Lots to touch upon. One thing I want to highlight is the fact that every time markets are up and look good, Trump appears on the teevee to remind us of his favorite word in the dictionary: ‘tariff.’ It turns out, we are in the crossfire of a campaign that is designed to decimate investor...Read More

In light of recent market volatility, I have been actively trading inverse ETFs in order to hedge. About 53 of you do not have margin agreements on file, which makes it difficult to trade without restrictions being placed. If you wouldn’t mind, please access your Schwab accounts and submit one. If you need assistance, email...Read More

Believe it or not, the stock is little changed. The options market had indicated a 10% move in either direction. Lo and behold, we landed on green — everyone loses.NVIDIA beats by $0.04, beats on revs; guides Q1 revs above consensus (131.28 +4.65)Reports Q4 (Jan) earnings of $0.89 per share, excluding non-recurring items, $0.04 better than the FactSet Consensus of...Read More

In truly abysmal tapes, breadth collapses and everything is sold. This is not the case this go around, with the squall keenly focused in on high growth “froth” names, aka the companies that make investors money in bull markets. The type of pin action we are seeing would be suggestive of recession or some sort...Read More

Today’s market character took a dark turn this morning with non growth stocks becoming targets due to what I suspect was “source of funds” for many battered traders. These dislocations often represent optimal buying opportunities and we made some moves today to both pare and bolster current holdings.Before I get into that, I want to...Read More