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Mercenary Trader 's Opinion & Analysis
A complete archive of Mercenary Trader 's articles, including current analysis & opinion - Page 10

Bulls Snatch Victory From Jaws of Defeat
By Mercenary Trader - Jul 30, 2012
Last week, the bulls pulled another save out of their hat -- turning what initially looked like a losing week into a respectable advance to a new 12-week high. The broad market rebound came on the...
There is a class of equities we call “cult stocks.” Roughly speaking, a cult stock is a high-growth concept stock, with an extraordinary degree of emotionally invested ownership. The...
Parsing The Unraveling Earnings Season
By Mercenary Trader - Jul 23, 2012
We’re only about halfway through the Q2 earnings season, and already, we have had plenty of action with more than a few cross-currents. Last week we noted how the extremely low sentiment levels...
Earnings Outlook: Priced In?
By Mercenary Trader - Jul 16, 2012
Traders are gearing up for a full barrage of earnings reports as we settle in for a new week of trading. A number of key announcements could shape the tone for various industries this week,...
‘Dark Pools‘ is a fun, intelligent, beach weekend read.   Apart from the obvious Wall Street / HFT focus, the book struck me as a cross between War Games, The Matrix, and Terminator:...
Equity Markets Weak On Central Bank Flop
By Mercenary Trader - Jul 09, 2012
Traders are reluctantly heading back from the Hamptons after a lazy holiday week of trading.   If you took last week off, you missed a few sessions of light-volume trading. But you also missed a...
Some quick thoughts on gold as we finish up a light holiday week of trading…    We have repeatedly emphasized, in past months, that gold looks terrible. We grew constructive again...
Massive Short Squeeze Doesn’t Change Anything
By Mercenary Trader - Jul 03, 2012
Welcome to the third quarter of a genuinely nutty trading year…   The second quarter went out with a bang as the S&P 500 tacked on 2.5% in Friday’s session, and the Nasdaq...
JS Comment:The following is a book review of Hedge Fund Market Wizards.   If you would like to see more Mercenary Trader reviews of excellent trading books — including many not featured in...
When The Macro Picture Turns Cloudy, Exploit The Micro
By Mercenary Trader - Jun 25, 2012
To say that today’s broad market picture is “unpredictable” would be a gross understatement.   On a macro level, there are enough cross currents and shifting dynamics to give...