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Here are my thoughts on the day: The last became the first today.  I outlined my technical rationale for thinking that yesterday's "noon swoon" might be an important market bottom.  History is my guide, not anecdotes.  An abundance of uncreative, co...

When it comes to Netflix (NFLX), I've seen this movie before -- and it could end in tragedy! I reiterated my negative view of Netflix earlier this week in Still No Fan of Netflix. That missive built on the downbeat NFLX thesis that I issued a few da...

I've pointed out today that I'm short on four of the five components of the TFANGs, shorting all f them except for Alphabet/Google (GOOG, GOOGL). I recently outlined my thesis for shorting Amazon (AMZN), and here's my rationale for going short on Ne...

What happened 20 years ago still matters if you want to make money in today's market.

Comparing the TFANGs to broad stock market is like comparing Star Wars: The Force Awakens to the rest of the movie business. The TFANGs have done brilliantly even though the average stock is down by about 20% from its highs. Similarly, Star Wars: Th...

Like Jim "El Capitan" Cramer, I don't like the set-up today, nor do I like the price action. Here are some specific intraday warnings and negative signposts that I've observed so far today: The U.S. dollar's strength is conspicuous today -- and pose...

The on-demand media giant's global strategy is setting the stage for a new age of distribution power.

"Surprise No. 11: Housing and Autos Tank The housing and auto industries are exposed as Potemkin Villages on weak foundations. Home prices drop by over 5% as affordability gets stretched, mortgage rates climb and unemployment rates bottom out. As fo...

Despite the optimism on the Street and in the minds of investors, I've been negative on the TFANGs for several weeks. (You can read my rationale here and here.) Baird has downgraded Netflix (NFLX) to Neutral from Outperform today, and Steve Cortes o...

Will stocks rise in 2016? Will China be OK? Will Apple rally?

I rolled out my 15 Surprises for 2016 earlier this week to run down my list of "possible improbables" that smart investors should prepare for just in case they happen next year. But here are what I see as the major consensus expectations for 2016 (m...

My thoughts on the day: It is typically a hard chore to explain the daily moves in a market without memory from day to day. Whether this is a cessation of tax-loss selling -- as suggested by Stephen Weiss on "Fast Money" today -- a Santa Claus rally...

Here's the remainder of my 15 Surprises for 2016 (click here for part one). Again, these aren't "predictions" for 2016, but rather a list of potential events that have a reasonable chance of occurring. Again, I call them "possible improbable events"...

"Desperado, why don't you come to your senses? You been out ridin' fences for so long now. Oh, you're a hard one But I know that you got your reasons These things that are pleasin' you Can hurt you somehow." -- The Eagles and Linda Ronstadt, Despera...

This chart from my pal Steve Cortes demonstrates the current weakness in the "FANGs" -- Facebook (FB), Amazon (AMZN), Netflix (NFLX) and Alphabet/Google (GOOG, GOOGL): This is something that I cautioned about in a recent post.

My thoughts to this point of the day: Thus far a tepid bounce following two awful trading sessions. Spiders (up about 50 cents a share on the day) are more than a dollar off of their morning highs. The U.S. dollar was weaker against the euro, spurri...