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Another Ominous Chart
On Twitter recently, macro trader “Dividend Master” shared this ominous chart of NYSE margin debt, noting that previous spikes coincided with the end of last secular bull market, in March, 2000, and preceded the end of the previous cyclical bull market by a few months in 2007. (more…)
Two Years Of Gold Bugs Getting Burned
In an article last week (“Gold: A Sucker’s Paradise“), ETFguide editor Ron DeLegge noted the illustrious list of hedge fund managers who have gotten burned over the last two years being long gold and related securities such as the SPDR Gold Shares ETF (GLD). One hedge fund manager who’s been on the right side of the gold trade has been our host Tim, who mentioned on Tuesday that GLD was his largest short position (“Repeating My Target for GLD“). (more…)
(Note from Tim: The original title of the post was “Protection Against Getting Annaly Raped” which, given the stock’s name, was kind of amusing……….but things are, ummm, a little touchy lately, so I thought I’d dial it back a notch!) (more…)
Five-Star Protection For Tesla Longs
As Tim reminded us on Tuesday (“Tesla’s Fire Sale“), he called the top for Tesla (TSLA) a few weeks ago (“The Tesla Top“). Today, that post looks prescient. (more…)
Hey Fellow Slopers,
On Friday, Tim Knight warned that the United States Natural Gas ETF (UNG) might be headed for steep leg down (“Is Natural Gas about to break wind“) For any investors who are thinking of holding their noses and staying long anyway, I thought I’d post a couple of quick ways to add downside protection to that ETF. (more…)
