Sign up to create alerts for Instruments,
Economic Events and content by followed authors
Free Sign Up Already have an account? Sign In
Quotes
All Instrument Types
- All Instrument Types
- Indices
- Equities
- ETFs
- Funds
- Commodities
- Currencies
- Crypto
- Bonds
- Certificates
Please try another search
🤼 As an investor, what do I need to know about US/China trade negotiations right now?
Ask WarrenAI
Mercenary Trader
- Information
- Articles
- Analysis & Opinion
Mercenary Trader 's Opinion & Analysis
A complete archive of Mercenary Trader 's articles, including current analysis & opinion - Page 3
A complete archive of Mercenary Trader 's articles, including current analysis & opinion - Page 3
Sorry Twitter, They’re Just Not That Into You
By Mercenary Trader - Apr 29, 2014
We love Twitter Inc (NYSE:TWTR). We think Twitter is awesome. We Tweet every day.We’re still short the stock, though — initial short TWTR entry $56.05 on February 19th. Doubled the...
Is Shorting China The New Widowmaker?
By Mercenary Trader - Apr 29, 2014
In the FT this weekend, Prasenjit Basu writes that China’s crisis is coming — the only question is how big it will be.
…financial crisis in China has become inevitable. If it...
Consumer Retail Stocks: Return Of The Bear?
By Mercenary Trader - Jan 14, 2014
Ever since the post-crisis lows and S&P 500 bottom of March 2009, the consumer retail sector has been a juggernaut. Time and again, predictions of the US consumer’s demise have not just been...
Gold bugs can’t wait for the year to be over.2013 was truly horrible for them, as the following performance chart shows: As of this writing gold (via the popular SPDR Gold Trust ETF (GLD)) is...
How Germany Is Killing Europe
By Mercenary Trader - Dec 17, 2013
Germany is flat-out waging economic war on its fellow EU countries…The euro’s persistent strength has been bizarre. It does not make a lot of sense in light of Europe’s overall...
Who Gets Hit By A Vulnerable Housing Market?
By Mercenary Trader - Dec 15, 2013
It’s always fun to see one of your shorts drop nearly 10% in a single day. That’s what happened with our short position in Trulia (TRLA), the real estate search engine. On Wednesday...
Don’t Underestimate The U.S. Dollar
By Mercenary Trader - Nov 28, 2013
The US dollar is the currency traders love to hate. “Everybody knows” that the greenback is perpetually weak, a fiat currency made for shorting. This viewpoint is almost inevitably...
What's The Best Trade In Gold Right Now?
By Mercenary Trader - Nov 05, 2013
Is gold “fading from the investment picture” as the Wall Street Journal recently declared? Is it time to abandon the barbarous relic completely, leaving it for dead as Keynes himself...
Australian Dollar Could Be Headed For Low 80s
By Mercenary Trader - Nov 01, 2013
Whither the Australian dollar? After a multi-month rally on improved China sentiment and a sharply declining US dollar, the Aussie has been turned away at weekly resistance levels.Fresh prospects for...
Tanker Stocks Have Triple-Digit Upside (If They Survive)
By Mercenary Trader - Oct 16, 2013
Select tanker stocks could provide returns of 100-200% or even more… if they manage to stay alive, that is. The “dirty” carriers in particular — the ones that transport crude...