by Jeff Bishop | Jun 2, 2020 | Total Alpha
May marked my biggest trading turnaround in 2020 – flipping my account from a $50,000 loss to a gain of over $150,000! It’s nice to be back on the green team… (I took a little time to celebrate with my daughter on a quick boating trip.) The...
by Jeff Bishop | Jun 1, 2020 | Total Alpha
Just before tech stocks can challenge their all-time highs… Investors have begun rotating into the major laggards: airlines, restaurants, cruise lines, financials, you name it. But before you jump in with both feet… … you need to understand which industry...
by Jeff Bishop | May 31, 2020 | Total Alpha
20% Unemployment… That’s not a headline from 1930…it’s the consensus estimate for non-farm payrolls in May. Despite the ballooning unemployment figure… the stock market is closing in on all-time highs again. It’s not that market participants don’t care…but...
by Jeff Bishop | May 30, 2020 | Editorial, Total Alpha
Becoming a successful trader doesn’t just happen overnight. But then again, it isn’t something that needs to take years either. And look, I struggled for more than a decade before the lightswitch finally came on. During that time, I compiled a list of 10 different...
by Jeff Bishop | May 28, 2020 | Total Alpha
Trading in the opposite direction of the trend can feel awful at times. For decades “The Trend Is Your Friend” has been the mantra repeated by many so-called stock-picking experts. The fact is most traders are intimidated by the thought of trading against the grain...
