Brace for Panic in the Stock Market
October 11, 2014, 2:59 pm
There are alarming technical conditions aligning in the stock market that suggest investors may soon stampede to the exits. Above, a violent reversal.
Daily Chart of the Dow
The stock market the past several weeks has demonstrated signs of distribution, in which strong hands with deep pockets (eg, institutions and funds) sell their positions to the market's weak hands, which are generally retail or less sophisticated investors. Violent weakness is readily visible in the above daily chart of the Dow Jones, which has lately been...
Ray Dalio Explains How the Economic Machine Works
September 15, 2014, 7:21 pm
Founder of hedge fund Bridgewater Associates, which manages over $150 bn, Ray Dalio outlines his framework for understanding an economy, above.
Meet Ray Dalio and Bridgewater Associates
In the video above, the founder of hedge fund Bridgewater Associates details his framework for analyzing where in the economic cycle any economy may be. With over $150 bn in assets under management, Bridgewater Associates is the world's largest hedge fund, stature which was accumulated through a stellar track record spanning more than 30...
Inside the upcoming Alibaba Group IPO
August 19, 2014, 5:45 pm
This fall, Alibaba Group of Hangzhou, China, is expected to raise upwards of $20 billion, the most ever raised by a tech company.
What Alibaba's S-1 reveals
Chinese ecommerce giant Alibaba is expected to trade publicly this autumn, raising the largest sum ever raised by a tech company. In their S-1 filing to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Alibaba reveals a narrative of growth that is...
Peter Thiel Explains His Startup Philosophy
July 21, 2014, 7:39 pm
In this SXSW presentation, Silicon Valley entrepreneur and investor Peter Thiel shares in detail his philosophy on start-up businesses.
Quick Bio on Peter Thiel
A former philosophy major at Stanford University, Peter Thiel's Wikipedia page reads like a litany of Silicon Valley home runs. A co-founder of Paypal and Palantir Technologies, as well as a hedge fund and venture capital fund, Peter Thiel is also known as the first outside investor in...
Two Long Trade Ideas: AB and GLD
July 6, 2014, 9:49 am
The monthly charts for Alliance Bernstein, above, and gold suggest there may be rumblings of powerful new uptrends.
Trade Idea #1, Stock Symbol AB
The above monthly chart for Alliance Bernstein, a company that manages investment funds, suggests that the stock may be about to recover to the upside from its epic downturn during the 2008 financial crisis.
The cause for optimism in the stock AB is the long base following its severe bear market. This base indicates high turnover -- a classic...