Weekly Sentiment Survey: A Bit Less Bearish but No Less Cautionary
This week, the team seems a little more mixed. But still, worries abound.
Micron Hits Price Target: Should We Buy, Sell or Hold?
Here’s how we’re playing Micron after a stunning 850% gain.
The Setup Bears Have Been Waiting for Is Here
Here are the three things that triggered the selling, what to watch now and my strategy for this difficult market.
Is SpaceX the ‘Trap Door’ to a Global Tech Beatdown… or an Opportunity?
Here’s why it’s not a time to panic and my trading plan for navigating this weakness.
Palantir Breaks Support as Market Action Deteriorates Into the Close
Here’s why the setup is difficult as well as one area where the action is working.
Locking in Big Gains on Two Positions
We’re opportunistically raising cash levels as we get ready ahead of the next EPS All-Stars reconstitution.
New SanDisk Price Target as Stock Threatens Another Parabolic Move
Let’s think a little more about the mighty, mighty SanDisk.
Marvell Joins the S&P 500 as We Await Micron’s ‘All-Star’ Earnings
Our eyes are on this Portfolio holding when it comes to Micron’s capex comments.
Why I Have Targeted Shorts in GRNY and JOET
* Among other reasons, I now want to be short momentum.
I plan to aggressively expand my ($GRNY) short now and to continue to modestly expand my ($JOET) short (despite my fondness for its portfolio manager Joe Terranova).
Let me give you two straightforward reasons for my tactics:
* Both ETFS are grounded in momentum-based investing. Here are the holdings of GRNY (GRNY Holdings – GRNY GRNJ GRNI | Fundstrat Granny Shots ETFs) and JOET (JOET – Portfolio – Virtus Terranova US Quality Momentum ETF | Morningstar). Given my increasingly negative near term market view I want to now be short momentum (i.e., the leading edge of market leadership). Shorting these ETFs satisfies my objective of shorting momentum and conforms to my conservative risk profile and appetite, as, for me, it is too dangerous (save very very short term forays on the short side) to position short in SNDK ($SNDK), MU ($MU), AMD ($AMD), INTC ($INTC), AMAT ($AMAT) et al.
* Both ETFs rebalance with strict multi month disciplines. This disadvantages both ETFs in the event of a violent change in sector leadership. In other words, why be long a momentum based ETF if one hand is tied behind its back?
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Short GRNY M JOET S
Rocky Start to Iran Deal, Charting LESS Volatility, Bracing for Price Data
Let’s check the latest on the Iran deal after a bumpy weekend; also, how the bears, bulls and … Sarge sees the chart of the S&P.