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4 Tips for Trading Biotech Stocks

The Biotech sector has been a leading group for years now. I get many questions on how to trade these stocks, so here are a few tips: 1) DO NOT trade anything you are not comfortable with. There is nothing worse than being nervous in a position. Why? Because we tend to make horrible decisions [...]

By |2016-11-26T07:10:49-05:00January 12th, 2015|Tags: , |

Short-term Cautious

As I have mentioned for the last year or two, I still think the Nasdaq Composite eventually gets to its old March 2000 high of around 5100-5200. It will probably get there over the next 6-18 months, however, it will not be an easy ride up. There will be pullbacks, shakeouts, and quick corrections along [...]

By |2016-11-26T07:10:49-05:00January 4th, 2015|Tags: , , , , , |

Market Thoughts Into Year-End

I sent this note out to my clients earlier in the week. If you are interested in our Managed Account Products, please email me at: jfahmy@zorcapital.com. After QE-1 ended, the market dropped -17%. After QE-2 ended, the market dropped -21%. Now that Operation Twist/QE-3 is over, many believe the market will drop again. In my [...]

By |2016-11-26T07:10:49-05:00November 1st, 2014|Tags: , , , , |

Fox Business Video 10-16-14

The following Fox Business video is a market discussion with Charlie Gasparino, Liz Claman, and me. Watch the latest video at video.foxbusiness.com I can be reached at: jfahmy@zorcapital.com. Follow me on Twitter @jfahmy Follow me on StockTwits @jfahmy

By |2016-11-26T07:10:49-05:00October 17th, 2014|Tags: , |

4 Things To Do During Downtrends

This article is mostly for traders who vary their investment levels. If you are a passive long-term investor who is fully invested at all times, just realize that there are sacrifices. In other words, you might ride things up or down longer than you expect. That's why it's important to define yourself and have conviction in [...]

By |2022-04-25T22:20:33-04:00October 11th, 2014|

Continued Caution is Warranted

In a Blog Post on September 22, I wrote: "If you are a trader, there is nothing wrong with raising some cash and waiting for more positive signs to appear." Since then, the market has continued to see distribution (professional selling). Last Thursday and Friday (10/2 and 10/3), the market bounced from an oversold condition [...]

By |2016-11-26T07:10:49-05:00October 7th, 2014|Tags: , , , |

What The Bulls Need To See

Today (10/2/14), the market sold off early but rallied back on strong volume. Here are my thoughts: 1) I like how the Russell 2000 $IWM undercut the low it made earlier this year (2/5/14) and outperformed today. The index has led us on the way down. Now, we need to see if it can lead [...]

By |2016-11-26T07:10:49-05:00October 2nd, 2014|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |

The Market’s Pattern The Past 2 Years

Here is a pattern I have noticed in the market about 10 times over the past 2 years: 1) The market goes on a 3-6 week run. 2) The run usually stalls when we get extended from the moving averages, bullishness increases (based on many sentiment measures), and active investment managers are aggressively long the [...]

By |2016-11-26T07:10:49-05:00October 1st, 2014|
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