Be in the know. 15 key reads for Saturday…

  1. 5 Blue Chip Stocks in Wall Street’s Penalty Box Have Massive Upside Potential Bottom ofTop of FormBottom of Form (24/7 Wall Street)
  2. Warren Buffett Is One of a Kind. What That Will Mean for Berkshire Hathaway When He’s Gone. (Barron’s)
  3. Warren Buffett more than doubled its investment in Occidental Petroleum (OXY) In Q4 (MarketWatch)
  4. Musk’s Boring Co. Celebrates Breakthrough at Las Vegas Tunnel (Bloomberg)
  5. Boeing Argues It Doesn’t Need to Move 737 Max Wiring Bundles (Bloomberg)
  6. Short-Sellers Give Oil a Break Following Coronavirus Concerns (Bloomberg)
  7. Kraft Heinz Stockholders Find Good News Can Be Bad News (Barron’s)
  8. Hedge-Fund Investor Dan Loeb Bought Stock in Amazon and 2 More Companies (Barron’s)
  9. Consumer sentiment hits highest level since 2018 despite coronavirus outbreak (Business Insider)
  10. White House considering tax incentive for more Americans to buy stocks, sources say (CNBC)
  11. Stocks are near record highs, but people are still not investing (CNN Business)
  12. Hedge Fund and Insider Trading News: Ken Griffin, Dan Loeb, Ray Dalio, Davidson Kempner, PCB Bancorp (PCB), Taylor Morrison Home Corp (TMHC), and More (Insider Monkey)
  13. Hedge Fund ‘Cubs’ Share Information — And Alpha (Institutional Investor)
  14. An Astronaut’s Guide to Mental Models (Farnam Street)
  15. Brookfield: inside the $500bn secretive investment firm (Financial Times)

HFT VideoCast – Stock Market Commentary and Weekly Recap – Episode 11

Article referenced in VideoCast above:

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?

Podcast – Hedge Fund Tips with Tom Hayes – Episode 2

Article referenced in podcast above:

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?

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

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. 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)

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

In 1975, Earth, Wind & Fire released their famous song entitled, “Shining Star.”  The salient lyrics – as they relate to the Stock Market in this week’s note are:

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Be in the know. 12 key reads for Friday…

  1. Big Investors Showing Love to Gas Fields Others Shun (Wall Street Journal)
  2. 3 Losing Sectors That Could Bounce Back in 2020 (Barron’s)
  3. 36 Corvettes, Hidden for Years in a Garage, Will Be Given Away (New York Times)
  4. My appearance on Yahoo! Finance TV yesterday (Yahoo! Finance)
  5. Royal Dutch Shell is a top stock for 2020. This is why. (Barron’s)
  6. The Future for FedEx, UPS, and Other Shippers Isn’t as Bleak as It Looks (Barron’s)
  7. Exxon Mobil Stock Was Out of Step With Energy Investors in 2019 (Barron’s)
  8. Stocks Hit Fresh Highs as Nasdaq Crosses 9000 (Wall Street Journal)
  9. Charter Schools Keep Tabs on Grads to Keep Them in College (Wall Street Journal)
  10. The stock market boom may just be getting started — Citi sees 90% odds that equities will rip higher in 2020 (Business Insider)
  11. Oil Trades Near Three-Month High on Signs of Shrinking Supplies (Bloomberg)
  12. Why this 10-year-old bull market is actually a one-year-old (Yahoo! Finance)