Tag: Hedge Fund

Be in the know. 20 key reads for Sunday…

  1. January Expiration Week: Mixed Bag Last 21 Years (Almanac Trader)
  2. The Man Who’s Spending $1 Billion to Own Every Pop Song (Medium)
  3. U.S., China agree to have semi-annual talks aimed a reforms, resolving disputes: WSJ (Reuters)
  4. Hedge Fund and Insider Trading News: Chase Coleman, Ray Dalio, Daniel Loeb, Ken Griffin, Salesforce.com, Inc. (CRM), Goldman Sachs Group Inc (GS), and More (Insider Monkey)
  5. Where’s Your Flying Car? Hyundai and Uber Say They’re Working on It (New York Times)
  6. The 8 Most Beautiful Castle Gardens in Europe (Architectural Digest)
  7. Bloomberg Spent $200 Million and Isn’t on Track to Score a Single Delegate (The Daily Beast)
  8. Nashville Goaltender Pekka Rinne Scores NHL’s First Goalie Goal In Six Years (digg)
  9. avatar-inspired mercedes-benz VISION AVTR concept car lands at CES 2020 (designboom)
  10. Matthew Benkendorf on Managing Equities (Podcast) (Bloomberg)
  11. The 1970 Plymouth Superbird Won 18 NASCAR Races. Now You Can Buy a Street-Legal Version of Your Own. (Robb Report)
  12. ECRI Weekly Leading Index Update (Advisor Perspectives)
  13. This Custom 1970 Dodge Challenger Has 2,500 Horsepower Under the Hood (Maxim)
  14. Will Northrop Grumman Stock Be a Top Performer Again in 2020? (24/7 Wall St.)
  15. Trump called Iran’s bluff. And he won. (Washington Post)
  16. The St. Louis Blues Are Finding New Ways To Beat The Odds (FiveThirtyEight)
  17. The new tools of monetary policy (Ben Bernanke)
  18. Issues 2020: A Fracking Ban Would Trigger Global Recession (Manhattan Institute)
  19. What It’s Like to Be an Investor in Iran’s Market Now (Podcast) (Bloomberg)
  20. How I Built This with Guy Raz Dell Computers: Michael Dell (Apple)

Be in the know. 10 key reads for Tuesday…

  1. For India’s Battered Small Caps, Patience Is Virtue, ICICI Says (Bloomberg)
  2. US debt investors seek protection against inflation (Financial Times)
  3. Expert: These Will Be The Biggest Hedge Funds Trends Of 2020 (Benzinga)
  4. How 7-Eleven Struck Back Against an Owner Who Took a Day Off (New York Times)
  5. New cars hit the LA Auto Show (USA Today)
  6. Byron Wien makes some bold 2020 calls in his widely followed surprises list including 2 rate cuts (CNBC)
  7. Bet on these big names to use their scale to squeeze out smaller rivals, says Jefferies (MarketWatch)
  8. US trade deficit plunges to more than 3-year low (Fox Business)
  9. RBC Capital Markets Out With First Top Picks Equity List for 2020 (24/7 Wall Street)
  10. Oil tycoon Harold Hamm predicts 19% jump in U.S. oil prices within six months, ‘regardless of what happens’ in the Mideast (MarketWatch)

Be in the know. 20 key reads for Sunday…

  1. The Tech That Will Invade Our Lives in 2020 (New York Times)
  2. Inside the world of one of YouTube’s most popular food vloggers (Vox)
  3. ‘Points Guy’ Brian Kelly on Maximizing Travel Rewards (Podcast) (Bloomberg)
  4. Typical January Trading: Volatile Last 20 Years (Almanac Trader)
  5. The MMT backlash takes a new form (FT Alphaville)
  6. Hedge Fund and Insider Trading News: Bill Ackman, Marshall Wace, Greenlight Capital, Becton Dickinson and Co (BDX), On Track Innovations Ltd (OTIVF), and More (Insider Monkey)
  7. This Icelandic Retreat Is Reminiscent of a Bond Villain’s Lair (Fortune)
  8. 22 of the Most Expensive Homes in the World for Sale (Robb Report)
  9. 18 Travel Experiences To Add To Your Bucket List In 2020 (BuzzFeed)
  10. ECRI Weekly Leading Index Update (Advisor Perspectives)
  11. Here’s What’s Coming To Netflix, Hulu, Amazon, HBO and Disney+ in January (Maxim)
  12. Episode 216: How Four Drinking Buddies Saved Brazil (NPR Planet Money)
  13. The Great British Bicycle Bubble (NPR Planet Money)
  14. Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff Runs a $143 Billion Company From an iPhone. Here’s Why That Makes Perfect Sense (Inc.)
  15. Why So Many Emerging Markets Are Blowing Up Right Now (Podcast) (Bloomberg)
  16. Scientists Spot Addiction-Associated Circuit in Rats (Scientific American)
  17. Issues 2020: A Fracking Ban Would Trigger Global Recession (Manhattan Institute)
  18. Top 10 Tips to Meet Your New Year’s Resolution. (LiveLux)
  19. 20 Questions We Have for the 2020s (Popular Mechanics)
  20. 713: The Tipping Point Between Failure and Success (Harvard Business Review)

HFT VideoCast – Stock Market Commentary and Weekly Recap – Episode 10

Article referenced in VideoCast above:

The Earth, Wind & Fire “Shining Star” Stock Market (and Sentiment Results)

In this episode we cover:

  • general stock market commentary
  • positioning and sentiment
  • CNBC and Fox Business quotes from this week
  • Increased Guidance on tap?
  • Earnings by Sectors
  • Energy E&P thesis
  • CEO/CFO sentiment
  • Fed Liquidity
  • AAII sentiment
  • NAAIM positioning
  • S&P and Euro Stoxx 600 earnings
  • Dogs of Dow
  • Transports
  • Jude Clemente Energy Article in Forbes
  • Rig count

Be in the know. 15 key reads for New Year’s Day…

  1. Three Neglected Parts of the Stock Market That Could Win in 2020 (Barron’s)
  2. How investors see 2020 shaping up in US financial markets (Financial Times)
  3. Stock Market Caps Bullish Year With Modest Gains; Which Sectors Will Lead In 2020? (Investor’s Business Daily)
  4. Steve Cohen one of few bright spots in bad year for hedge funds (New York Post)
  5. Chill, It Might Not Be That Bad: The Optimist’s Guide to 2020 (Bloomberg)
  6. India Stocks Rise as Investors Bank on Economic Recovery in 2020 (Bloomberg)
  7. Oil Caps Strongest Year Since 2016 on OPEC Cuts, Trade Truce (Bloomberg)
  8. UK is set to exit the EU next month: Here are some important Brexit-related dates of 2020 (CNBC)
  9. Warren Buffett turned down a chance to buy Tiffany’s (Business Insider)
  10. 11 Top Merrill Lynch Stock Picks for 2020 (24/7 Wall Street)
  11. Here are the best and worst Dow and S&P 500 stocks of 2019 (MarketWatch)
  12. These are the 20 best-performing stocks of the past decade, and some of them will surprise you (MarketWatch)
  13. These 10 S&P 500 stocks were lousy in 2019, but they could return 40% or more in 2020 (MarketWatch)
  14. Dow, Exxon Mobil and IBM top the ‘Dogs of the Dow’ list as 2019 ends (MarketWatch)
  15. Oil analysts bet on modest price gains in 2020 as supply shrinks: Reuters poll (Yahoo! Finance)

Be in the know. 20 key reads for Saturday…

  1.  Xi Jinping says ‘phase one’ trade deal benefits both US and China, seeks to sign as soon as possible (CNBC)
  2. DuPont Gets Better End of Deal (Morningstar)
  3. Lowest-rated US bonds end the year with a bang (Financial Times)
  4. Boris Johnson’s Biggest Problem: What to Do Next (Bloomberg)
  5. ‘Put all your eggs in one basket and watch the basket very carefully’: Here are 13 brilliant quotes from billionaire investor Stanley Druckenmiller (Business Insider)
  6. The 2010s Were the Upside-Down Decade (Barron’s)
  7. This CRISPR Stock Is A 2020 Top Pick — But Will Gene Editing Succeed? (Investor’s Business Daily)
  8. The Oil Situation (ValuePlays)
  9. The Beginning of a New Bull Market In Stocks? (All Star Charts)
  10. Consumer sentiment rises for December despite Trump’s impeachment (CNBC)
  11. How the Icahn-Ackman ‘Battle of the Billionaires’ on CNBC became a defining moment of the decade (CNBC)
  12. When Warren Buffett Thanks You for “Client Alpha” (Validea)
  13. How Vevo’s Artistic and Scientific Approach to Music Videos Is Paying Off After 10 Years (Fortune)
  14. Jim Cramer Says Democratic Debates Show How Badly China’s Xi Needs a Deal (TheStreet)
  15. Amazon Blocked Sellers From Using FedEx And Now We Know Why (Forbes)
  16. 2019 Market Strength Could Give Election-Year 2020 A Boost (Almanac Trader)
  17. The Forbes Investigation: Inside the Secret Bank Behind the Fintech Boom (Forbes)
  18. This 256-Foot Superyacht Transforms Into An Actual Submarine (Maxim)
  19. ECRI Weekly Leading Index Update (Advisor Perspectives)
  20. iPhone maker reportedly building secret satellite team as 5G race speeds up (FoxBusiness)

Be in the know. 20 key reads for Saturday…

  1. It’s Time To Get Greedy In The Energy Sector (The Felder Report)
  2. GOLDMAN SACHS: These 20 unloved stocks are spring-loaded for surprisingly big gains in 2020 (Business Insider)
  3. U.S.-China trade deal swaps tariff rollbacks for farm, energy purchases (Reuters)
  4. Here are the best-performing stocks of the decade (CNBC)
  5. PBD TOP 100 MOVIES (Patrick Bet-David)
  6. U.S. and China Reach ‘Phase-One’ Deal Easing Trade Tensions (Bloomberg)
  7. McDonald’s launching first vegan meal in the UK (New York Post)
  8. Boris Johnson’s chance to forge a new role for Britain (Financial Times)
  9. Here’s what the new trade deal means for the markets (CNBC)
  10. What you need to save monthly to retire with $1 million to $3 million, broken down by age (CNBC)
  11. Tradeoffs: The Currency of Decision Making (Farnam Street)
  12. Automation and artificial intelligence could save banks more than $70 billion by 2025 (Business Insider)
  13. These 3D-Printed Houses Could Solve Homelessness (Futurism)
  14. Gary Keller — How to Focus on the One Important Thing (#401) (Tim Ferriss)
  15. Hedge Funds Have Taken Smaller Active Bets — and Delivered Less Alpha — Since the Financial Crisis (Institutional Investor)
  16. Bull Markets Last Much Longer Than You Think (A Wealth of Common Sense)
  17.  One Ratio to Rule Them All: EV/EBITDA (Focused Compounding)
  18. John Malone Has A Very Simple Approach To Screening For Opportunities (GreenBackD)
  19. Copper’s seasonal rally underway (Almanac Trader)
  20. The NHL’s Best Fans 2019: No. 4 Golden Knights Prove Hockey Can Thrive In The Desert (Forbes)