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‘s Getting Interesting- Insider Buying Picks Up Week Ending 8-9-19

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After weeks of dull action, insider buying has finally picked up. Part of it is the end of 2nd Quarter earnings blackout and part of it is the market sell-off.  The highlights: Charlie Egren, the founder of Dish, is making a massive bet on 5G, buying assets in the pending TMobile Sprint network and committing billions to buy more bandwidth.  Its a bet the farm expensive gamble on a player late to the game.  But if the competing networks are slow in getting 5G rolled out, Dish might be able to lumber in and get a piece of the future … Read more

Is Natural Gas a Buy?

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Since mid 2008 natural gas has been completely decimated by the market with the past eight months have been particularly bearish, cutting natural gas stocks in half.  Take a look at UNG for instance, down close to 60% from it’s June high of 12.32 a share.  So with natural gas bouncing off it’s all time low is it time to take a bullish stance on the commodity?  Recent options activity has spiked dramatically, with a call to put ratio of more than six to one.  With options activity a good forward looking indicator of investor sentiment, this is generally a very bullish … Read more

Index Funds, Where Are We Now?

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Index Funds, Where Are We Now?   While following important economic news as it continually streams through headlines, its akin to wrapping your mouth around a fire hose to quench your thirst; however it’s essential to consider how these developments are affecting your investments. Take a look at how a couple of major indexes and index funds have performed since the beginning of the year…   PowerShares DB US Dollar Index Bullish (NYSE:UUP) -1.53% U.S. Equity: SPDRS S&P 500 Index (NYSE:SPY) -1.22% Technology: PowerShares QQQ (Nasdaq:QQQ) 0.94% Europe, Australia-Asia iShares MSCI EAFE Index (NYSE:EFA) -15.77% Energy: United States Oil (NYSE:USO) -1.82% Precious Metals: iShares Comex Gold Trust (NYSE:IAU) +9.57% Fixed Income: iShares Barclays … Read more