Posts Tagged ‘RHT’

  • Momentum Book Update
    Posted by Leigh Drogen on January 30th, 2010 at 2:19 pm, Comments: 0

    Another week of schellacking for long only strategies.  The market took a bath this week, led by materials and tech, which until Thursday morning made up about 2/3 of my portfolio.  I was playing buy the dip, it obviously didn’t work.  My cash position at the open on Thursday was south of 5%, I loaded [...]

  • Momentum Book Update
    Posted by Leigh Drogen on January 23rd, 2010 at 11:17 am, Comments: 0

    Oyyy, it was a tough week for long only strategies any way you cut it.  The market trapped the chasers with three major distribution days and then puked for two straight.  I made a calculated decision to lower my beta early in the week but didn’t significantly raise my cash level.  I still see many [...]

  • Momentum Book Update
    Posted by Leigh Drogen on January 15th, 2010 at 5:48 pm, Comments: 0

    An interesting week it was indeed.  We came in on Monday to see the market ripping, it was frothy, and everyone knew it.  Problem was that few were willing to sell into the strength, myself included, for fear of missing out on a melt up move.  I hung on, took some pain, and added a [...]

  • Momentum Book Update
    Posted by Leigh Drogen on January 8th, 2010 at 7:07 pm, Comments: 0

    The momentum book under performed a little bit this week as I am heavily loaded in tech and not exposed enough to the materials sector.  Large cap tech is taking a rest here after its amazing run.  Are we topping out or consolidating for the next push?  I feel its the latter and not the [...]

  • Stock Picker’s Delight
    Posted by Leigh Drogen on December 15th, 2009 at 12:52 am, Comments: 0

    The market has gone absolutely nowhere in over a month, oscillating around a rising 20 day moving average.  While the broader indices continue to churn, some excellent setups to both the long and short side have revealed themselves.  Instead instead of focusing on the direction of the overall market tonight, below are a bunch of the best [...]