Dear Jim Parker,
I cannot thank you enough for the service that you are providing. ?In my case, I can honestly say that you are accomplishing your goals of enabling me to trade profitably. ?
I wish you a well-earned rest and the best of joy with your family and friends during this season. ??
Rene Y.
Retired Canadian Farmer
?2015 is setting up to be a repeat of 1999,? the year when NASDAQ delivered a nonstop melt up, rocketing by a stunning 85%, said my friend and hedge fund legend, David Tepper.
Global Market Comments
January 6, 2015
Fiat Lux
2015 Annual Asset Class Review
FOR PAID SUBSCRIBERS ONLY
Featured Trades:
(SPX), (QQQ), (XLF), (XLE), (XLI), (XLY), (EEM), (SCTY), (TAN),
(TLT), (TBT), (JNK), (PHB), (HYG), (PCY), (MUB), (HCP)
(FXE), (EUO), (FXC), (FXA), (YCS), (FXY), (CYB)
(FCX), (VALE), (MOO), (DBA), (MOS), (MON), (AGU), (POT), (PHO), (FIW), (CORN), (WEAT), (SOYB), (JJG)
(DIG), (RIG), (USO), (DUG), (UNG), (OXY), (X)
(GLD), (DGP), (SLV), (PPTL), (PALL)
(ITB)
S&P 500 Index (SPX)
PowerShares QQQ (QQQ)
Financial Select Sector SPDR (XLF)
Energy Select Sector SPDR (XLE)
Industrial Select Sector SPDR (XLI)
Consumer Discret Select Sector SPDR (XLY)
iShares MSCI Emerging Markets (EEM)
SolarCity Corporation (SCTY)
Guggenheim Solar ETF (TAN)
iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond (TLT)
ProShares UltraShort 20+ Year Treasury (TBT)
SPDR Barclays High Yield Bond (JNK)
PowerShares Fundamental High Yld Corp Bd (PHB)
iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bd (HYG)
PowerShares Emerging Mkts Sovereign Debt (PCY)
iShares National AMT-Free Muni Bond (MUB)
HCP, Inc. (HCP)
CurrencyShares Euro Trust (FXE)
ProShares UltraShort Euro (EUO)
CurrencyShares Canadian Dollar Trust (FXC)
CurrencyShares Australian Dollar Trust (FXA)
ProShares UltraShort Yen (YCS)
CurrencyShares Japanese Yen Trust (FXY)
WisdomTree Chinese Yuan (CYB)
Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. (FCX)
Vale S.A. (VALE)
Market Vectors Agribusiness ETF (MOO)
PowerShares DB Agriculture (DBA)
The Mosaic Company (MOS)
Monsanto Company (MON)
Agrium Inc. (AGU)
Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan, Inc. (POT)
PowerShares Water Resources (PHO)
First Trust ISE Water Idx (FIW)
Teucrium Corn (CORN)
Teucrium Wheat (WEAT)
Teucrium Soybean (SOYB)
iPath DJ-UBS Grains TR Sub-Idx ETN (JJG)
ProShares Ultra Oil & Gas (DIG)
Transocean Ltd. (RIG)
United States Oil (USO)
ProShares UltraShort Oil & Gas (DUG)
United States Natural Gas (UNG)
Occidental Petroleum Corporation (OXY)
United States Steel Corp. (X)
SPDR Gold Shares (GLD)
PowerShares DB Gold Double Long ETN (DGP)
iShares Silver Trust (SLV)
Premium Energy Corp. (PPTL)
ETFS Physical Palladium Shares (PALL)
iShares US Home Construction (ITB)
Global Market Comments
January 5, 2015
Fiat Lux
Featured Trade:
(THE AMERICAN ONSHORING TREND IS ACCELERATING),
(GE), (TSLA),
(TESTIMONIAL)
General Electric Company (GE)
Tesla Motors, Inc. (TSLA)
Global Market Comments
January 2, 2015
Fiat Lux
Featured Trade:
(THE LONG VIEW ON EMERGING MARKETS),
(HOW TO AVOID THE PONZI SCHEME TRAP),
(MURRAY SAYLE: THE PASSING OF A GIANT IN JOURNALISM),
(TESTIMONIAL)
I spent a sad and depressing, but highly instructional evening with Dr. Stephen Greenspan, who had lost most of his personal fortune with Bernie Madoff. The University of Connecticut psychology professor had poured the bulk of his savings into Sandra Mansky's Tremont feeder fund; receiving convincing trade confirms and rock solid custody statements from the Bank of New York.
This is a particularly bitter pill for Dr. Greenspan to take, because he is an internationally known authority on Ponzi schemes, and just published a book entitled Annals of Gullibility-Why We Get Duped and How to Avoid It. It is a veritable history of scams, starting with Eve's subterfuge to get Adam to eat the apple, to the Trojan horse and the Pied Piper, up to more modern day cons in religion, politics, science, medicine, and yes, personal investments.
Madoff's genius was that the returns he fabricated were small, averaging only 11% a year, making them more believable. In the 1920's, the original Ponzi promised his Boston area Italian immigrant customers a 50% return every 45 days. Madoff also feigned exclusivity, often turning potential investors down, leading them to become even more desirous of joining his club. For a deeper look into Greenspan's fascinating, but expensively learned observations and analysis, go to his website at http://www.stephen-greenspan.com/.
?A central bank is best that governs least, but is prepared to govern radically when called upon,? said 19th century man of letters, Walter Bagehot, an early editor of The Economist
Global Market Comments
December 31, 2014
Fiat Lux
Featured Trade:
(FRIDAY APRIL 3 HONOLULU, HAWAII STRATEGY LUNCHEON),
(WILL SYNBIO SAVE OR DESTROY THE WORLD?),
(XLV), (XPH), (XBI), (MON), (IBM), (GOOG), (AAPL), (CSCO)
Health Care Select Sector SPDR (XLV)
SPDR S&P Pharmaceuticals ETF (XPH)
SPDR S&P Biotech ETF (XBI)
Monsanto Company (MON)
International Business Machines Corporation (IBM)
Google Inc. (GOOG)
Apple Inc. (AAPL)
Cisco Systems, Inc. (CSCO)
Global Market Comments
December 30, 2014
Fiat Lux
Featured Trade:
(THE SECOND AMERICAN INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION),
(INDU), (SPY), (QQQ), (USO), (UNG), (GLD), (DBA),
(TESTIMONIAL)
Global Market Comments
December 29, 2013
Fiat Lux
Featured Trades:
(BE CAREFUL WHO YOU SNITCH ON),
(A CONVERSATION WITH THE BOOTS ON THE GROUND),
(DINNER WITH JOSEPH STIGLITZ)