Sell Off on Light Volume
Just a quick note: despite all the red on your screens, the selling seems to be on rather modest volume. That suggests more of a buyers...
The Basic Tenets of My Investment Consciousness
Doug Kass published a terrific column — a list of sorts — of his investment tenets. The concepts that form the basis of...
Q puts, VIX calls
Last week, I mentioned I had added some options to the portfolio: I had picked up some Q Puts and a few VIX Calls. The VIX options...
Some recent trades
Last night on Kudlow, I mentioned I would fade the opening move. We’re not day traders, so I didn’t take my own advice...
Q1 Performance versus Q2-Q4: Any Correlation?
Mark Hulbert asks an interesting question: What does a strong first quarter imply for the rest of the year? On the one hand, we know that...
We’ve Gone Trading Contests Crazy!
Is it just me, or are there an inordinate number of trading contests suddenly going on? I wonder just what this means in terms of...
6 Strategies for Q2
One of my favorite contributors to Real Money is Alan Farley. What makes his work worthwhile to me is this ability to read the overall...
Barron’s on the Kirk Report: The Anti-Cramer
Kudos to Charles! Barron’s gives the Kirk Report a terrific review, noting his "refreshing — and proven — approach...
Dave Landry’s Trading Rules
A dozen pieces of good trading advice fron Dave Landry at TradingMarkets.com: 1. Trade in a conceptually correct mannerTrading because...