by Trent Smalley, CMT | Feb 12, 2019 | Investing, Stock Market Commentary
You are a self proclaimed professional directional trader, using leverage in the form of derivatives in attempt to capture positive alpha. Stock picking, as difficult as it is to the average money manager, is no longer a challenge for you. It’s too easy and you...
by Trent Smalley, CMT | Feb 6, 2019 | Stock Market Commentary
The title of this post was written by Henry David Thoreau. Thoreau is best known for his book Walden, a reflection upon simple living in natural surroundings. Simple living is something of a lost art this day and age. Seeing instead of looking is...
by Trent Smalley, CMT | Feb 4, 2019 | Stock Market Commentary
Good morning and happy Monday everyone! You may remember in my first blog of 2019 I highlighted an opportunity in $EWZ, an ETF tracking Brazil. Here is that article as a refresher: “Brazil Bout Ta Get Naughty” I still have the lines drawn on that same...
by Trent Smalley, CMT | Jan 31, 2019 | Stock Market Commentary, Stock Market Trends
In the 1989 drama Field of Dreams, the legendary Shoeless Joe Jackson (or ghost thereof) coaches a young Archie Graham who is at bat against an intimidating pro pitcher… Shoeless Joe Jackson: The first two were high and tight, so where do you think the next...
by Trent Smalley, CMT | Jan 29, 2019 | Stock Market Commentary
U.S. investment banking giant Goldman Sachs has been vocal in their bullishness of commodities for 2019, specifically that of gold. In the early going they have been correct, but I think a near term short opportunity is presenting itself here. Here are a couple of...
by Trent Smalley, CMT | Jan 29, 2019 | Investing, Stock Market Commentary
In the business of money management and everything the term encompasses, it really boils down to one simple question: Has the trader, investor, asset manager, etc. generated positive alpha? In finance, alpha is used as a measure of performance. More specifically,...
