Category: Research – Alex

“Most people will not wait for the environment to tip itself off. They will walk into the forest when it is still dark, while I wait until it gets light.” ~ Mark WeinsteinIn this week’s Dirty Dozen [CHART PACK]  we look at a yield-dependent tradeable bottom in equities, check out significant technical support, and take…

***Below is an excerpt from a note sent to Collective members earlier this week***  “This is my 45th consecutive year as a Chief Investment Officer. In 45 years I’ve never seen a constellation where there’s no historical analog. I probably have more humility in terms of my views going forward than I’ve ever had.”- Druck…

“There is timing in the whole life of the warrior, in his thriving and declining, in his harmony and discord. Similarly, there is timing in the Way of the merchant, in the rise and fall of capital. All things entail rising and falling timing. You must be able to discern this. In strategy, there are…

“My fear of the markets has forced me to hone my timing with great precision. When I am trading properly, it is like a pool player running racks. If my gut feel of market conditions is not right, I don’t trade” ~ Mark Weinstein In this week’s Dirty Dozen [CHART PACK]  we look at conflicting…

“[Value traps happen’] when you get down toward the lower end of these valuations, value people find them attractive. The trap comes in when there’s a secular change, where the fundamental economics of the business are changing or the industry is changing, and the market is slowly incorporating that into the stock price. So that…

“My North Star is every event in the world affects some security and I try to imagine the world as it is today and then try and see if there’s some kind of seismic change going on and how the world might look in 18 months. And if it does look that way, what are…

“Replicating the post-1990 Chinese experience in those countries would amount to a 15-fold increase of steel output, a more than 10-fold boost for cement production, a more than doubling of ammonia synthesis, and a more than 30-fold increase of plastic syntheses.” ~ Vaclav Smil “How The World Really Works” via this book review by Tom…

Smart Money and Dumb Money are two terms you often hear in the investing lexicon. Let’s break down what they mean, the indicators and tools you can use to track them, and how to turn this information into more profits in the stock market.  Smart Money Vs Dumb Money Explained Smart Money investors are typically…

“There is a time for all things, but I didn’t know it. And that is precisely what beats so many men in Wall Street who are very far from being in the main sucker class. There is the plain fool, who does the wrong thing at all times everywhere, but there is the Wall Street…

 “Comm. Corp. taught me to see the signal, like the signal, follow the signal. If you follow your system /methodology then over time your edge will kick in and you’ll end up ahead.” ~ Micheal MarcusGood morning!  In this week’s Dirty Dozen [CHART PACK]  we look at the narrative pendulum swinging closer and closer to a…