ID Analysts

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Over the past week, our indicators have, as a group, decidedly turned more negative. As you can see in our table below, three indicators now flash -2 while the rest, except for one, are at -1. Our indicators now predict a negative bias in the near term,… Read More

Sell eHi Car Services (EHIC). eHi Car Services (EHIC) is up strongly today after reporting better-than-expected second-quarter results and has rallied nicely since joining our portfolio in May.  The stock has performed as we expected and we recommend taking the gain today. As former BTP holding Vipshop… Read More

Buy to open the iShares Silver Trust (SLV) April 17.50 put option. Our silver indicator has become more bearish, suggesting more downside for silver in the short run. We suggest buying to open a put option on the iShares Silver Trust (SLV). We like the SLV April 17.50 put… Read More

Buy Olin Corp. (OLN) Today we add to our portfolio Olin Corp. (OLN), a top pick from Brigade Capital Management, a relatively small hedge fund (with roughly $650 million in assets under management) that has averaged nearly 22 percent in annual return over the… Read More

Average Annualized Return Per Closed Trade: 19.4% Average Return Per Closed Trade: 16.2% Average Holding Period: 309 days Earlier this week, the Fed released the minutes of its July Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) policy-setting meeting. The details of the meeting revealed the division… Read More

The Fed released the minutes from its July Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting today, revealing more details into the decision makers’ thought process. The notes show that the majority of committee members want to wait for more convincing economic data to show that inflation is moving… Read More

Sell Pioneer Natural Resources (PXD) and United Rentals (URI) Viking Global Investors, our reference fund for Pioneer Natural Resources (PXD) reported this week that it has reduced its position in PXD by 46 percent. Meanwhile, Marcato Capital Management, our reference fund for United Rentals (URI), has reduced… Read More

The yen has strengthened and it’s close to breaking the 100 mark against the dollar. We suspect that may force the Bank of Japan to intervene in the open market to weaken the yen (and strengthen the dollar). With a long bet on the U.S. Dollar via the PowerShares DB… Read More