Trade Alert

Well, as you might have noted late last week as the market's declines got deeper and the Nasdaq fell well into correction territory of more than 10% decline from its highs just [double checks calendar] three weeks ago, I no longer outright hate the stock market and most of the stock prices in it. Many of the names we'd trimmed and have been so cautious about have come down 15% … [Read more...] about Trade Alert: I’m Not Hating The Stock Market Anymore

You ever have a big blister that hurts but keeps getting bigger until finally it pops and though it really hurts at that moment, it actually makes you feel a bit better because now you know things can get back to normal? Is that a bad analogy for the 10-30% pullback in many of the highest flying momentum names? At any rate, many people almost feel a sense of relief at the … [Read more...] about Trade Alert: Covering Some Shorts In The Reflecting Softbank Sun Light

I’ve mentioned in the past that I’m on the Advisory Board at Republic, a leading crowdfunding platform (check them out at republic.co). I’ve linked to their site several times in the past and have found some interesting startups that might be worth throwing a tiny bit of investment capital at, but I’ve not pulled the trigger because I wanted to spread some of the risk out … [Read more...] about Trade Alert: Investing In The New Republic Note

This song plays on several of my littlest daughter's toys and it gets stuck in my head sometimes. Today, it was stuck in my head because I think it's a good analogy for what's happening to the retail investors stock market right now: "All around the mulberry bush The monkey chased the weasel The monkey thought 'twas all in fun Pop! goes the weasel A penny for a spool of … [Read more...] about Trade Alert: A Pop Goes The Weasel Market

The relentless rally rollicks right on. Many of our stocks actually at or near new all-time highs. Meanwhile, the markets overbought, with small caps and penny stocks going vertical. Meanwhile, there are more retail investors jumping into the stock market pool than ever before. A few weeks ago in a Live Q&A Chat, we talked how millions of people around the United States who … [Read more...] about Trade Alert: What Could Go Wrong with a Relentless Rally, Daytraders Everywhere, Momo’s Highfiving?

I started this write-up yesterday around 1pm ET. Then I got pulled into other projects and didn't get back to writing on this analysis until about 1pm ET today, 24 hours later. And I guess we're back to a wildly volatile market as the small cap stocks, which are a large part of today's topic, are down nearly 10% in the 6.5 trading hours since I started writing about … [Read more...] about Market Analysis: Why Small Cap Stocks Have Sucked