Trimming Freeport-McMoRan (FCX) in Secular Trends Portfolio; Thanks For the Crazy Ride
The next few trading sessions will constitute what is, for me, a rash of trading as I adjust the allocations within the Secular Trends Portfolio. For readers who have been wondering why it’s been so quiet around here, I offer my apologies for not being able to speak with you more frequently.
I took on some [...]
A Critical Day Approaches for Commodities; A Look at Wheat, Aluminum, Copper (AA, FCX, POT)
In addition to the disappointing close in the U.S. equity markets yesterday, there was also a renewed breakdown in the prices of many commodities. Due to their leverage as catalysts to Potash Corp (POT), Alcoa (AA), and Freeport-McMoRan (FCX), I’m focusing in on wheat, aluminum, and copper.
Wheat
After forming a solid bottom around the $500 [...]
Freeport-McMoRan Suspends Dividend; Slashes Targets (FCX)
Copper, gold, and molybdenum producer Freeport-McMoRan (FCX) has released a cast iron, kitchen sink of a statement this morning, announcing the suspension of the $2/share annual dividend and a 50% cut in 2009 capital expenditures, along with volume cuts for copper and moly covering the next two years.
The moves come in response to rapidly falling [...]
Happy Thanksgiving
I hope you all had the opportunity to feel appreciation (and appreciated) today. I took the day off from research, to the delight and surprise of my loved ones. One thing I did look at was my posting from last week, where I pointed out four stocks whose prices simply weren’t justified. I’ll happily write [...]
Brain Purge - Links For Friday
For today’s Brain Purge, as with last week’s addition, I find myself spinning the electronic globe for any signs of inflection. At this point, inflections in sentiment are just as important - if not more - than outright good news.
Fundamental Buyers Twiddlin’ Thumbs ‘n Holdin’ Cash
There’s not much out there to grab hold of; the [...]
Cold Morning for Stocks; 4 charts I Can’t Believe (FCX, BTU, AA, GS)
The opening this morning was destined to be poor given the jump in jobless claims, but there are several stocks in particular that have gone cliff-diving in a way I can’t truly comprehend.
First let’s look at Freeport-McMoRan, which is down about 11% this morning. Yes, copper continues to trade down this morning (currently about 4% [...]
Unruly Volatility Remains; Weekly Wrap up
Losing your bearings out there? Whether we think we have a working compass or not, stable markets are lost on the horizon. After rallying furiously into the close yesterday (and briefly breaching our lows for the year), major indexes gave up between 3 and 5% today, with notable under-performance from the NASDAQ on Friday.
Indeed, both [...]
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