Global Market Comments May 7, 2009 Featured Trades: (SILVER), (GOLD), (TIPS) 1) If you don’t rush out and buy silver right now at $13.70 an ounce, I’m going to pick you up and shake you by the lapels of your coat until your false teeth pop out and fall clattering to the ground. Take a [...]

Global Market Comments May 6, 2009 Featured Trades: (BAC), (WFC), (1688.HK) 1) Volatility alert! Volatility alert! The ADP employment report showed 491,000 in job losses for April. Whoopee! We are only losing 16,000 jobs a day instead of 20,000! But the consensus for the Friday's nonfarm payroll is -650,000. The divergence is sure to boost [...]

Global Market Comments May 5, 2009 Featured Trades: (BIDU), (GOOG), (NTES), (SINA), (SOHU), (EEM), (TBT) 1) Has anyone noticed how boring things have gotten, or is it just me? After enduring 1,000 point daily ranges in the Dow, a volatility index at 88%, and blue chips stocks going to zero, maybe my nerve endings are [...]

Global Market Comments May 4, 2009 Featured Trades: (RCC), (CUK), (SFD), (CHL), (EWT), ($XJY) 1) San Francisco Bay looks like Normandy on D-Day today, invaded by a flotilla of cruise ships diverted by the swine flu from Mexican destinations. Two ships from Carnival (CUK) and one from Royal Caribbean (RCC) are docked at piers normally [...]

Global Market Comments May 1, 2009 Featured Trades: (COAL), (TBT), (SPX), (CRUDE), ($USB), (BAC) 1) OK guys, it's May. Go Away. I mean vamoose, andele, raus, ike nasai! You've just had the best two month run in 30 years. It's time to sit down and smell the roses. Go climb that Alpine peak you've always [...]