There’s an amazing psychological pattern that keeps occurring in the stock market: 1) An event (usually with a finite date) is overly hyped up by the financial media. Keep in mind the media is not there to inform us, they exist to startle and scare us so they can sell ads. 2) Because the majority [...]
As Jesse Livermore said: "Trading is not a game for the stupid, the mentally lazy, the person of inferior emotional balance, or for the get-rich-quick adventurer." In other words, to excel in the stock market, you have to work hard, have emotional control, and develop confidence in your strategy. I constantly get asked to recommend [...]
If you want to play golf, it’s pretty simple. Just book a tee time at a local course, rent some clubs and swing away. Sounds easy, right? Just because it’s easy, it doesn’t mean you’re going to be good at it. You still have to practice, put in the time, do post analysis of your [...]
At the end of 2012, the financial markets experienced a very dramatic event: The Fiscal Cliff. Dramatic might be too strong of a word, but it seemed that way because we didn't stop hearing about it in the media. It was even the lead story on the national evening news every night for a week. [...]
The financial media continues to say that this week is the 8 year anniversary of the Bull Market that began in March 2009. In this interview for Yahoo Finance, I explain why this is a NEW Bull Market that started in July 2016 and how we still have more room to go. I can be [...]
Back in April 2016, when the Dow was 17,500, I made a call for Dow 20,000 by the end of 2016. At the time, no one on Wall Street was making this call and the majority of money managers were extremely bearish. The main point of this call was not to reach an exact number, [...]
Here is my interview with Neil Cavuto taped on Friday 12/16/16. Enjoy! I can be reached at: jfahmy@zorcapital.com
Readers of my blog know that I have liked Netflix (Symbol: NFLX) for a long time. I feel it is ready for a move higher soon for the following reasons: 1) Technicals – The chart is showing very strong technicals on its Weekly chart (see below). Since their last earnings report, the stock has found [...]
Some of you may remember the iconic financial show "Wall Street Week." It aired many years ago on Friday nights on PBS and was hosted by financial legend Louis Rukeyser. The show was resurrected last year by Wall Street titans Anthony Scaramucci and Gary Kaminsky. I was more than humbled when they asked me to [...]
There is a popular definition in the financial media that a Bear Market is a -20% correction in the S&P 500. Don't listen to it! It is wrong! This definition has hurt too many investors because they keep hearing this "7-year Bull Market is getting too long in the tooth" and it's about to end. [...]