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These are the stocks on my watch-list today that I have for 0-5 days swing trades, the few shorts are 0-3 days ($V $HSIC $CSCO $GD $DPZ), shorts trigger and are actionable if and only they go through yesterday’s low.Here is the entire list; Trade Ideas  I made some specific commentary on a few names and how to play them onStockTwitsThe Process;Every morning I go through a few of my scans to find buy candidates for the day.  Depending on the current state of the market the size of the list will vary, usually its no more than 50 names.  My process is based on [...]

It seems like the tone in the blogsphere arena nowadays goes something like this—if you are not investing/trading like we are then you are wrong and we are going to tell you all about it.  I’ve been in the business since 1997, straight out of college and while there was a lot less accessible information back then I believe that was a big plus based on what I’m seeing now. Today we have too much information, a lot of the information is accurate, some is misleading, biased, wrong, etc… All this information probably leads to analysis paralysis for most people [...]

The Russell 3000 index is comprised of the largest 3,000 U.S. companies, basically its 95% of the investable U.S. equity market.  Here is what the majority of stocks are doing versus some of the major indices that are sitting at highs resting.Nasdaq Composite vs % of Russell 3k stocks > 10 day moving averageRussell 2000 vs % of Russell 3000 stocks > 10 day moving averageSP500 vs % of Russell 3000 stocks > 10 day moving averageThe importance of negative divergenceSign Up For Free UpdatesWe might be able to help with your investments;Frank Zorrilla is the founder of Zor Capital [...]

This is a great video by legendary investor Joel Greenblatt.Joel talks about;Diversifies with longs and shorts.What’s is the secret ingredient in investing.Top performing managers from 2000-2010, the top quartile who ended with the best record 97% of them spent at least 3 of those 10 years in the bottom half of performance. 79% spent at least 3 years at the bottom quartile of performance, 47% of those who ended up with the best record spent at least 3 of the 10 years at the bottom decile of performance.The only metric that you need for institutional inflows and outflows.Some cheap valued [...]

I just finished reading The Ivy Portfolio (How to Invest Like the Top Endowments and Avoid Bear Markets), its a gem , an easy fast read that will give you a wealth of information you can put to use fairly easily that can benefit your account tremendously.  I will highlight some of the points that were important to me but I strongly suggest you get a copy of the book here.“16.62% is the annualized return that the Yale endowment has returned per year between 1985 and 2008 versus 11.98% a year over the same time.  Harvard returned over 15% a year [...]

We Need More Bad News–Mike HarrisAnother Myth Busted–Cullen RocheGold Is Poised For A Bounce–Jeff HirschBack To Basics–Pradeep BondeSign Up For Free UpdatesWe might be able to help with your investments;Frank Zorrilla is the founder of Zor Capital LLC a New York based investment management firm.  Our goal is superior performance, with preservation of capital as our number one priority. Zor Capital manages separate accounts (both taxable and retirement) for accredited investors and institutions. This structure gives clients access to a hedge fund like strategy while maintaining 100% control of their accounts.  Managed Assets$SPY $IWM $XIV

Just when I thought I was out they pull me back in–Josh BrownSeasonality Suggests It’s Time To Buy Crude–StockAlmanacA Total Wash Out For The Precious Metals–ShortSideofLongHistoric Flame Out In Energy–Dana LyonsNon-Farm Payrolls SPY Performance Report–Chad GassawaySign Up For Free UpdatesWe might be able to help with your investments;Frank Zorrilla is the founder of Zor Capital LLC a New York based investment management firm.  Our goal is superior performance, with preservation of capital as our number one priority. Zor Capital manages separate accounts (both taxable and retirement) for accredited investors and institutions. This structure gives clients access to a hedge fund [...]

This is pretty much a recap from the investing world on how you could’ve and should’ve been short at the beginning of the month and long in the middle of the month and out at yesterday’s high…enjoy…Sign Up For Free UpdatesWe might be able to help with your investments;Frank Zorrilla is the founder of Zor Capital LLC a New York based investment management firm.  Our goal is superior performance, with preservation of capital as our number one priority. Zor Capital manages separate accounts (both taxable and retirement) for accredited investors and institutions. This structure gives clients access to a hedge [...]

The Best Weekly Recap–Urban CarmelMidTerm Elections Stats–Chad GassawayLessons From The Legend–Vic NiederhofferIncredibly Bullish Period–Rob HannaSign Up For Free UpdatesWe might be able to help with your investments;Frank Zorrilla is the founder of Zor Capital LLC a New York based investment management firm.  Our goal is superior performance, with preservation of capital as our number one priority. Zor Capital manages separate accounts (both taxable and retirement) for accredited investors and institutions. This structure gives clients access to a hedge fund like strategy while maintaining 100% control of their accounts.  Managed Assets$SPY $IWM $XIVPHOTO; Museum of American Finance

The month of October was very volatile month that caught many or at least the people that I talk to by surprise. The SP500 closed the month up 2.3% after being down 7% by October 15, the COMPQ closed up 3.04%, it was down at one point 6.18%, the Russell 2000 went from being down 5.5% to closing up 6.5% for the month. Here are a few takeaways from October that we can use going forward.1. Don’t short oversold markets, the market has a history of bailing out the bulls not the bears.2. Every now and then you might get [...]