Monthly Archives: December 2014

Dollar Collapse Is Inevitable, So Buy Gold

Last month, Kitco News interviewed renowned New York Times Bestselling author Robert Ringer. They began by discussing the current political direction of America, but moved on to the collapse of the dollar. While Ringer will not put a timeline on the collapse of America’s currency, he is certain that it will fall apart. What will…

Winning With Option Volatility

There’s been a lot of talk about volatility in stocks lately. But today, I want to focus on options volatility and what it means for the options investor. So let’s start off with a definition: Volatility measures the rate at which a security moves up and down. If a security is moving up and down…

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On Wednesday December 10th, 2014 Merck (MRK) reported that it achieved early positive results using KEYTRUDA against patients that had triple-negative breast cancer. Triple-negative breast cancer is an advanced form of breast cancer that is more difficult to treat compared to other forms of breast cancer. This is because Triple-negative breast cancer doesn’t express genes…

Before The Flood

Podcast: Play in new window | Play in new window (Duration: 13:16 — 6.1MB) DOW + 63 = 17,596 SPX + 9 = 2035 NAS + 24 = 4708 10 YR YLD + .01 = 2.18% OIL – 1.22 = 59.72 GOLD + 1.30 = 1228.40 SILV + .04 = 17.20 We have a lot to cover. Let’s start…

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Resignation of McDonald’s USA president Jeff Stratton has surely added to the list of problems being faced by this fast-food giant. Shares of McDonald’s (MCD) have skidded more than 9 percent over the past few months. This is the worst decline the company has seen in over a decade; investors have now started questioning the…

Hawaiian Holdings- Chart Of The Day

The Chart of the Day is Hawaiian Holding (NASDAQ:HA). I found the stock by sorting the All Time High List for new high frequency in the last month then used the Flipchart feature to review the charts. Since the Trend Spotter signaled a buy on 10/20 the stock gained 64.49%. Hawaiian Holdings is a holding…

The Dreadful Spread

There is a yawning gap taking place between high yield instruments (such as HYG and JNK) versus the equity market in general. My view is that this spread will reconcile, which is a polite way of saying that stocks are prone to some hard-core selling. Even from a great distance, viewing years of these two…