SPY on the 2H chart shows the past six months of trend. SPY has been in an ascending channel but fall out of the channel. Iran's ambition to retliate against Israel and the movement of US NAVY warships into the the Middle East raises concerrn as does "sticky inflation" and early earnings reports from big banks. On the chart, trend angle analysis suggests the...
Risk strikes when least expected. Optimism peaks before a downturn strikes. Chart below shows remarkable spike in articles mentioning soft-landing before recession hits. Human brain is engineered to think linearly. Anything non-linear tricks the mind. Recession is non-linear which muddles up investor estimates of recession, its timing and impact. Count of...
Multinational biotech company Amyris manufactures and sells synthetic ingredients to the clean beauty, personal care, health and wellness, flavor and fragrance, nutrition, food and beverage markets in Europe, North America, South America, and Asia. It also offers products under the Biossance, Purecane, Costa Brazil, OLIKA, and JVN brand names. Amyris also...
Heritage brands are making a comeback, as if they ever really went away. General Motors makes Buicks, Cadillacs, Chevrolets, GMCs as well as vehicles under the Holden, Baojun, and Wuling brands. Known for being reliable, they are a go-to for automotive-dependent businesses such as daily rental car companies, commercial fleet customers, leasing companies, and...
Oil is one of the few sectors that analysts are still bullish on in 2023. Long arguments include catalysts such as China's re-opening, airlines recovering, and lowered supply leading to higher oil prices. APA Corporation, formerly known as Apache, operates in the US, Egypt and the UK and is one of the largest American explorers for oil and gas properties. It owns...
Everyone knows Foot Locker. While athletic footwear sales were down during the pandemic, they're back with a vengeance as work-from-home and the athleisure aesthetic have only grown in popularity (estimated to be a $77 billion business by 2025.) To consumers, sneakers hit many of these elements: practical necessity, recreation and exercise, personal style, luxury...
Dublin-headquartered biopharmaceutical company Avadel Pharmaceuticals currently has a buzzy formulation of sodium oxybate in a Phase 3 clinical trial for the treatment of narcolepsy, among other candidates. The current twice-nightly U.S. narcolepsy oxybate market is estimated at $1.8 billion -- up to half of those patients quit because they need to wake up in the...
EVs and infrastructure-related businesses such are "charging" ahead. Blink, having experienced a bit of a downturn with other EV and EV-economy companies, still garnered buy/hold/maintain ratings from analysts. With a market cap of 561M, the company offers residential and commercial EV charging equipment, hardware, and software on its cloud-based Blink Network...
Elections in Brazil have more or less settled down, and so has the initial volatility following results. While there is still some pessimism about President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's victory and consequent spending, the economy seems fundamentally strong enough to support it. Expanding the portfolio to foreign countries, iShares MSCI Brazil ETF (EWZ) includes...
At the midpoint of travel, China, and the internet is Shanghai-based TCOM -- owner and operator of Trip. com, Skyscanner, Qunar, TrainPal, MakeMyTrip and other websites for hotel reservations, transportation tickets, corporate travel, and other travel services internationally. Other areas of business are insurance products, tours and packages, travel data...
SF-based Samsara provides a platform connecting IoT devices to its Cloud, for operations such as tracking fleets of vehicles and other equipment. (Its ticker, IOT, alludes to the "Internet of Things" -- connecting a network of objects with sensors, processing ability, software, and other technologies that exchange data over the internet or another communications...
Delek US Holdings, Inc. is a sprawling downstream energy company composed of three segments: Refining, Logistics, Retail. It owns 4 refineries located in TX, AK, LA as well as 3 biodiesel facilities in AK, TX, MS. Its Logistics department gathers, transports, and stores crude and refined oil/products for themselves as well as third parties on hundreds of miles of...
US Silica Holdings Inc had a good Q3, as one of the top companies making revenue in a supportive role in the energy sector. Specifically, they supply sand that's used in hydraulic fracturing of oil and gas wells via its extensive network and can deliver on last-mile logistics (directly to the well site). Subsidiaries like EP Minerals also makes diatomaceous earth,...
Natural gas producer and hydrocarbon exploration company Antero Resources has a market cap of $11.3B. Its stock followed the surge in energy prices this and last year, then corrected in June-July. With global shortages and an increased demand for natural gas (vs. oil), there's opportunity in energy long-term... but short-term uncertainty in this market. Trading...
The Biden administration approved the first $900 million (of $5 billion) in spending for EV charging infrastructure, sending stocks like QS, BLNK, FSR and CHPT soaring with the announcement and then neutralizing today. The 50 and 100 EMA's crossed, which some might say is a buy signal, but the RSI tops are sloping slightly down -- uncertain if it will trend down...
Interactive fitness company Peloton was a hit during the pandemic, with its luxury touchscreen bikes, treadmills, and live, on-demand classes that were only available by subscription. Then, it took a hit by the end of last year. I used a bullish options strategy earlier in the month (9/2/22), hedging to counter downside volatility. This week there was a...
UK-based luxury e-tailer Farfetch last made headlines at the end of August when it announced plans of major stake acquisition in Yoox Net-a-Porter YNAP. Advancing ambitions to create one leading major platform for high-end brands and sending both stocks soaring, the deal is expected to close by the end of 2023. A few days ago, Morgan Stanley increased the price...
Moving average crossover and violation of nreaby support confirms the bearishness. Expecting the bank index to expire below 25300 next week. Recommend to sell 25300 call @80 & Buy 26300 call @ 16 of 05Nov2020 contract.