This 2 part series will cover recent market developments about Berkshire Hathaway, points to a strategy on how you may benefit more on the same trades he did recently and an option trading strategy that probably Berkshire uses for maximizing it returns on the underlying they find worth investing. Don’t forget to read the big picture of US stock markets. Markets are behaving pretty much th...
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On SPY (SPY) yesterday we rallied 4.25% in the last hour of trading and today (Wednesday) we fell 3% in the last hour. This type of violence, with today alone being down over 6.33%, is what makes holding positions too difficult for the average investor. Volume was as heavy as yesterday with most of it coming toward the close like yesterday. But unlike yesterday the performance reversed. Breadth...
In early trade, AEM and ABX, my two gold watch list stocks rose to the top of the % gainers list on a weaker dollar. I was waiting for AEM to retrace or form some NRIBs at the base of resistance (blue line). The dollar ended up being a fade and gold pulled back in. However, I noticed that AEM was halted pending news. Briefing.com reported that AEM announced a $252 mln private placement; or 8 ml...
It was a nasty day for the broader market. By the closing bell recent lows had been broken on heavier volume. In my opinion, things are likely to...
Robert Powell: Next year 403(b) savers face fewer investment options, more rules
Wed, Nov 19, 7:07 PM ET
Come Jan. 1, more than 10 million American workers who save for retirement in 403(b) plans may not be so eager to hear the phrase “Happy New Year.”
Filed under: Wal-Mart (WMT), Best Buy (BBY), Costco Wholesale (COST), Economic data, RecessionElectronics giant Best Buy (NYSE: BBY) is not only suffering from the worst consumer holiday spending meltdown in years, but its beleaguered customer base is now fleeing to discount retailers like Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT) and Costco (NASDAQ: COST). So it appears Best Buy is getting hit with a double whammy...
The news of the day was hardly positive, what with poor housing figures, more worries about the automakers, and concern in credit markets, but the late-day implosion probably sparked more than a few corner-office types storming onto the trading floor and shouting to nobody in particular, “What the hell just happened?” The collapse of major financial stocks — Citigroup finishe...
Volatility is at crisis levels, but traders looking to hedge with options still have, well, options.
Filed under: Microsoft (MSFT), Yahoo! (YHOO), OptionsThe CBOE Volatility Index (VIX) is recently up 3.62 to 71.26, above its 500-day moving average of 20.77, 200-day moving average of 30.38, 100-day moving average of 38.09, 50-day moving average of 53.53 and 10-day average of 64.18 according to Track Data. This suggests that the market is pricing in an upcoming soft economic depression. Yahoo I...
OK, so here is the weirdest story of the day. SolarWorld (SWV.F), one of the largest solar companies in Germany, today declared that they want to buy several sites in Germany that now belong to the Opel division of General Motors. In short, they want to expand from solar modules into the auto business. As noted in an AP story picked up by the Wall Street Journal, SolarWorld said it intends to o...