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Wall Street Unplugged - What's Really Moving These Markets

Ep. 529: Michael Alkin: The Art of Short Selling

Wall Street Unplugged - What's Really Moving These Markets

Frank Curzio

Business, News, Commodities, Debt, Investing, Macroeconomics, Gold, Personal, Uranium, Oil, Economics, Business News, Geopolitics, Industry, Crypto, Stocks, Curzio, Trading, Finance, Research, Investments, Tokens, Talk, Crisis

4.51.1K Ratings

🗓️ 28 June 2017

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

Welcome back to another episode of Wall Street Unplugged. It may look like you can't miss by going short now… Most stocks are at all-time highs… we’re seeing new records almost every week... and at this point, even perma-bulls are stuttering. The inevitable is just around the corner, right? For the past eight months short-sellers have had it increasingly rough. Just take a look at the charts. It’s obvious. Minor market pullbacks have been met with even bigger buying opportunities. And earnings along with valuations today continue to surge. Expectations… well, they’re still bullish. Simply put, if you want to short in today’s game, investors have to be more methodical than ever before. Which leads me to today’s guest - short-selling expert, Michael Alkin. Michael is a former hedge fund analyst, portfolio manager and is currently the Editor & Founder of The Stock Catalyst Report. As Michael points out, even in today’s market, some expectations are far from reality. With all the day-to-day noise we hear surrounding Wall Street, Michael breaks down some alarming, yet subtle changes particular companies are making that are going completely unnoticed… Leaving short-sellers, for those that are still alive, with a surprisingly exciting opportunity. The only hard part is -- where do you look? Tune in as Michael unveils his favorite short-selling methodology… showing listeners exactly where to find these opportunities and the all the risks that come with it. On the flip side, Michael brings up a sector he’s going “all-in” on. Frequent Wall Street Unplugged listeners have heard the same thesis over and over again from some of the smartest people in the industry. However, to end the episode, Michael brings up two catalysts listeners have yet to hear. “In my 20-plus years of my career, this is the best risk/reward ratio on the long-side I’ve ever seen.” Good Investing, Frank Curzio

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0:00.0

Wall Street Unplugged looks beyond the regular headlines heard on mainstream

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financial media to bring you unscripted interviews and breaking commentary direct from Wall Street

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right to you on Main Street.

0:16.0

How's it going out there? It's Wednesday, June 28th.

0:18.0

I'm Frank Curizio hosted the Wall Street Unplugged Podcast, where I break down the headlines. End.

0:23.3

Tell you what's really moving these markets.

0:30.0

Want to start off by saying thanks.

0:33.4

A lot of you sign up to Curzio Venture Opportunities over the past few days.

0:37.4

So many of you took advantage of a lifetime offer, which we offered at a 60% discount, which

0:42.4

means that you're stuck with me for life.

0:46.0

Still not sure if that means your life or my life, haven't figured that out yet,

0:49.9

since every man in my family died before the age of 58,

0:53.1

so that gives me about 13 years,

0:54.8

or gives you about 13 years.

0:57.2

The average newsletter subscriber is 60 years old, right?

1:00.2

We know all these statistics being in the industry.

1:02.4

And the average life expectancy is about 78 which gives you about 18 years

1:06.3

Right so I don't know which is better either way you're kind of stuck with me for a very very long time

1:11.1

Which is really cool

1:14.4

So my promise always keep you ahead of the markets. I mean tell you really what things you need to focus on since there's so

1:19.6

much fluff out there. There's 24-hour services and we all know there's not 24 hours

1:23.7

and news to fill it. Especially times like now right in the markets where we're

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