Heads Will Roll
Our first MSFT-centric post was 7/22. These were the two most important items of note in that bullish post: “…now is likely a very opportune time to begin adding to MSFT shares as they could very well be on their…...
Japan Update
Last week we had a detailed Japan-related update with fresh thoughts on the Yen and Nikkei. We suggested executing a short on the Yen. We withheld conviction on the Nikkei but highlighted the potential for the index to decline ~20%…...
Solar Stocks No Longer Materially Under-Valued
On 2/19 we asked if solar stocks were “intrinsically cheap”, posing the question in the context of a comparison b/t the path the TAN ETF had taken off its 2008 bubble highs to other bubble collapses in history. At the time,…...
Technical Opportunities Come in Different Shapes and Sizes
This one comes in the shape of Bsquare. BSQR presented a few different ways on a weekly basis below. It appears to be breaking out from a multi-year flag/triangle b/t lines (1) and (2). This comes on some material cost…...
Multi-Month Consolidation Patterns Set to End in these Macro Assets
The Japanese Yen is at an important juncture. We’ve been writing about this macro asset as far back as June 2012 and the likelihood that it was entering a period of sustained wekaness (and as a result, the Nikkei sustained strength)…....
15-Year Flag Pattern Ending in This Stock
On 10/11 we introduced IG when it was at $2.03. We noted it was working on what appeared to be a break-out from a ~15-year flag/triangle pattern. At the time of the first post the break-out hadn’t happened yet. As…...
Random Long Opportunity of the Day
RNO is plotted on a daily basis below. This one is a coal-focused MLP. Not something you see all the time. This has been one strike against it since it came public in 2010. The second strike against it is…...
Jeff Macke’s “You Will Never See Those 5-Year Highs Again” Update
On 7/22 we had a post on MSFT that attempted to poke some fun at Yahoo Finance writer and glib, hyperbole-prone CNBC personality, Jeff Macke. The Friday before, on 7/19, on the heels of MSFT’s poorly received EPS and 10%…...
Where to “Search”?
Anybody remember Looksmart? This was once an internet search darling from the late 90s tech craze that once traded at a split adjusted ~$300. Today it’s a penny stock and though I’m somewhat embarrassed to be putting a post about…...
More Thoughts on Global Equity Allocations
Over the past two months or so we have become increasingly bearish / less bullish on the U.S. from an intermediate-term cyclical standpoint. We first began questioning the remaining intermediate-term upside of this 46 month cyclical rally in the U.S. in…...