How Goldman Sachs Screwed You... AGAIN

Make way for lower oil prices ... October 28, 2014 Archives | Unsubscribe     How Goldman Sachs Screwed You... AGAIN   Make way for lower oil prices Trading against Goldman's latest report Plus: Avoiding a losing earnings trade   Greg Guenthner coming to you from Baltimore, MD... Greg Guenthner Oil is now as abundant as oxygen. The world is drowning in the stuff. Oil supplies are far outstripping demand. And unloading a barrel of crude is like trying to sell sand in the Sahara. OK, so I made all that up... But that's exactly what Goldman Sachs wants you to believe. The evil geniuses at Goldman Sachs just released a report predicting crude will plummet to $70 by next spring. The new target price is a full $15 lower than Goldman's previous guess from last quarter. Could the Masters of the Investment Universe have made a mistake? Goldman says the U.S. shale oil boom has now juiced supplies to the point that we have way too much oil sloshing around. Their report trumpets the fact that the U.S. will pump more crude than Saudi Arabia this month...for the first time in over 40 years! And of course, there's more where that came from. So it's time to dump all your oil stocks. Oil's heading to the cellar. After all, Goldman said so. And Goldman is like the pope of the financial world. Whatever it says is infallible. Right? I'm sure you know a leading question when you see one. And you're right... There may be a far more sinister motive behind Goldman's $70 oil prediction. (Shocking, I know). So what's the deal? Here's what I think... Goldman knew its report would go right into the financial news meat grinder. The dupes would scream that the "smart money" sees oil heading down even further than anticipated. Perfect--just in time for more investors to panic. But if you actually bother to look at what the real smart money is doing-- instead of chowing down on their prepackaged reports-- you'll see that the big hedgers (some of them undoubtedly from Goldman Sachs) are actually taking profits on their oil shorts. That's right-- while smart guys are telling you to get out, they're actually waiting to pounce. And as overzealous traders press their luck on the downside, the big boys are already aboard their private jets, counting their profits... "Hedgers have already cut their net short position by a record 205,000 contracts," explains Dana Lyons, partner at J. Lyons Fund Management, Inc. Lyons goes on to explain that there have been just 5 other occasions in where hedgers have covered short positions as big as this one... "Those dates were in December 1997, September 2003, November 2008, October 2011 and June 2012," Lyons explains. "The last four of those such occasions led to intermediate-term rallies in crude oil of roughly 105%, 150%, 50% and 30%, respectively. Only the 1997 instance did not lead to a rally." See a pattern here? After the smart money cashes out of its bets against oil, it usually triggers a massive rally. That's some pretty compelling evidence pointing to a bounce in oil sooner rather than later. Just yesterday morning, light crude again slipped below $80. But only for a few minutes. Before lunch, crude was back above $80... Bottom line: this crude crash needs a break. And if history is any indication, we could be in store for a surprise rally here as $80 holds. Even a run higher toward $85-$90 would be a strong enough bounce to pull up some sinking energy names from the gutter-- and give you a shot at quick gains. Now, I'm not going to sugar-coat it-- buying oil stocks down here is a bit of a risk. You should set a tight stop on this trade idea-- and you shouldn't bet the farm. Consider this a small, speculative bet on a counter-trend move. But don't let those bastards at Goldman profit from the oil snapback without getting in on the action yourself!         Live Rich -- to 150 and Beyond *This presentation goes offline at midnight tonight* Five tiny companies are making radical breakthroughs in life-extension technology... and providing early investors with the potential for huge gains. Click here now for your FREE report to learn how you could enjoy ultra-wealth to age 150!           Rude Numbers Targets, Predictions and Wild Guesses   $681 million was just enough cash for Brazil-based Cutrale Group and Safra Group to buy Chiquita Brands International... 61% of all stocks trading on major U.S. exchanges are currently below their respective 50-day moving averages... $17.36 is where you'll find silver futures today. The poor man's precious metal is higher this morning by more than 1%. Meanwhile... $1,233 is where you'll find gold futures early this morning. The yellow metal has added $4 since yesterday... 1,963 marks the spot for S&P futures just before the bell. Stocks are looking at a higher open today after clawing back from losses Monday afternoon...     Rude Trends When to Buy... When to Sell   I like Twitter. It's a great place to connect with fellow traders and investors. But that doesn't mean I'm sold on its stock. In fact, I've been avoiding it lately. Twitter shares are getting hammered this morning. And the move lower shouldn't surprise you if you've been paying attention. Ironically, I've been tweeting about the peculiar action in Twitter stock since late last week. I said the stock "looks broken" after sellers stepped in for a few afternoons in a row and pushed shares lower on the day--even when its social media cousin Facebook continued to push to new highs. With these popular social media names, you don't want to see a bunch of folks selling just before earnings. So when Twitter dropped by almost 3% yesterday just before reporting third quarter earnings, I had a feeling something was up. Sure enough, the company had some crappy news to share. It beat revenue estimates. But guidance for the fourth quarter wasn't strong enough for investors. As a result, shares are down double-digits this morning. Even if you were going to try for an earnings gamble, the downright ugly price action in Twitter stock should have kept you on the sidelines--and saved you from a losing trade. [Ed. Note: Send your feedback here: rude@agorafinancial.com - and follow me on Twitter: @GregGuenthner]     Ignore At Your Own Peril Today's Must Read Links   Slimy Food KILLS Ebola? [must read] Have you Seen this Crazy Public Law 110-343? EXPOSED: Gaping hole found in the tax code...     BE SURE TO ADD rude@agorafinancial.com to your address book.       Additional Articles & Commentary: Join the conversation! 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