It’s been estimated that at least a third of the 175 oil producing companies in the U.S. are at risk of slipping into bankruptcy this year. At some point banks are going to have to start foreclosing on defaulted loans and many companies will be forced to liquidate. Shell Oil announced this past week that it is exiting its North American shale operations. The writing is on the wall. This is going to inflict a significant amount of damage to the U.S. economy – an amount of damage that is not yet being anticipated by investors or by the policymakers.  – the February 28th issue the Short Seller’s Journal

This week I feature a two stocks that can treated either as a “quick hit” or positioned as a long term short. I’m also going to include a highly undervalued silver mining stock as a “contra” stock market idea. For new subscribers, because the precious metals sector tends to move inversely to the stock market, going long mining shares is similar to shorting stocks.

I also review some strategies for using puts to either speculate on a big move lower or replicating a longer term short position in AMZN – see AMAZON dOT CON.

You can subscribe by clicking on this link – SHORT SELLER’S JOURNAL – or on the image below.  Subsribers to SSJ will be able to subscribe to the Mining Stock Journal for half-price.  The debut issue should be out this upcoming week or the following week at the latest.

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