Featured Trades: (MY BIG MISS OF THE YEAR), (FXF)   2) My Big Miss of the Year. If you had to name one asset that has benefited from every macro trend under the sun this year, it has to be the Swiss franc. No matter what happened, be it the coming Greek default, the European [...]

Featured Trades: (GENEVA STRATEGY LUNCHEON)   1) The Mad Hedge Fund Trader’s June 22 Geneva, Switzerland Strategy Luncheon. Come join me for lunch for the Mad Hedge Fund Trader’s Global Strategy Update, which I will be conducting in Geneva, Switzerland on Wednesday, June 22, 2011. A three course lunch will be followed by a 30 [...]

Featured Trades: (RISK OFF RETURNS WITH A VENGEANCE)   2) 'RISK OFF' Returns With a Vengeance. I have not seen a day this ugly in quite a long time. From the second that a dismal ADP report came out in the pre-market, it was a steady slide, right up until the close. The S&P 500 [...]

Featured Trades: (MILAN STRATEGY LUNCHEON) 1) The Mad Hedge Fund Trader’s June 20 Milan, Italy Strategy Luncheon. Come join me for lunch at the Mad Hedge Fund Trader’s Global Strategy Update, which I will be conducting in Milan, Italy on June 20, 2011. A three course lunch will be followed by a 30 minute PowerPoint [...]

Featured Trades: (RARE EARTHS ARE ABOUT TO BECOME A LOT MORE RARE), (REMX), (MCP), (AVL), (REE), (LYSCF)   2) Rare Earths Are About to Become a Lot More Rare. Interest in Rare Earths is starting to heat up once again, and it something you should keep on your radar. China’s Baotou Steel has announced its [...]

Featured Trades: (THE BIKINI WAX INDICATOR)   3) The One Economic Indicator You Can Rely On. There is no end to which I am willing to go to understand the future direction of the world economy. So when I learned that the price of Brazilian bikini waxes was going through the roof, I had to [...]

'I think the price of oil is high here. There is still some panic because of Libya. We prefer to have it around $70-$80 a barrel. Our goal is the find an equilibrium between our needs and your needs' said Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal of Saudi Arabia, the largest foreign investor in the US.