Nicholas Vardy
Closing Your Leveraged Bets — And Betting Big “South of the Border”
It was another solid week in the markets during the holiday-shortened week. The Dow Jones rose 1.80% and the S&P 500 advanced 1.14%. Global markets, however, pulled back with MCSI Emerging Markets Index dropping 1.37%. Big gainers in your Bull Market Alert portfolio were HollyFrontier Corp. (HFC), which soared 6.80%, and moved back to a […]
A Bullish, High-Yield Bet on Europe
It’s a rare occasion that a high-yield recommendation offers the upside of this week’s Dividend Pro recommendation, Banco Santander, S.A. (SAN). In fact, it’s the first time ever that a Dividend Pro recommendation overlaps with a recommendation in my more aggressive Bull Market Alert trading service. But I didn’t want that situation to stand in the […]
The Bull Run Continues
It was another solid week for U.S. markets during the holiday-shortened trading period. The S&P 500 was up 1.4%, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 1.33%. In contrast, the MSCI Emerging Markets index actually ended the week slightly in the red. It also was another strong week for your Alpha Investor Letter portfolio. Nine […]
The Global Guru: Is the Bull Back in the China Shop?
China badly underperformed most global stock markets for most of 2012. Despite coming on strong at the end of the year, China even underperformed the crisis-wracked Greek stock market. But recent economic data from the Middle Kingdom is breaking bearish investors’ sentiment. The Shanghai Composite stock market index has been surging of late. Since hitting […]
A Bet on European Recovery — and a New Chinese Option Play
Stock markets continued their upward trajectory last week, with the Dow Jones jumping 1.20% and the S&P 500 ending the week 0.95% higher. The MCSI Emerging Markets Index also rose 0.70%. Big gainers in your Bull Market Alert portfolio included Bank of Ireland (IRE) soaring yet another 8.98%. It’s now up a whopping 40% year […]
Celebrating a Stunning Start to 2013… and Bullish News on Mortgage REITs
Despite a relatively calm week, U.S. stocks have shot out of the starting blocks in 2013. And you’ve had a very strong start to the year in your Dividend Pro portfolio. Gains above 7% in the first half of January alone include: Rentech Nitrogen Partners, L.P. (RNF), soaring 17.06% CVR Partners, LP (UAN), jumping 10.70% […]