TradeSmith Daily

May 2024

Keith Kaplan Opens Up the Mailbag

May 25, 2024Michael Salvatore

Note from Michael Salvatore, Editor, TradeSmith Daily: The last week has seen an influx of messages from subscribers – ranging all the way up to our esteemed Platinum members – after TradeSmith CEO Keith Kaplan asked about your favorite TradeSmith features. So today, Keith and I will share letters we’ve received in our TradeSmith Daily inbox ([email protected])… and he’ll respond to the burning questions on your mind. Let’s get right to it… (Note, emails are edited for content and clarity.) When to “Run for the Hills”

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The Most Important Number for Any Investment

May 24, 2024Keith Kaplan

I used to be a great stock picker… and a terrible investor. That’s not a contradiction or an oxymoron. In fact, it’s something I’m sure you’ve experienced whether you realize it or not. Ask yourself this: How many times have you bought a stock, rode it higher, then sold it… only to look at the price a year later and find out you missed out on so much more? I’ll bet you have. It’s not a good feeling. It used

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We’re Bearish on Fear

May 23, 2024TradeSmith Research Team

Conventional wisdom may have you believe that it's time to batten down the hatches for another shock crash. But, before you send your stock horses out to pasture, let’s look at low-volatility regimes of the past. Today, we’ll size up the current state of market volatility and investigate an evidence-rich study on what’s likely ahead for stocks.

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It’s Quiet… But Not “Too Quiet”

May 22, 2024Michael Salvatore

VIX reaches a pre-pandemic low… Technical indicators show us the next likely move… The last major bear just turned bull… Jamie Dimon gets exactly what he wished for… The next frontier of AI gains lies in an unexpected place… Investors haven’t been this confident in the short-term future of the stock market since… January 2020. That is to say, investors are complacent and happy as pigs in a pen. They think stocks have an overwhelmingly large chance of running higher

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It’s Time to Buy This Deeply Oversold Sector

May 21, 2024TradeSmith Research Team

Did you get the memo to buy the most unloved area of the market? Of course you didn’t! Chances are you’re inundated with AI this or that… or meme-stock mania… and missed it. I don’t blame you. The mainstream media often focuses on the here-and-now instead of what’s more important… what’s coming next. While we can never know for sure what lies ahead for the market, data undoubtedly helps remove the clouds of uncertainty… and enlightens us to big potential

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Paging Dr. Copper

May 20, 2024Michael Salvatore

The new shiny metal at the top of your watchlist… And why it should make you super bullish on the global economy… Breaking the inflation beat streak… High-quality, cheap, uptrending stocks are a winning formula… Jason Bodner’s newest Quantum Edge Hotlist… Our editor-in-chief, Luis Hernandez, in conversation with a data dream team… The $13 trillion industry that AI is set to disrupt next… Meet your new favorite industrial metal… Copper has seen a surge in price over the past few

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Phase 2 of the AI Boom Will Revolutionize a $13.1 Trillion Industry

May 19, 2024TradeSmith Research Team

Note from Michael Salvatore, Editor, TradeSmith Daily: It’s a rare thing for a company to reach a $1 trillion valuation. There are only seven such companies in the world today. But my colleague Eric Fry – global macro specialist at our corporate partner InvestorPlace – believes he’s found the next one. It’s a company that’s using AI in a way he thinks will revolutionize a $13.1 trillion industry. If he’s right, it’ll become a new leader in the field like

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Are These Neglected Chinese Stocks a Buy?

May 18, 2024Michael Salvatore

In March 2020, one hedge fund manager took on an obscenely risky position to leverage a unique moment in history. The stock market was just beginning a one-way trip higher in the wake of the Federal Reserve’s generous pandemic response. Trillions in liquidity meant making money over the next year would be almost too easy. But while that hedge fund manager’s tactics worked for a while… they came crashing down a year later… and he took a few stocks with

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