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Inauguration Recalibration

January 21, 2017

Inauguration Day  for the new US President finally arrives and I’m  reading up on the news of the biggest suspense — what the  First Lady will wear!

Yes, no interest whatsoever in the markets today — President Trump will be giving an inaugural speech and  who knows what he will say!  So I am steering clear and just going to enjoy the fashion pages now, and festivities on the news, tomorrow.  I am just in no mood to be following every word that is supposed to be “policy statements” and all those Executive Actions — who knows what he will sign this early  — maybe some of those taking heat like immigration, climate change , terrorism, pharma and healthcare,  plus his latest lament on the “strong US dollar” — too hard!   So my strategy is to get this day out of the way and let him spell out his policies and follow his lead a little later.

President Trump is raring to get to work.  Be sure you got Twitter  (the account – not necessarily the stock, it’s back to pre-election prices even after Mr. Trump as Tweeter-in-Chief/

 

Executive Actions

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-idUSKBN1532T3

http://edition.cnn.com/2017/01/20/politics/gallery/donald-trump-inauguration/index.html

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/live-blog/2017-01-12/donald-j-trump-inauguration

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Trump and Other Big Bangs

January 18, 2017

Finally made it back to this blog! Took a break from writing over the holidays, and there were very enticing subjects to write about but I just didn’t have the time!

Anyway, big bang happening with the Brexit statement and Trump buckling down to work soon — and those policy statements supposed to roll in,  like today’s “strong dollar rant”  via  Twitter.  That said, also China stocks falling more than 6% yesterday is making memories flood in of the market meltdown — ahhh around this same time last year. So beware.

I for one have decided, while there is a lot of volatility expected, will trade shorter timeframes to control my risk. I have also just accepted that my time for the children’s activities in school and well-being is taking much more time and focus than I have allowed for, so my new trading timeframe needs adjustment also. As Van Tharp says, “trade as it fits you” and what fit me before has changed.

Also what I used to write here is more on market analysis, and this year, I will focus on discussing more on how we can trade successfully, guided with the peak performance studies of Dr. Tharp. These would include :
> Making decisions — are we doubting ourselves and wasting time / opportunities?
> Motivations — being in a “slump” and there is such a problem as being too motivated 🙂
> Mental blocks — there are many, and most are familiar with this thing called FEAR.

Watch out for the webinars and events I will be hosting …

So, with a rainbow I captured on New Year’s Day, welcome to 2017 and Trading success!

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Hot Legs

December 13, 2016

Heyyyaaa,,, so nothing disastrous actually happened with the Italy referendum and days after that had the US market rallying to record highs for days. Last night, we had another rally for the DOW led by the Energy sector after Non-OPEC suppliers (like Russia, Canada, Mexico) agree to production cuts. As I’ve discussed in my workshops, this rally got legs, and here is a HOT one! Not only are we seeing investor sentiment brightly positive in the US, but EU which recently “tapered” its bond program is showing signs of life; China also reported strong retail sales today. (Just wait for the Chinese New Year,,, officially their shopping season) These growth indicators are positive for demand for oil.

So the rally is here right now, what about tomorrow? It is the US Fed decision day, and as mentioned, they are to raise interest rates that many feel are overdue. As decision day happens — it may be rough sailing tomorrow — people tend to sell at the prospect of interest rates rising, since companies would have to bear additional finance costs. but since we have all the projected growth and investor sentiment looming larger – a dip may soon be followed by a reversal, epecially if they mention in their accompanying announcement that the rate rises will be measured and gradual as when they did last year. (That’s what they said when they raised interest rates last year, remember?!) – and so we had a grand total of ONE follow-up rate rise). I explain further why this market rally will continue in my workshops in a discovery process, so next one is in January 28, 2017. Register at charmel@highheeledtraders.com

By the way, Dr. Van Tharp, whom I recommend to everbody sends out his free newsletter and more thoroughly explains the market type we are having. So go on over to vantharp.com and by the way, he is doing his awesome workshops in Singapore in Feb 2017 (last time he did was in 2008 – time flies!)

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http://www.opec.org/opec_web/en/about_us/24.htm

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-12-12/these-two-indicators-will-tell-you-when-trump-trades-are-over
+https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-12-13/china-home-sales-rose-16-in-november-at-slowest-pace-this-year

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-12-11/china-economic-data-dump-may-show-retail-gain-investment-steady
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https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-12-12/by-one-measure-traders-are-the-most-bullish-on-stocks-since-at-least-1997

https://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2016-12-12/trump-said-to-postpone-announcement-on-future-of-his-businesses

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-markets-saft-idUSKBN1420ED?il=0

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-12-11/dollar-buoyed-as-fed-week-begins-while-oil-deal-bolsters-loonie

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-12-11/dollar-buoyed-as-fed-week-begins-while-oil-deal-bolsters-loonie

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-12-11/oil-surges-as-saudis-eye-deeper-cuts-while-non-opec-joins-deal

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Cause for Pause

December 5, 2016

We had a busy week last week following the news about OPEC finally making their production quotas, which has been simmering for months. I’m trying to see what to look forward to — and yes, finally we are kicking in the last month of the year and heading into the much-awaited US Fed rate-setting meeting, I can’t say people are excited for it, but it has been well-publicized how this interest rate must happen already. The actual rate-setting meeting is next week but we are going to see some more data coming out and some Fed personalities talking about what should happen.

For new followers of this blog, the Economic Calendar of Bloomberg is a great help and here is a link:
https://www.bloomberg.com/markets/economic-calendar

So it appears nothing much happening in US soil, but looking out of it, there is cause for pause with the recent referendum in Italy and presidential election in Austria, both of which can hold clues to the European Union remaining a union. Italy voted “No” which observers say is espoused by people wanting to get back to their own currency and we will see another country out the door, destabilizing the EU block. Article here the “yes” defeat in the referendum is now translating to the PM himself resigning. So with this drama going on, it will be a cause for pause from the recent upward trends, yes even in the US stocks (and may give a good opportunity for people waiting to get on the trend with lesser risk)

Austria however, voted for a pro-European leader, so the EU hopes remain alive. However, as long as people are not seeing their lives improve under the EU arrangement, there is always that possibility of more good byes in the EU. So we will see about the next post, we will assume some sort of “Brexit”-style meltdown might happen. If it does, be ready for 3 things :

1. Buy defensive stocks that won’t get out of business with something like “Quitaly”
2. Buy stocks that have gotten too expensive but you want to own (maybe those banking stocks that rallied strongly could be affected by this EU-induced selloff)
3. Keep investment that is only within your risk.

First Brexit, Now “Quitaly”

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Awesome workshop last Saturday! We were talking about stocks that is set to continue to rally and we’re making a list, and checking it twice! I said these are the stocks from sectors that have long been undervalued, which means they are profitable but government regulation had pinned them down so investor sentiment is poor — but that has changed! Yesterday, as expected (from news surrounding his possible Cabinet appointments) Donald Trump, appointed a former Goldman Sachs executive to be Treasury Department and billionaire Wilbur Ross in Commerce Department — known for fixing up failed businesses — these are important clues to how the “MAGA” (Make America Great Again) promise will be realized, and growth-driven policy of the Trump government.

Goldman Sachs has in fact, made a survey and concluded that after years of slowing earnings growth, a wide range of sectors are going to benefit from Trump’s policies, “expectations of lower tax rates and economic stimulus are among key reasons for the favorable outlook”

So I want to tell you my favorite stocks — and I want to emphasize in our “Invest Right Workshop” that you should find stocks that “fit you”. OK so these stocks fit me, I just love how I feel I really understand how it moves, how to profit based on the moves it makes in the timeframe I adopt, and how just “effortless” the investment is, together with strategies that I like to execute.

OK here goes :
1. Oil stocks — yes, always in the news. Big move up today also because finally OPEC got together with their oil buddies and decided on their production cut. Prices headed up with the projected growth-spurt from Trump’s policies

Cheasapeake Energy (CHK) up 9.89% to $7
Other oil stocks rising like Chevron and Exxon Mobil but not putting it here due to high price

2. Banks — US interest rates are rising for sure, and as mentioned earlier, will attract people to “save more” because the earnings from their deposits will be exponential (say with .25% interest rising to .50% and .75% ) guess what, these banks are still undervalued (measured by Price to Earnings ratio or PE) even with the recent rally, and yes, last night Trump appointed a former Goldman Sachs banker into the Treasury Department adding boost to the banking sector.

Wells Fargo – PE of 12.87 rose 2% last night to 52.92
Banf of America – PE of 15 rose 4.48% last night to 21.12

3. Consumer Stocks – certainly growth will be evident with more jobs and discretionary income so Consumer Stocks which have been paying dividends are expected to benefit greatly.
both in the cyclical / non-cyclical sectors

WMT – PE of 15.5 and pays 2.8% dividend%
PEP – PE of 22.34 but pays dividend of 2.96% (for my workshoppers, clue is in the chart!)
Visa – payments company, with all the online shopping happening, “The growth story is already very clear in the top-line performance of Visa over the past five years, where revenue has grown at a 17% annual rate. Earnings continue to soar as well, with EPS set to surge fourfold from five years ago, from 79 cents in 2012 to a projected $3.84 in fiscal 2017. In the immediate-term, year-over-year growth is set to hit 10% on revenue from FY2016 to FY2017 and EPS should grow 17%.  In the third quarter, Visa earnings surged 27% ”

In our back to back workshops “Invest Right” and “US Investing” I show how to get your edge and profit from these hot stocks given the market. Join us in the next — email me stating your interest for webinar or workshops scheduled for January 2017.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilbur_Ross

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-11-30/goldman-says-trump-s-presidency-will-benefit-stocks-in-almost-every-sector

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Rally On and On and On and On

November 23, 2016

” All four major U.S. equity benchmarks climbed to record highs ” — even before the actual market drivers happen. So a lot of people have been asking me how this will unfold. I am seeing a long-term trend upward, of course there will be some pause, but the investor sentiment is undoubtedly positive. This new trend as opposed to the “old bull trend” will be ushered in by new sectors, those that have been dirt cheap and unappreciated but are still very profitable businesses with growth incoming. Banking, industrial and healthcare stocks are coming up trumps!

But I just have to point not all stocks are equal, in my workshops, we will show you how you can choose the stocks that fit you, and perform strongly. I’ve cited JP Morgan which was $57 early this year when China was bleeding now at $78, or 47% growth and still has a valuation of 13.53%. It is also set to benefit from interest rate hike (more people will be inclined to make deposits to banks) and that’s what I’m talking about!

You can also be sure that in emerging markets the opposite is likely true, unless there is strong growth by themselves. The strong US$ is likely to drain off these economies, moving back to US stocks and coupled with the new trend sectors I mentioned, it’s party in the USA!

So don’t get left behind. Join our “US Investing Workshop” on Nov. 26. Email charmel@highheeledtraders.com to register

Can you invest straight into the US market without experience? Yes you can. It is the US market that sets the tone for the world markets anyway. You just need to get the right start knowing how the market works. That’s why I am offering in tandem with the US Investing workshop our Invest Right Foundation Workshop in which you will discover the investing mindset you need, managing the risks, and systems to take profits that could give you the prime advantage in this business. Remember, it is not just about the stocks. It is how you do things with the right knowledge, emotional and mental preparation. It is best to learn to invest right now so you too can get in position with added security and confidence!

Here again are our fantastic value events with their freebies:
1st Event : “Invest Right Foundation Workshop”
November 26, 2016 830am-12nn
Ortigas area (exact location upon registration)
Early-Bird Rate : 2,000 pesos (Regular rate : 3,000 pesos)
Freebies : Full eBook of “High Heeled Traders (worth 800 pesos), Investing Kit (no need to start from scratch – priceless!). We will hold your hand as you start to invest to help you achieve added security and confidence!

2nd Event : “US Investing Workshop”
November 26, 2016 1-530pm
Early-Bird Rate : 5,000 pesos (Regular rate : 8,000 pesos)
With FREE attendance to the morning session and the freebies that come with it!

Again, to register : email charmel@highheeledtraders.com. As you can sense the opportunities are huge, trumping the Philippine markets 🙂

Learn more about investing in the US market in this link!

Current Workshops

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-11-20/dollar-is-king-as-fed-hike-bets-mount-most-asian-futures-drop

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-11-23/these-charts-show-that-trump-is-bringing-the-1990s-back-to-markets

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I have been writing about investing and conducting workshops for years, and most investors I talk to are really putting in a lot of time and energy into their investments – researching companies, the economy; analysing technical charts and data, and even attending workshops or social media groups. However, most admit they are not getting as much profit as they want, or worse, have to take losses and get stressed out.

What I found are 3 massive mistakes that investors make that lead to big losses and stress:
1. Over-reliance on Entry techniques –buying stocks using indicators, then entering the market convinced of a good opportunity! Then either because of overconfidence, they fail to get out and avoid big losses. Or, seeing gains but don’t know when to take profit. You could have taken the profit but you either fear you will lose out on more upside and not take the profit until after the market falls
2. Not taking small losses — understand that all businesses involves losses. Investors cling to stocks even with losses in the hope that the value of their stocks will improve, but instead get trapped with losses, which they say, recover over time (but no one can guarantee anything – and like the mining sector, could take years)
3. Investing in poor opportunities – In the stockmarket, we have wisdom that says “the trend is your friend”, unfortunately for local investors, here they can only profit by buying low and selling high which only works in uptrending markets. Some “average down” so you can buy stocks at cheaper price then supposedly sell at higher price, but this strategy results to losses with downtrending market and not a low-risk strategy for a volatile market like what is evident now. The big uptrend is in the US market because of the strengthening US$ and stimulus expected from incoming Trump presidency.

So to help investors solve the problem of big losses, I have two (2) back-to-back events happening on Nov. 26.
1. Invest Right Foundation Workshop – done in the morning, this will give you precisely the information you need like understanding the market, how to create a profitable system from our proven examples and risk management so you can invest, create wealth and sleep soundly at night!
1) US Investing Workshop – because the “trend is your friend” and that big, fat trend is here now. This is critical for BUSY people, we can help you pick a stock that fits you and ride the trend, even if you don’t want to do anything fancy, having your money in US Dollars that is getting stronger will increase your capital while you just sit back and watch it grow. For the committed investor, you can even generate weekly income by use of Options, plus multiply your investing power because your US broker can let you borrow funds. Superb benefits and all you just have to do is get into a different market!

Here again are our fantastic-value events with actionable and specific ideas made dynamic and fun this November!
1st Event : “Invest Right Foundation Workshop”
November 26, 2016 830am-12nn
Ortigas area (exact location upon registration)
Early-Bird Rate : 2,000 pesos (Regular rate : 3,000 pesos)
Freebies : Full eBook of “High Heeled Traders (worth 800 pesos), Investing Kit (no need to start from scratch – priceless!). We will hold your hand as you start to invest to help you achieve added security and confidence!

2nd Event : “US Investing Workshop”
November 26, 2016 1-530pm
Early-Bird Rate : 5,000 pesos (Regular rate : 8,000 pesos)
With FREE attendance to the morning session and the freebies that come with it! As in the morning session offer, we will mentor you with feedback discussions on your Investing Kit — to help you achieve added security and confidence!

As you may have read the US markets have been rallying to record highs and Philippines is one of the fastest-growing economies, so these popular workshops are filling up quickly.

To register, email charmel@highheeledtraders.com

For more details about the topics:

Current Workshops

Nothing should get in the way of our life goals, invest in your success!

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-11-20/dollar-is-king-as-fed-hike-bets-mount-most-asian-futures-drop

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The US stockmarket going higher and higher is of course good news, but Billionaire investor Carl Icahn believes too much too soon is not. The stockmarket needed a breather, and here we are having it finally. I thought it would come sooner but I am not one to leave a rocking party early 🙂 (Article below)

I have been looking at some of the stocks that rallied though and I can see there are still stocks in favor that are below market value. So those are the ones to pick up 🙂 and I will show you how to spot those stocks that will let you ride the bullish trend and you step back and watch – this will be my preferred strategy — perfect for busy moms. The trend is your friend remember?

Wise investors will invest in companies that will benefit from rising interest rates in the US and growth from new Trump govt policies. Join our “US Investing Workshop” on Nov. 26. Email charmel@highheeledtraders.com to register

Can you invest straight into the US market without experience? Yes you can. It is the US market that sets the tone for the world markets anyway. You just need to get the right start knowing how the market works. That’s why I am offering in tandem with the US Investing workshop our Invest Right Foundation Workshop in which you will discover the investing mindset you need, managing the risks, and systems to take profits that could give you the prime advantage in this business. Remember, it is not just about the stocks. It is how you do things with the right knowledge, emotional and mental preparation. It is best to learn to invest right now so you too can get in position with added security and confidence!

Here again are our fantastic value events with their freebies:
1st Event : “Invest Right Foundation Workshop”
November 26, 2016 830am-12nn
Ortigas area (exact location upon registration)
Early-Bird Rate : 2,000 pesos (Regular rate : 3,000 pesos)
Freebies : Full eBook of “High Heeled Traders (worth 800 pesos), Investing Kit (no need to start from scratch – priceless!). We will hold your hand as you start to invest to help you achieve added security and confidence!

2nd Event : “US Investing Workshop”
November 26, 2016 1-530pm
Early-Bird Rate : 5,000 pesos (Regular rate : 8,000 pesos)
With FREE attendance to the morning session and the freebies that come with it!

Again, to register : email charmel@highheeledtraders.com. As you can sense the opportunities are Yuge, trumping the Philippine markets 🙂
Learn more about investing in the US market in this link!

Current Workshops

http://www.cnbc.com/2016/11/16/icahn-says-stock-rally-after-trump-election-may-be-overdone.html

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Shopping Never Felt This Good

November 16, 2016

4th day rally to record high — pushed by strong retail sales, with 11 out of 13 categories major categories improving. This means, consumers are confident to spend and many business sectors are benefitting. Then of course, there is the upcoming Thanksgiving and holiday season plus retail’s own shopping events like Black Friday. No need for government “stimulus”, as we the people, can help others by buying what we need and want so others get a livelihood through their business or as workers in those businesses. Shopping never felt this good!

What this means going forward, is that the US economy is robust and strong, and it is widely used as an indicator that the economy is able to grow even with impending interest rates.

Wise investors will invest in companies that will benefit from rising interest rates in the US and growth from new Trump govt policies. Join our “US Investing Workshop” on Nov. 26. Email charmel@highheeledtraders.com to register

Can you invest straight into the US market without experience? Yes you can. It is the US market that sets the tone for the world markets anyway. You just need to get the right start knowing how the market works. That’s why I am offering in tandem with the US Investing workshop our Invest Right Foundation Workshop in which you will discover the investing mindset you need, managing the risks, and systems to take profits that could give you the prime advantage in this business. Remember, it is not just about the stocks. It is how you do things with the right knowledge, emotional and mental preparation. It is best to learn to invest right now so you too can get in position with added security and confidence!
Here again are our fantastic value events with their freebies:
1st Event : “Invest Right Foundation Workshop”
November 26, 2016 830am-12nn
Ortigas area (exact location upon registration)
Early-Bird Rate : 2,000 pesos (Regular rate : 3,000 pesos)
Freebies : Full eBook of “High Heeled Traders (worth 800 pesos), Investing Kit (no need to start from scratch – priceless!). We will hold your hand as you start to invest to help you achieve added security and confidence!
2nd Event : “US Investing Workshop”
November 26, 2016 1-530pm
Early-Bird Rate : 5,000 pesos (Regular rate : 8,000 pesos)
With FREE attendance to the morning session and the freebies that come with it!

Again, to register : email charmel@highheeledtraders.com. As you can sense the opportunities are Yuge, trumping the Philippine markets 🙂
Learn more about investing in the US market in this link!

Current Workshops

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-11-16/fed-rate-hike-odds-approach-100-in-anticipation-of-trumpenomics

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-11-15/retail-sales-in-u-s-jump-more-than-forecast-in-broad-advance

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Record High and Higher

November 12, 2016

There was drama, tension, hope and great victory.   That sums up  the stockmarket this week, just like in beauty pageants. Oh I need a good R and R time this week to recover from the stresses of all the waiting and newness of everything, so I am watching videos of my pageant run of 1998.   (Those really made me laugh  at myself hehe …Videos below)

For those contemplating whether the US market rally, is for real, I would ask the questions:

  1. Where is the growth coming from?
  2. What is the current values of favored sectors (which are the oversold  sectors that will now get more demand and favorable regulation)
  3. Where  interest rates will go higher, and US is the only one doing so.

So yes, the market has just confirmed — and that’s what we are waiting on — confirmation — of which sectors are going to have a reversal or continuance of fortune.   I think the tech growth and market demand is still there so, look at this sector for a chance to buy when the policy gets straightened out. MSFT and CSCO both cloud-stocks have recovered from the shock selloff on tech.

Banking stocks are also to benefit and I can still see some way below market value.

All in all, we are seeing this uptrend is set and at early stages. So time is ripe for learning to invest in the US market and I am doing my last workshops  for the year on Nov. 26.

Here are the details on the workshop content in this link:

http://highheeledtraders.com/2015/11/20/current-workshops/

To register your interest email charmel@highheeledtraders.com and we will get back to you with further details.

Now back to my funny videos…

 

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-fed-fischer-idUSKBN1361FK

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-stocks-idUSKBN13619K

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-biotech-m-a-idUSKBN1360DC

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-11-10/trump-s-transition-team-pledges-to-dismantle-dodd-frank-act

<iframe width=”560″ height=”315″ src=”https://www.youtube.com/embed/woxvTd28eT4″ frameborder=”0″ allowfullscreen></iframe>

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-11-11/these-charts-show-the-huge-stampede-out-of-emerging-markets

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-stocks-weekahead-idUSKBN1362CT

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-trump-doddfrank-idUSKBN1361X0

 

 

 

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