Tag Archives: OPEC

October 24

Bear Market – The Day After

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By David Nelson, CFA CMT Before we get started put down the knives, get off twitter and take a breath. I’m not calling the end of the bear market. If I could do that with a high degree of accuracy I’d have my jet, wouldn’t even be writing this post and I’d be done staring […]

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November 08

Demand Destruction

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By David Nelson, CFA CMT On the heels of a dovish Fed meeting and strong employment report the S&P finished the week up better than 2%. Even more compelling, Friday marked the seventh straight session stocks ended the day at a closing all-time high. Is there anything that can stop this train and maybe more […]

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March 08

Oil and the Black Swan – Saudi’s go nuclear

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By David Nelson, CFA CMT Investors have spent the last two weeks on a roller coaster as markets attempt to discount the coronavirus outbreak and potential damage to the global economy. With demand slowing it’s not surprising energy markets have been weak but Monday’s price action with crude looking to open down more than 20% […]

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May 29

Time to Buy Oil Stocks?

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By David Nelson, CFA After a stunning near 60% rally in crude, end of first quarter data suggests mutual funds decided it’s time to overweight oil stocks. That alone should make any oil bull nervous. It’s not just technology and FANG stocks where momentum traders live. Apparently they are alive and well in the oil […]

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September 03

Every President Since Reagan Bears Responsibility for North Korea

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By David Nelson, CFA August was a struggle for markets as political and geopolitical events weighed on sentiment for risk assets. Departures from the White House along with miss steps from the President helped fuel concerns here while tensions over North Korea’s nuclear threat continue to mount. Every President since Reagan bears some responsibility as […]

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February 08

The Trump Trade – Is it over?

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David joins anchor Alexis Christophorous along with CIO of Hennion & Walsh and Chris Whalen head of research at Kroll bond rating agency to discuss several initiatives from the Trump administration along with the outlook for markets.

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February 02

The Future of OPEC – BNN

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David reports from the Nasdaq in Times Square to discuss Exxon’s latest earnings release and the Future of OPEC.

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December 21

Oil & the Black Swan – The Final Countdown

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By David Nelson, CFA It’s been a little over a year since I published the first in the series, Oil & the Black Swan. Just days’ earlier Saudi Arabia had announced they would no longer be the world’s swing producer willing to cut production and support oil prices. There hasn’t been a funeral or even a […]

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January 02

2014 Yearbook

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Alpha Select – December 2014 Update *Alpha Select – December (-1.15%)  YTD +13.19% * Net of Fees David Nelson, CFA After a rough start, a series of geopolitical events shaking investor confidence and a disappointing final trading day, 2014 added a 6th year to the bull market that began in 2009. Alpha Select enjoyed another strong year […]

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December 30

It’s Different This Time – The Movie

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David talks to BNN host Frances Horodelski about his recent Yahoo Finance Article and projections for the coming year

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