The urge to store oil is irresistible. Lots of folks responded to our last column “Oil’s Slump: Boon Or Bust For Refiners?” with questions. While many opinions were jockeyed on the fate of refiners’ stocks, some readers wondered why so much oil
January 29, 2016
It seems we may have bottomed in the oil market, and a lot of shorts are starting to get nervous considering their large short trading book right now. Can you say short squeeze? Video Length: 00:16:47
What is the stock market’s current psychology and what is the one indicator that best capsulizes it? Perhaps no yardstick best measures the stock market’s mood than the CBOE Volatility Index or VIX (Chicago Options:^VIX). Also known as the “fear
Normally, we think of frontiers as boundaries that mark and often regulate our passage from one realm to another. In finance, though, the one frontier worth mentioning – the Efficient Frontier – isn’t a place through which we pass. It’s
Cintas (CTAS) is one of the highest scoring dividend stocks in our database for Dividend Safety (98) and Dividend Growth (99). The company has proven to be an extremely durable business with roots dating back nearly 90 years, and it
As a picture is worth a 1000 words, we let the chart speak. Biotechnology peaked last July. The IBB ETF, representing the sector, has dropped from around 400 points to 263 (last close) in a bit more than half a
The low price of silver has finally claimed is first victim. Endeavour Silver (EXK) announced that it will cut silver production by 25% in 2016. The company has three mines working in Mexico and will produce 7.2 million oz (Moz) of
World financial markets appear to be in a panic, partly over events in China, and partly over the plunge in oil prices. I will claim no expertise on the former, although people I respect who do write on China seem
On Wednesday Jan 27th I wrote an article that gave you a picture perfect trade setup. The trade is on sugar or the SGG sugar ETF. As of this writing sugar is now over 10% in our favor from the original
Stocks were on a tear today as the first look at the GDP number for 4Q 2015 came in as lousy as expected. If the past is any indication, the next two revisions will take it lower to the zero
