Gosh darn it, you nailed it again! Trump stopped firing Powell. Banks are on fire. Netflix hit a new high. Score John Thomas 100, everyone else zero. Well done, John AND let’s keep it going. You’re the Savant of the time at the moment. Talk to you soon, bye. Bill Florida
After Monday’s 1,200-point swoon, the S&P 500 (SPY) has fallen 20.88% from its February peak. And we may still have a “Sell in May” ahead of us. This was one of the most overbought stock markets in my career. I have to think back to the March 2000 Dotcom Top and the Tokyo bubble in […]
I feel obliged to reveal one corner of this time of great turmoil that might actually make sense. By 2050, the population of California will soar from 40 million to 50 million, and that of the US from 340 million to 400 million, according to data released by the US Census Bureau and the CIA […]
When I lived as a student in West Berlin during the 1960s, I had a nice little side business. I organized weekend walking tours through the Berlin Wall at Checkpoint Charlie to visit East Berlin for American students who were too afraid to go alone. To pay for it, I smuggled in my boots lots […]
Back in 1977, I met Chinese Premier Deng Xiaoping for the first time at the Foreign Correspondents Club of Japan. He was a cherubic 4’10” and I was a lanky 6’4” and when we shook hands, he craned his neck and laughed. When he asked me my name, I answered “Shorty” and we laughed again. […]
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Below, please find subscribers’ Q&A for the April 16 Mad Hedge Fund Trader Global Strategy Webinar, broadcast from Incline Village, NV. Q: Is it time to get out of the (SH), which is the short S&P 500 LEAPS? A: I would say no. We’re still very deep in the money for the LEAPS I put […]
Followers of the Mad Hedge Fund Trader alert service have the good fortune to own FIVE in-the-money options positions that expire on Thursday, April 17, and I just want to explain to the newbies how to best maximize their profits. These involve the: Risk On (COST) 4/$840-$850 call spread 10.00% (TSLA) […]
Back in 1987, I flew my Cessna 340 twin from London to Rome to visit Morgan Stanley’s high-end Italian clients. Held over by meetings, I got a late start, and I didn’t get as far as the French Champagne country until midnight. Right then, at 20,000 feet, the gyroscope suddenly blew up with a great […]
I am one of those cheapskates who buy Christmas ornaments by the bucket load from Costco in January for ten cents on the dollar because my 11-month theoretical return on capital comes close to 1,000%. I also like buying flood insurance in the middle of the summer drought, when the forecast in California is for […]
