The Search for Alpha
Where do you go for returns in this market place? Stocks are at all time highs. Bonds are at all time highs. Gold is up 25% in the last 6 months. Since May, we’ve heard negative equity calls from Stan Druckenmiller, George Soros, Carl Icahn, Jeff Gundlach and Bill Gross. Why? Because being short is…
Is the Bubble about to burst?
TheoTraders look back at past bubbles in the market to look for similarities within the markets today. It is important that TheoTraders keep risk at a minimum during a time when volatility can explode at anytime. Let's look at some of the pitfalls of trading in today's market so you can avoid them and become…
Silver, Gold, Havens Bid Ahead Of Critical Week For US Equities
We’ve talked quite a bit of late about bonds and stocks sending conflicting signals. In fact, the bond/stock mixed message was in many ways the most important takeaway from last week’s euphoric bounce off the post-Brexit lows. Here’s a look at how risk performed versus yields on US, German, and Japanese government bonds: Notice yields…
Stocks, Bonds, Commodities, And Gold: Trading Brexit
The good thing about the Brexit referendum is it’s this week. That rules out the painful prospect that we’ll have to endure the type of summer we suffered through last year when there was a Greece headline every five minutes on market days and every 10 minutes on weekends. Sure, there’s some event risk here,…
Profit Taking Friday?
Profit Taking Friday Will there be profit taking on Friday? Anything can happen with the unemployment report in the morning, but let's dive into where we are in these markets. In 15 trading day the S&P is up 10% and has come into an important resistance level. You would expect bulls may find this a…