by Trent Smalley, CMT | Apr 6, 2020 | Investing, Stock Market Analysis, Stock Market Commentary
It seems maniacal to ask such a question in the face of an unprecedented economic slowdown due to a novel virus that has turned our worlds upside down. But as we continue to adjust to this hopefully temporary new world, our global markets hum along, drifting lower and...
by Trent Smalley, CMT | Jan 21, 2020 | Stock Market Analysis, Stock Market Commentary
Over the weekend I ran across a name I barely knew was still in business. I was having a discussion with someone about earnings season and remembered one of my most profitable (lucky) earnings trades of all time. It was summer / fall of 2017 and Shutterstock $SSTK had...
by Trent Smalley, CMT | Jan 6, 2020 | Finance 101, Stock Market Analysis, Stock Market Commentary
Since the beginning of 2007, I have spent the majority of my days sitting in front of screens that display blinking lights, price charts, formulas, and numbers. Markets are my passion and I live for the challenge of outperformance. Without that challenge I’m...
by Trent Smalley, CMT | Jan 5, 2020 | Stock Market Analysis, Stock Market Commentary
We successfully made it two days into the new decade before geopolitical news made waves throughout the world and the global marketplace. On Thursday evening, news that the U.S. had eliminated Major General Qasem Soleimani in a successful airstrike hit the wires. The...
by Trent Smalley, CMT | Dec 8, 2019 | Stock Market Analysis, Stock Market Commentary
In my weekend scans I came across a new company for the first time called Dynatrace. They IPO’d just a few months back and options began trading on the name in late October. Dynatrace is a software intelligence company providing application performance...
by Trent Smalley, CMT | Dec 8, 2019 | Stock Market Analysis
This morning the Wall Street Journal ran an article entitled, “Investors Bail on Stock Market Rally, Fleeing Funds at Record Pace.” Before I say anything more, be reminded of the quote from Sir John Templeton about bull markets: The year isn’t over...
