When you’re trading stocks, options, bonds, commodities and other financial instruments, it’s important to get a handle on what the so-called smart money is doing. The giant footprint that professional money managers leave when they move en masse into or out of a particular asset class is quite often the precursor to bigger price movements in that sector. Now, there is perhaps no smarter money out there than the money that’s… Read More

When you’re trading stocks, options, bonds, commodities and other financial instruments, it’s important to get a handle on what the so-called smart money is doing. The giant footprint that professional money managers leave when they move en masse into or out of a particular asset class is quite often the precursor to bigger price movements in that sector. Now, there is perhaps no smarter money out there than the money that’s run by university endowments. These often multibillion-dollar endowment fund portfolios tend to be managed in a cautious way and rarely make drastic moves. When you see much of this segment of the smart money make a big move away from a certain asset class, you had better take notice.#-ad_banner-# So, when I read an article in the Financial Times that detailed the recent flight out of U.S. government debt by university endowments, it grabbed… Read More

When you’re trading stocks, options, bonds, commodities and other financial instruments, it’s important to get a handle on what the so-called smart money is doing. The giant footprint that professional money managers leave when they move en masse into or out of a particular asset class is quite often the precursor to bigger price movements in that sector. Now, there is perhaps no smarter money out there than the money that’s… Read More

When you’re trading stocks, options, bonds, commodities and other financial instruments, it’s important to get a handle on what the so-called smart money is doing. The giant footprint that professional money managers leave when they move en masse into or out of a particular asset class is quite often the precursor to bigger price movements in that sector. Now, there is perhaps no smarter money out there than the money that’s run by university endowments. These often multibillion-dollar endowment fund portfolios tend to be managed in a cautious way and rarely make drastic moves. When you see much of this segment of the smart money make a big move away from a certain asset class, you had better take notice.#-ad_banner-# So, when I read an article in the Financial Times that detailed the recent flight out of U.S. government debt by university endowments, it grabbed… Read More

When you’re trading stocks, options, bonds, commodities and other financial instruments, it’s important to get a handle on what the so-called smart money is doing. The giant footprint that professional money managers leave when they move en masse into or out of a particular asset class is quite often the precursor to bigger price movements in that sector. Now, there is perhaps no smarter money out there than the money that’s… Read More

When you’re trading stocks, options, bonds, commodities and other financial instruments, it’s important to get a handle on what the so-called smart money is doing. The giant footprint that professional money managers leave when they move en masse into or out of a particular asset class is quite often the precursor to bigger price movements in that sector. Now, there is perhaps no smarter money out there than the money that’s run by university endowments. These often multibillion-dollar endowment fund portfolios tend to be managed in a cautious way and rarely make drastic moves. When you see much of this segment of the smart money make a big move away from a certain asset class, you had better take notice.#-ad_banner-# So, when I read an article in the Financial Times that detailed the recent flight out of U.S. government debt by university endowments, it grabbed… Read More

When you’re trading stocks, options, bonds, commodities and other financial instruments, it’s important to get a handle on what the so-called smart money is doing. The giant footprint that professional money managers leave when they move en masse into or out of a particular asset class is quite often the precursor to bigger price movements in that sector. Now, there is perhaps no smarter money out there than the money that’s… Read More

When you’re trading stocks, options, bonds, commodities and other financial instruments, it’s important to get a handle on what the so-called smart money is doing. The giant footprint that professional money managers leave when they move en masse into or out of a particular asset class is quite often the precursor to bigger price movements in that sector. Now, there is perhaps no smarter money out there than the money that’s run by university endowments. These often multibillion-dollar endowment fund portfolios tend to be managed in a cautious way and rarely make drastic moves. When you see much of this segment of the smart money make a big move away from a certain asset class, you had better take notice.#-ad_banner-# So, when I read an article in the Financial Times that detailed the recent flight out of U.S. government debt by university endowments, it grabbed… Read More

Sometimes trading the equity markets can be tricky, and even counterintuitive. Other times, it’s just a simple matter of buying the trend and then watching your money grow. The latter circumstance has been the case of late… Read More

Every sentient market watcher is well aware of the huge upside we’ve seen so far in 2013. Just a little more than seven weeks into the year, the S&P 500 index has… Read More

There’s a lot of money in looking good. Just ask the proprietors of beauty supply giant Avon Products (NYSE: AVP). Last week, the world’s largest direct seller surprised Wall Street with… Read More

Wednesday was a big day for the tech sector, as all eyes were on bellwether Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL) and its fiscal first-quarter earnings.#-ad_banner-# About 40 minutes after the closing bell,… Read More

Wednesday was a big day for the tech sector, as all eyes were on bellwether Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL) and its fiscal first-quarter earnings.#-ad_banner-# About 40 minutes after the closing bell, the market heard what Apple had to say, and the reaction wasn’t very good. The stock plunged more than 10% in after-hours trading as the company’s… Read More

Wednesday was a big day for the tech sector, as all eyes were on bellwether Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL) and its fiscal first-quarter earnings.#-ad_banner-# About 40 minutes after the closing bell, the market heard what Apple had to say, and the reaction wasn’t very good. The stock plunged more than 10% in after-hours trading as the company’s revenue fell short of expectations, as did sales of iPads and iPhones. The rotten reaction to the Apple numbers stood in stark contrast to the stellar numbers from two other tech giants, one “old school” and one “new school.”  Representing the old school is International Business Machines (NYSE: IBM), and the new school rep is Google (Nasdaq: GOOG). Both of these companies saw their share price surge Wednesday, as the market reacted positively to their strong earnings reports. In the case of IBM, we saw the Dow component’s shares spike 4.4% on heavy… Read More

So far in 2013, we’ve seen the market basically tread water. After the huge fiscal cliff deal inspired buying in the first trading day of the year, the markets have drifted lower, and we are right about where we were when we started the… Read More