Category: Research
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The US Dollar Holding At MAJOR Support [DIRTY DOZEN]
The dynamic of our society, and particularly our new economy, will increasingly obey the logic of networks. Understanding how networks work will be the key to understanding how the economy works. ~ Kevin Kelly, “New Rules for the New Economy” Good morning!In this week’s Dirty Dozen [CHART PACK] we look at relative breakouts, large breadth…
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A Broken Governor & A Speeding Market
***The following is an excerpt from a recent Market Note that went out to members of our Collective***Let’s kick this Market Note off with perhaps the best description of the price-sentiment relationship I’ve ever read. It comes by way of one of my favorite trading books “The Way of the Dollar”, by John Percival (note:…
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Reviewing Our Four Biggest Winners of 2020
We’ve had a good year in our equity portfolio. Times like these let us pause and review why the names we researched and bought have outperformed. Remember, stock price appreciation isn’t our definition of “getting it right.” Getting it right is buying a company for specific business reasons and seeing the company hit those metrics.This…
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Pearson (PSON): From Overpriced Textbooks To Digital-First Platforms
Last week’s essay covered AI in Education and the myriad companies attacking the space. I ended the post by saying we’d cover AI in Finance this week. That changed when I looked closer at Pearson (PSON). The stock had everything we look for at Macro Ops: Improving fundamentals Long-term industry/secular tailwinds Technical confirmation from the…
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The Noise Cycle…
Think of all the news that has come down the pipe over the last two weeks…We had the elections where it looked for a moment like Trump would stage a surprise upset (again). The tighter than expected race has left the Senate up for grabs, though Republicans should take it giving us a divided government.The…
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What a deGraaf Thrust Signal Means for Value Stocks [DIRTY DOZEN]
You can either play the system or you can let the system play you. I like playing the system because it’s more fun and you win more. If you let the system play you, you can get very frustrated and very beat up. ~ Jim Paul, “What I Learned Losing a Million Dollars” Good morning!In…
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Where We’re Finding AI Investment Opportunities: Education
“Teaching is the only major occupation…for which we have not developed tools that make an average person capable of competence and performance. In teaching, we rely on the naturals, the ones who somehow know how to teach.” ― Peter Drucker The act of teaching is an amazing feat. Read the above quote again. In its…
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Bitcoin Sentiment is Running Hot [DIRTY DOZEN]
The winners have attained a mind-set—a unique set of attitudes—that allows them to remain disciplined, focused, and, above all, confident in spite of the adverse conditions. As a result, they are no longer susceptible to the common fears and trading errors that plague everyone else. ~ Mark Douglas, “Trading in the Zone” Good morning!In this…
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Great AI Companies: What They Are & How To Find Them
“It seems probable that once the machine thinking method had started, it would not take long to outstrip our feeble powers… They would be able to converse with each other to sharpen their wits. At some stage, therefore, we should have to expect the machines to take control.” – Alan Turing If that doesn’t smash…
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Bearish Setup in Apple [DIRTY DOZEN]
By definition, what works cannot be irrational; about every single person I know who has chronically failed in business shares that mental block, the failure to realize that if something stupid works (and makes money), it cannot be stupid. ~ Nassim Taleb, “Skin in the Game” Good morning!In this week’s Dirty Dozen [CHART PACK] we…