Author: Philip Davis

Gosh, we thought we were pretty clever yesterday! We weren’t buying into the afternoon rally and I had predicted the day would finish at 7,850 in my 1:08 alert to members and, at 2:59, with the Dow up at 8,004 I reminded...

Today’s tickers: SFD, LTD, XLF, HNT, AIG, KEY, WMB & CSX SFD Smithfield Foods, Inc. – Shares of the hog producer, pork processor, and beef processor have surged upwards by 6% to $10.50. Analysts in recent weeks...

So far, so not so bad! That’s how earnings are shaping up and we are pleased to see so many companies beating what are fairly low expectations but they are expectations that are baked into the cake nonetheless. Not only...

Are we there yet? Yesterday I predicted a test of our lower levels: Dow7,900, S&P 833, Nasdaq 1,580,NYSE 5,225 and Russell 444 and we finished at Dow 7,841, S&P 832, Nasdaq 1,608, NYSE 5,220 and Russell 452 so an...

Today’s tickers: CCJ, BAX, XHB, T, VIX, PCP, PG, JNJ, HIG & USO CCJ Cameco Corporation – The producer of commercial-use uranium to fuel nuclear power plants has experienced a share price decline of about 4.5% to...

I promised a wild week on Monday and we were not disappointed! As planned in Thursday morning’s post, we went into the weekend bearish, just 1/2 covered with the DIA May $79 puts at $2.71 (now $1.79) against June $82 puts...

We didn’t do a wrap-up last week as I instead wrote a long,MembersOnlypost (only Part 1 too) on “Setting Up A $100,000 Hedged Portfolio” concentrating on a virtual$20,000 allocation inthe financials for our...

Today’s tickers: DRYS, XTO, LGF, MCRI, RVBD, RF, HA, CBS, PCLN DRYS DryShips, Inc. – The drybulk carrier’s share price rally of more than 25% to $6.94 breathes new life into DryShips’ sails today amid an...