The Fred Report – Special Research – Long Term Capital Gains

Research Piece: The Fallacy of Long Term Capital Gains  By Lou Scinto and Fred Meissner, CMT With higher tax rates a reality, one of the potential traps for investors could be the desire to wait for long-term gains as opposed to short-term gains. We understand and appreciate this (what investor … Read more

The Fred Report – Special Research – Tax Loss Bounce Review

The following report shows the results of the two Tax Loss Bounce lists we have published since the start of the FRED Report 3 years ago. The basic idea of the Tax Loss Bounce list is to take advantage of the January Effect – a market phenomenon that occurs because … Read more

Research Piece: Good Morning Wall St. – VIX "Camelot Phase"

Phil Erlanger, CMT looks at the meaning of a correction during a low VIX reading in his December www.goodmorningwallst.com article: “Camelot Phase Correction“: “It’s been almost a month now since the Presidential election, and guess what? The market has not exactly fallen apart. In fact, by mid-month the market completed … Read more

The Fred Report – Special Research – Currency Report

This has been an interesting report to write, because of the position of the European currencies. All of these are oversold enough to rally, which would tend to confirm the indications given by the Swiss Franc that we wrote about in our “year ahead” piece in the Monthly Review for … Read more