5 Short Trade Ideas for 2011: Weaklings Lagging the Current Rally

Article written by Prieur du Plessis, editor of the Investment Postcards from Cape Town blog.Adam Hewison, charting strategist of INO.TV, brings you another edition of his invaluable service of daily technical updates on the ups and downs of various markets. This short analysis is a great tool for keeping one’s finger on the pulse and timing the markets.

By Tim Ayles: On August 10 of 2011, I wrote an article telling people to buy stocks after the S&P 500 (SPY) dipped over 18% from the recent highs of April 2011. The S&P 500 proceeded to chop around for about a month, and went about 3% lower from when that article was written.

Article written by Prieur du Plessis, editor of the Investment Postcards from Cape Town blog.In this video clip, Doug Kass, founder of Seabreeze Partners, discusses his market predictions for the new year. The interview essentially covers the same ground dealt with in my post of two days ago, “Doug Kass’s 15 surprises for 2012“.

By Stephen Faulkner:Often I see it stated that some of the smartest money out there is on the short side. The typical sentiment behind this statement is that a short seller may be able to more easily remove emotion from the equation, and simply place their positions relative to the "colder" metrics that numbers provide.

Article written by Prieur du Plessis, editor of the Investment Postcards from Cape Town blog.

Article written by Prieur du Plessis, editor of the Investment Postcards from Cape Town blog.Laszlo Birinyi’s team at TickerSense alerts us to the fact that 50-day correlation of S&P 500 Index member companies with the Index has just risen to the highest levels since the market bottomed in 1987. “An ugly market, but attractive stocks?” asks Birinyi.Makes one think …

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