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via Marketwatch: Investors, knocked around by the latest stretch of volatility VIX, +0.06% , are wiggling out of their risky margin positions in a big way. Margin debt, the most current figures show, fell … Read more
by Dave Kranzler of Investment Research Dynamics “Our advice is to own as little exposure U.S. equity exposure as your career risk allows.” – Martin Tarlie, member of portfolio allocation at Grantham, Mayo, Van … Read more
by Dave Kranzler of Investment Research Dynamics Last month the Government’s Bureau of Lies And Statistics served up an employment report purporting 312,000 new jobs in December. This despite massive seasonal retail lay-offs … Read more
by Dave Kranzler of Investment Research Dynamics The mis-pricing of money and credit has also driven a terrible misallocation of capital and kept unproductive zombie debtors alive for too long. Saxo Bank, “Beware The … Read more
KEY POINTS -All-star hedge fund manager David Einhorn explains in a letter why his hedge funds lost more than a third of their value last year. -Greenlight Capital, lost 11.4 … Read more
Dave Kranzler of Investment Reserach Dynamics interviewed by Elijah Johnson of Silver Doctors The stock market is bouncing, but not based on fundamental strength of the economy. The current volatility in the stock market is a … Read more
by Dave Kranzler of Investment Research Dynamics The post-Christmas stock rally extended through Wednesday as the small-cap and tech stocks led the way, with the Russell 2000 up 14.3% and the Nasdaq up … Read more
by Dave Kranzler of Investment Research Dynamics The stock market has gone “Roman Candle” since Fed Chairman, Jerome Powell, gave a speech that was interpreted as a precursor to the Fed softening its … Read more
by Dave Kranzler of Investment Research Dynamics “Commentators keep asking why the Fed can’t raise rates if the economy is so strong? They still don’t realize that the economy was never strong. They … Read more
by Dave Kranzler of Investment Research Dynamics Bloomberg posted an article this morning describing the Collateralized Loan Obligation market as “Wall Street’s Billionaire Machine.” But I seem to recall that the CLO market was one … Read more
by Dave Kranzler of Investment Research Dynamics A friend asked me today what I thought Powell should do. I said, “the system is screwed. It ultimately doesn’t matter what anyone does. The money … Read more
by Dave Kranzler of Investment Research Dynamics A couple of my subscribers emailed me expressing frustration over the fact that their recent homebuilder puts are either not moving higher or losing value despite … Read more
by Dave Kranzler of Investment Research Dynamics I chuckle when the hedge fund algos grab onto “positive” trade war headlines and trigger a sharp spike in stock futures. Settlement of the trade war … Read more
via CNBC: Machines responsible for 80% of trades in the US, fund manager says from CNBC. Many believe that the different sell-off episodes seen throughout 2018 were caused … Read more
by GoldCore Asset management firm Fasanara Capital compared stock valuations to bitcoin in that “it is totally disconnected from fundamentals,” its chief executive told CNBC Impending tipping point for markets is due to … Read more
Apparently if you’re part of his investment “family,” not only is your account zero, you now owe money. This boy lost a lot of money. James Cordier of Optionsellers.com humbled … Read more