The Market Is Ready to Take Off BIG This Year
Email- #148
Dear Reader,
I am getting tired of hearing “technical” babble about how the market is negative.
Back in 1995, the head of technical analysis in Swiss Bank – then one of the top proprietary traders in the world – told me that technical analysis works roughly 65% to 70% of the time, and that the main [...]
Good Morning
Email – #95
Dear Reader,
Good morning!
Today is the start of the Chinese New Year, so we’d like to be the first to wish you a happy and prosperous one.
It’s the Year of the Rat. In Western culture, this little rodent is unwelcome, but in China it’s a different story. People born in rat years are clever, [...]
Take Some Profits on FXP
Email – #94
Dear Reader,
As expected, the iShares FTSE/Xinhua China 25 Index ETF (NYSE:FXI) has suffered concurrently with the broader global markets. That means we’ve got some small profits on the table. Let’s take ‘em.
Action to take: Sell one half of your UltraShort FTSE/Xinhua China 25 Proshares (NYSE:FXP) position at $96 or higher to capture at [...]
Outperforming the Markets and Balancing Risk
Dear Reader,
Contrary to what most people think, the risks you take as an investor don’t matter.
Instead, it’s the risks you avoid that rack up the big returns.
Case in point, since Nov. 21, 2007, the SPX has lost 5.94%. The Nasdaq is off a bloody 9.69%. Yet, our Global Autopilot Portfolio, which emphasizes risk avoidance [...]
Congratulations on Last Week's Tactical Short
Email – #93
Dear Reader,
Pat yourself on the back if you were following along with last week’s May 130 iShares FTSE/Xinhua China 25 Index ETF (FAH-QZ) put options. We banked at least 22.34% gains (excluding commissions) in two days.
There’s plenty more where that came from but before we talk about why, let’s tackle the more immediate [...]
