Podcast – Hedge Fund Tips with Tom Hayes – Episode 2

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The CAKE “Short Skirt, Long Jacket” Stock Market (and Sentiment Results)

In this episode we cover:

  • Jobs Report
  • Rig Count
  • Harold Hamm on Oil Prices
  • General stock market commentary.
  • Hemline Indicator
  • Valueline Geometric Index – Long Term Implications
  • Positioning and sentiment.
  • Increased Guidance on tap?
  • Fed Liquidity.
  • AAII sentiment.
  • NAAIM positioning.
  • Earnings by Sectors: Energy, Gold Miners, REITs
  • S&P and Euro Stoxx 600 earnings.
  • Where to find value?  What’s Cheap?
  • India Small Caps
  • Commodities/CRB
  • Exploration & Production
  • Servicers?

Be in the know. 10 key reads for Thursday…

  1. Red-Hot Biotech Stocks Brace For Key Meeting — Here’s What To Expect (Investor’s Business Daily)
  2. Legal sports betting: California among states set for 2020 push (Fox Business)
  3. The CAKE “Short Skirt, Long Jacket” Stock Market (and Sentiment Results) (ZeroHedge)
  4. Taco Bell Offering $100,000 Salary Amid Mounting Worker Shortage (Bloomberg)
  5. Defense Stocks Have Climbed on Mideast Tension. The Run Isn’t Over. (Barron’s)
  6. City bosses reveal their bargains and bubbles for 2020 (Financial News)
  7. Divergent paths: Oil, natural gas going different directions (for now) (Reuters)
  8. Pepperidge Farm releasing its first gluten-free products – Farmhouse Thin & Crispy cookies (USA Today)
  9. XPO Logistics CEO Brad Jacobs Centers His Strategy Around Tech (Investor’s Business Daily)
  10. To Save Avon, New Owner Comes Calling on Social Media (Wall Street Journal)

Be in the know. 5 key reads for Wednesday…

  1. Nothing scares Jeffrey Gundlach more than Bernie Sanders (MarketWatch)
  2. Starbucks, Lowe’s and 6 Other Consumer Stocks That Could Shine in 2020 (Barron’s)
  3. 3 Oil Stocks to Buy and 1 to Avoid in 2020, According to an Analyst (Barron’s)
  4. Iran’s Forewarned Strikes Give Trump a Path to Avert All-Out War (Bloomberg)
  5. Here’s What Could Take the Dow Up to 32,000 in 2020 (24/7 Wall Street)

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. 7 key reads for Monday…

  1. U.S. Consumer Tech Sales Projected to Increase 4% in 2020. These Trends Will Drive the Growth. (Barron’s)
  2. ‘Bad’ Manufacturing Data Contained Good News for Industrial Stocks. Here’s Why. (Barron’s)
  3. UK economy boosted by ‘greater Brexit clarity’ after conservative win (Fox Business)
  4. Barron’s Picks And Pans: Amazon, Dine Brands, Walgreens And More (Yahoo! Finance)
  5. Top Energy Stocks for January 2020 (Investopedia)
  6. Don’t laugh: Here’s why the ‘great rotation’ from bonds to stocks could finally happen in 2020 (MarketWatch)
  7. Here’s how the Dow and S&P 500 perform in years after they ring up gains of 20% (MarketWatch)

Be in the know. 15 key reads for Saturday…

  1. Forget About Dogs Of The Dow, Upgrade To Dobermans (Forbes)
  2. Hedge Fund Tips – Episode 10 – VideoCast. Stock Market Commentary. (ZeroHedge)
  3. How Trump Planned the Drone Strike With a Tight Circle of Aides (Bloomberg)
  4. Here’s what typically happens to the financial markets after major Middle East crisis events (CNBC)
  5. Billionaires shop at Costco too—see Mark Zuckerberg checking out TVs (CNBC)
  6. Strait of Hormuz, the world’s biggest oil chokepoint, in focus as Iran tensions flare (MarketWatch)
  7. Lennar Stock Looks Like a Bargain. Here’s Why. (MarketWatch)
  8. Large Macy’s Option Trader Betting On A Rebound Year (Benzinga)
  9. How Uncut Gems Won Over the Diamond District (Vanity Fair)
  10. Amazon Is a Free-Cash Rocket Ship.Time to Jump on Board. (Barron’s)
  11. There Are Slim Pickings in the Restaurant Sector. Here’s One Stock Worth Nibbling On. (Barron’s)
  12. Occidental Petroleum, Walt Disney, Nissan Motor: Stocks That Defined the Week (Wall Street Journal)
  13. Ten people set to shape Wall Street in 2020 (Financial Times)
  14. Fed minutes show confidence in 2020 interest rate path (Financial Times)
  15. Stocks Face New Risks, But Here’s Why It’s Not Time To Flee (Investor’s Business Daily)

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

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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

Podcast – Hedge Fund Tips with Tom Hayes – Episode 1

Article referenced in podcast 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. 10 key reads for Friday…

  1. Top 10 Tasks for Boeing’s New CEO (Wall Street Journal)
  2. China’s cabinet plans further action to boost manufacturers: state media (Reuters)
  3. The Power of Social Media in Predicting Stock Returns (Institutional Investor)
  4. Ten Strategists on What U.S.-Iran Escalation Means for Markets (Bloomberg)
  5. Why Battered Oilfield Services Stocks Could Be Big 2020 Winners (24/7 Wall Street)
  6. Why You Should Keep An Eye On These 5 Leading Health Care Stocks (Investor’s Business Daily)
  7. Macau casinos’ luck may change. Two stocks that could win (Barron’s)
  8. The U.S. killed an Iranian General—and the Riskiest Oil Stocks Are Flying (Barron’s)
  9. Boris Johnson’s chief adviser posted a bizarre advert calling for ‘super-talented weirdos’ to help run the UK government (Business Insider)
  10. U.S. shale producers to tap brakes in 2020 after years of rapid growth (Reuters)

Be in the know. 15 key reads for Thursday…

  1. China Moves to Steady Its Slowing Economic Growth (New York Times)
  2. The Earth, Wind & Fire “Shining Star” Stock Market (and Sentiment Results) (ZeroHedge)
  3. These 6 charts compare the US and China economies (CNBC)
  4. Irrational exuberance? Why last year’s stellar returns may have been a reversal of ‘excessive pessimism’ (MarketWatch)
  5. Goldman Sachs Was the Worst Dow Stock of 2018. It Was One of the Best in 2019. (Barron’s)
  6. FedEx Stock Ended 2019 With a Loss. One Director Bought Up Shares in December. (Barron’s)
  7. The highest-paid CEOs of 2019 (USA Today)
  8. The Dollar’s Losses May Just Be Getting Started (Bloomberg)
  9. Almost Everything Wall Street Expects in 2020 (Bloomberg)
  10. OPEC Output Falls as Gulf Nations Step Up Delivery of Oil Cuts (Bloomberg)
  11. This is what the Warren Buffett empire looks like, in one giant chart (MarketWatch)
  12. Treasury’s Mnuchin to head U.S. delegation to Davos conclave (Reuters)
  13. 7 Excellent Value Stocks to Buy for 2020 (Yahoo! Finance)
  14. Twilio CEO Lawson Tinkers Until Solving Customers’ Problems (Investor’s Business Daily)
  15. MAX Crashes Strengthen Resolve of Boeing to Automate Flight (Wall Street Journal)