Nicholas Vardy
Markets Pause as Investors Start to ‘Sell in May’
Stock markets across the globe pulled back this past week as the Dow Jones dropped 1.00%, the S&P 500 fell 1.20% and the NASDAQ tumbled 2.30%. The MSCI Emerging Markets Index fell 2.65% for its first bad week in about a month. Big gainers in your Alpha Investor Letter portfolio included Illumina Inc. (ILMN), which […]
How ‘Smart Beta’ Funds Outperform the Market
Some things just get better with age. Other predictions prove prescient, confirmed with the benefit of 20:20 hindsight. Both of these clichés apply to my views on the recent explosion in “smart-beta” exchange-traded funds (ETFs). First, over the past several years, “smart-beta” ETFs just keep getting both better and smarter. New strategies continue to emerge […]
Book 10.04% and 52.38% Gains — and a new 3X Leveraged Bet on a Bounce in Small Caps
Markets pulled back across the board this week, with the Dow Jones down 0.31%, the S&P 500 falling 0.44% and the NASDAQ dropping 1.70%. The MCSI Emerging Markets Index had its worst week in a month, dropping 1.61%. You did have some big gainers in your Bull Market Alert portfolio, however. These included Ambarella Inc. […]
Book 52.17% Gains in Solar Calls
Your position in JA Solar Holdings Co. Ltd. (Nasdaq: JASO) jumped over the past two days on news that it is in talks to set up an industry fund of more than $290 million for solar power projects. With your June $9.00 call options (JASO150619C00009000) up 52.17%, sell half of your options here to lock […]
Keeping an Eye on Shifting Trends
It was a solid, unspectacular week for U.S. stock markets, with the Dow Jones up 0.89%, the S&P 500 rising 0.83% and the NASDAQ gaining 0.82%. The MCSI Emerging Markets Index had a much stronger run, ending the week 2.75% higher. Big gainers in your Alpha Investor Letter portfolio included the Cambria Global Value ETF […]
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Why Investing in Japan is Still a No Brainer
The gains in the Japanese stock market have been particularly robust, with Japanese stocks near the top of the 46 global stock markets I monitor daily.