by Trent Smalley, CMT | Nov 20, 2019 | Stock Market Commentary, Stock Market Trends
The asset management business in home to some of the most intelligent and competitive minds you will find anywhere. Especially those in the hedge fund space where performance dictates assets under management. Accredited investors seek outsized returns for their...
by Trent Smalley, CMT | Oct 21, 2019 | Stock Market Analysis, Stock Market Commentary, Stock Market Trends
Let’s start with a victory lap and a smidge of shameless self-promotion shall we? One of my first blogs of 2019 was entitled “Close Your Eyes And Start Buying Apple.” I hope at least one of you heeded said advice for if you had you are up handsomely....
by Trent Smalley, CMT | Oct 18, 2019 | Investing, Stock Market Commentary, Stock Market Trends
As my main focus has been centered around overall portfolio management and building trading systems as of late, I still want to point out individual stocks from time to time when the risk/reward objectives are positively skewed. One example of this is a stock I...
by Trent Smalley, CMT | Oct 16, 2019 | Investing, Stock Market Commentary, Stock Market Trends
It’s frequently quoted in the financial media that the U.S. is the best house in a bad neighborhood in terms of markets in which to invest. While warnings of economic growth slowdown, negative interest rates and geopolitical turmoil are abundant, a common theme...
by Trent Smalley, CMT | Oct 8, 2019 | Stock Market Analysis, Stock Market Commentary
Among the many technical indicators available to us as market technicians lies one in particular that to this day I have trouble wrapping my mind around. These tools aren’t necessarily difficult to use or interpret, but trying to grasp why these work takes some...
by Trent Smalley, CMT | Sep 25, 2019 | Finance 101, Investing, Stock Market Commentary
“Most of the successes and failures we see are a combination of skill and luck that prove maddeningly difficult to tease apart.” – Michael J. Mauboussin (The Success Equation) Around the time I turned 21 years old and visited a casino for the first...
