by Trent Smalley, CMT | Jul 23, 2019 | Stock Market Commentary, Stock Market Trends
A group of stocks traders and investors alike tend to keep a close eye on is that of semiconductors. Their widespread use in all industries and the companies that manufacture and test them are considered to be barometers of the health of the overall economy. Yesterday...
by Trent Smalley, CMT | Jul 9, 2019 | Stock Market Commentary
Now that the first half of 2019 is in the books, we can look back historically at how the SPX has performed in the second half of a year in which equities got off to a roaring start. This morning the Wall Street Journal ran an article detailing historical performance...
by Trent Smalley, CMT | Jul 2, 2019 | Stock Market Commentary
Welcome to July. I rarely participate from the long side on bullish days like the one we had today, but I wanted to pitch you an idea. Get out some spare change ready or better yet, make one less trip down to the local fireworks stand buy a few CRSP calls for July or...
by Trent Smalley, CMT | Jun 5, 2019 | Stock Market Commentary
Good Morning. I wanted to update you with a quick move I made in the IRA. I’ve made room for a starter position in Biotelemetry Inc., $BEAT after selling out of $CRZO at a loss. Crude oil continues to plummet and I wanted to reduce exposure to that sector. Some...
by Trent Smalley, CMT | Jun 3, 2019 | Stock Market Commentary
Over the weekend I began a lengthy blog highlighting a completely unbiased look at financial markets. Before this is released I wanted to see what the first day of the month had in store for us. It’s no secret that May was not kind to investors and there...
by Trent Smalley, CMT | May 27, 2019 | Investing, Stock Market Commentary
WEEKLY LETTER END OF MAY 2019 Welcome back! I hope you all had a nice long holiday weekend. As you are aware, the past 4-6 weeks have proved to be an especially difficult swing trading environment. The global markets have been hostage to headline risk and what some...
