. In the case of Apple, China Mobile CHL is likely to officially announce tomorrow that it will carry iPhone. In the case of Avago, it just almost doubled its size by acquiring LSI (LSI). Professionals often surround their long-term
Avago Technologies AVGO (AVGO) is a Singapore based semiconductor manufacturer that is set to benefit from the launch of the new iPhone 5S and iPhone 5C from Apple AAPL (AAPL) as well as the growing need for Small Cell BTS systems. The company has had a long-term relationship with Apple. Apple has been using power
In stock trading, twin practices have coexisted for ages. First, a large number of investors enter stop-loss orders to protect themselves. Second, such stop-loss orders become sitting ducks for some professionals. In the past, it was a common complaint that market makers and brokers tended to run the stops. These