A Sunny Market for Shady Characters

24May2:42 pmEST

Genuine Value in Retail

The Amazon-eats-the-world thesis have reared its head again in recent weeks, with carnage in retail icons like JCP JWN M, among others. To reiterate our counter to that thesis, while it is certainly true that Amazon is inflicting, shall we say, creative destruction on plenty of old hat retail plays, it is not true on every level. In other...

24May10:19 amEST

It's Thanksgiving in May for Fitness Software

One of the more intriguing, niche software plays over the last year and a half or so has been MINDBODY, Inc.. MB is a provider of cloud-based business management software for the wellness services industry. In other words, they specialize in fitness software for businesses, potentially a way for firms to reduce employee healthcare costs. ...

23May3:50 pmEST

Stock Market Recap 05/23/17 {Video}

The following video is a brief, condensed version of the Stock Market Recap which I present each evening to members of Market Chess Subscription Services. In the longer version, I offer tons of actionable trade ideas, educational content, and in-depth objective analysis across all markets. If you enjoy my videos and blog posts, then please...

23May3:47 pmEST

Steel Doesn't Die So Easily

Much like the tough steel mill workers themselves, steel stocks may not be ready to go away for good. Of course, steel longs must have been feeling their stocks would, in fact, go away for good given the steeply corrective action since February. However, today marks the first session in a good while where steel stocks rallied impressively on...

23May1:35 pmEST

I Went to a Fight the Other Night and an Airline Broke Out

"I went to a fight the other night, and a hockey game broke out." -Rodney Dangerfield That old Rodney Dangerfield joke certainly seems applicable to the airline experience these days, what with a flurry of headlines regarding physical fights aboard major airlines both in the U.S. and around the world. And, yet, the airline stocks themselves...

23May10:35 amEST

Think of Solar Like a Dance Move from the 1920s

Solars have been out of favor for so long it is hard to remember when, exactly, they were actually in favor. But like a dance move from the 1920s, they could become fashionable again after an extended period in the wilderness. First and foremost, the energy complex sustaining some type of rally this summer would be a tailwind for the solar...

22May3:49 pmEST

Stock Market Recap 05/22/17 {Video}

The following video is a brief, condensed version of the Stock Market Recap which I present each evening to members of Market Chess Subscription Services. In the longer version, I offer tons of actionable trade ideas, educational content, and in-depth objective analysis across all markets. If you enjoy my videos and blog posts, then please...

22May3:47 pmEST

A Bright Spot from the Storm

Into this bounce in crude oil, a bullish divergence in favor of energy bulls dating back several months can be seen in the outperformance of HYG, the ETF for high yield corporate bonds. The HYG is filled with plenty of firms in the energy complex. But to be precise, as I write this energy-related firms make up more than 13.5% of HYG. Thus,...

22May1:36 pmEST

Silver Not as Obsolete as Silver Spoons

Given the frenzy in the cryptocurrencies, it may very well be easy to dismiss the precious metals and miners as no longer attracting much interest even when the U.S. Dollar slumps. However, I would not be so quick to dismiss the precious complex, as they will always have their skeptics regardless of other alternative investments. Beyond that,...

22May10:41 amEST

A Sunny Market for Shady Characters

The "cryptocurrency" market created plenty of buzz over the weekend alongside recent weakness in the U.S. Dollar, as the price of Bitcoin and Ethereum continue to rally throughout 2017. In lieu of focusing too much on speculating in those given markets, let us take a step back and consider that it is a way to express at least some loss of...