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Some Thoughts Before The Fed Meeting
The Fed is back at it again on Wednesday of this week. And as with every Fed meeting, we get to play the “will they” or “won’t they” game.
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Market SitRep – Buying Spree
This episode of the Market Sitrep kicks off with a look at the ECB’s corporate bond buying program — an unprecedented central bank intervention that will hurt more than it will help. Next we take a look at Belgian equities which broke out to new highs and explain why the breakout is probably a false move. We finish…
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The Standard 60/40 Stock & Bond Portfolio Won’t Survive The Next Decade
Everyone’s familiar with the classic 60/40 investment portfolio. If you’ve ever dealt with financial advisors, this is the standard allocation they’ll recommend. 60% of your money in the stock market, and 40% in bonds.
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Seneca On Sticking To Your Trading Strategy
“…nothing hinders a cure so much as frequent changes of treatment; a wound will not heal over if it is being made the subject of experiments with different ointments; a plant which is frequently moved never grows strong. Nothing is so useful that it can be of any service in the mere passing.”“To be everywhere…
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Don’t Jump Into MLPs With Tepper Just Yet
Range-bound markets over the past year have made it difficult to earn good returns. Most investors haven’t made any money at all. And this reality has forced them to pile into high-yield products to make up the difference.One popular area to reach for yield has been the energy space. The general belief is that crude…
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Karen “The Supertrader” Goes Rogue
Famed Tastytrade icon Karen “The Supertrader” has gone rogue. On May 31, 2016 the SEC filed a complaint against Karen and her investment advisory Hope Advisors LLC.For those who don’t know, Karen achieved widespread recognition through the Tastytrade financial network. Tastytrade focuses on option selling and Karen in particular sells strangles on stock indices, which…
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Market SitRep – Reach For Yield
In this week’s Market Sitrep – Reach For Yield we start off with examining the high-yield energy space. We focus in on David Tepper’s big bets in Williams Partners and Energy Transfer Partners. Next we discuss what bond duration means and its implications going forward. We take a look at an interactive bond calculator that shows changes…
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Who’s Buying And Why? — The Transactions Approach
Theory turns toxic when institutionalized.Need an example?Just look at modern economics.Economists surround themselves with models that are supposed to predict everything from inflation growth to GDP.But do they work?Eh… not usually.
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Liquidity and Frozen Ice Theory
(Note: If you’re interested in learning how to gauge liquidity and sidestep the next market selloff, then download our Liquidity Tracking Guide here.)Howard Marks on liquidity: It’s often a mistake to say a particular asset is either liquid or illiquid. Usually an asset isn’t “liquid” or “illiquid” by its nature. Liquidity is ephemeral: it can come and…
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What’s Really Driving Apple?
Narratives are a fundamental part of our human existence. They’re the key to how we process information. Just as the mind instinctively searches for visual patterns in nature, it also seeks to derive patterns and meaning from information flow. We create stories to help us understand.We see this in financial markets all the time, though…