Category: Stocks and Bonds
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Amazon AMZN on the Fixed System Short List #2
Q: Does Amazon (AMZN) qualify for the Fixed System Short List No. 2? A: Yes, it qualifies but it isn’t on just yet. I’m currently reviewing a lot of options and waiting for the completion of a countertrend bear market rally. Q: Do you see any accounting issues with Amazon? A: No more than all…
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Fixed System Short List #2
Q:I understand that you’ve started a second short list. Can you give us more details? A: Yes, the Fixed System Short List #2. Criteria for getting on the list are as follows: A prior price rise greater than 500% A large market capitalization that makes further price rises unlikely to exceed 33% Sufficient opportunity for…
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Gold Mining Shares is a Sound Strategy
Q: We have had a significant up move in the gold mining shares since the middle of January. I remember your suggesting that for portfolio investors, dollar cost averaging into the shares was a sound strategy. Have you changed your view now? A: No, it is a sound strategy still for anyone looking to acquire…
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Stock Market Capitulation
Regarding Stock Market Capitulation Q: I see that Tesla Motors was down to $148 yesterday (written on Feb 9.) from $211 on January 8, 2016 when you placed it on your short list. That comes out to a 60% rate of return on a retail margin for short selling of 50% in less than a…
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The Fixed System Short List
The Fixed System Short List TSLA closed February 2, 2016 at $182.78, a drop of $28.22 in just eighteen days. That’s a profit of 26% if your broker requires a 50% retail margin on a short sale, and better than double if you’re trading options, in this case put options. For a portfolio manager, the…
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Short Selling and Speculation by Arthur Fixed
Q: I see that TSLA closed at 173.48 yesterday. That is down substantially from your short at 211 on January 15, 2016. Care to give us an update on your thinking? A: The chartist would point out that it is now clearly under a two-year distribution top pattern. To their way of thinking that pattern…
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How to Invest Offshore Post FATCA
For years, people have invested offshore to protect their investment. This was money that the government could not tax and could not attach to you. Many considered it the safest way to store your money. Recently, however, things are changing. FATCA, Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act, makes it harder for people to invest in offshore…