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The Market Outlook for the Week Ahead, or Putin’s Dead End

Diary, Free Research, Newsletter

The current consensus for market strategists is that volatility will remain high. Please pinch me because I think I died and went to heaven. For every time the Volatility Index (VIX) tops $30, I make another 10%-15% for my followers. The bulk of market players are now obsessing whether we are entering a recession or […]

The Barbell Play with Berkshire Hathaway

Diary, Newsletter

It’s time to give myself a dope slap. I have been pounding the table all year about the merits of a barbell strategy, with equal weightings in technology and domestic recovery stocks. By owning both, you’ll always have something doing well as new cash flows bounce back and forth between the two sectors like a […]

Here’s an Easy Way to Play Artificial Intelligence

Tech Letter

Suppose there was an exchange-traded fund that focused on the single most important technology trend in the world today. You might think that I was smoking California’s largest export (it’s not grapes). But such a fund DOES exist. The Global X Robotics & Artificial Intelligence ETF (BOTZ) drops a gilt-edged opportunity into investors’ laps as a […]

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How to Join the Early Retirement Stampede

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How To Read The Mad Hedge Daily Position Sheet

We have recently had a large influx of new subscribers. Perhaps it is because they possess the same vision as I that we are in an extended bull market driven by hyper-accelerating technology that could continue for another five years, and that we will likely see the S&P 500 above 6,000 by year’s end. Therefore, […]

I Have a New Opening for the Mad Hedge Fund Trader Concierge Service

Our latest performance run for the ages has delivered unintended consequences once again. I recently visited with a long-standing concierge member who had a confession to make. When I rang the fire alarm in February that a major stock market crash was coming, he made a phone call. What was my downside target? I responded […]

The Market Outlook for the Week Ahead, or The Dog Days of Summer

What was the most important news event last week? No, it doesn’t have anything to do with Jeffrey Epstein, the President’s visit to the Federal Reserve, or the Tesla (TSLA) earnings. It was the market reaction to the earnings of homebuilder DH Horton (DHI) that took the shares up 20%. The earnings were good in […]

What AI Can and Can’t Do for You

The future has arrived! Over the last few weeks, I picked up some astonishing developments in artificial intelligence. *Mainframes at Stanford University and the University of California at Berkeley were given a direct connection to speak freely with each other. Within 30 minutes, they dumped English as a means of communication because it was too […]

Dinner with David Pogue

I recently had dinner with David Pogue, the Science and Technology writer for the New York Times. It was a night well spent. David believes that climate change is no longer an “if” or a “maybe” but a certainty. The sooner we start adapting our lives to it, the better. The bottom line is that […]

Playing the Short Side with Vertical Bear Put Debit Spreads

At some point in 2024, we are going to need to SELL. Maybe there will be an economic slowdown, a surprise election outcome, or a flock of black swans. However, there is selling and then there is selling. I have a new training video on how to execute a vertical bear put debit spread. You […]

How to Find a Great Options Trade

You’ve spent vast amounts of time, money, and effort to become an options trading expert. You know the difference between bids and offers, puts and calls, exercise prices, and expiration days. And you still can’t make any money. Now What? Where do you apply your newfound expertise? How do you maximize your reward while minimizing […]

The Market Outlook for the Week Ahead, or The Case of the Missing Tariffs

NOTE: This is a Jeffrey Epstein-free letter. The Volatility Index ($VIX) closed on Friday at a lowly $16.45. At that price, the index is predicting that the S&P 500 will move up or down less than 1.05% over the next 30 days. Somehow, I don’t think that is going to happen, especially going into September, […]

July 16 Biweekly Strategy Webinar Q&A

Below, please find subscribers’ Q&A for the July 16 Mad Hedge Fund Trader Global Strategy Webinar, broadcast from Incline Village, NV. Q: Is gold (GLD) dead, or is it just resting? A: It is just making a pit stop on the way to $5,000 an ounce. It’s currently around $3,365 an ounce and is moving […]

Why Technical Analysis Never Works

Let me point out a few harsh lessons learned from this most recent meltdown, and the rip-your-face-off rally that followed. Remember all those market gurus claiming stocks would rise every day for the rest of 2025? They were wrong. This is why almost every Trade Alert I shot out this year has been from the “RISK […]

How to Join the Early Retirement Stampede

There is a new social movement taking place that you probably haven’t heard about. Increasing numbers of people, especially Millennials, are engineering their personal finances to make early retirement possible. I’m not talking about hanging it up at 60, 55, or even 50. I’m talking extreme early retirement, like 45, 40, or even 30! I […]

The Market Outlook for the Week Ahead, or Don’t Fight the Bubble

We are in a liquidity-driven market; there is no doubt about it. You can forget about tedious fundamentals, research, price earnings multiples, and GDP reports. They are a waste of time. As long as there is more money going into the market than coming out, prices will rise. The new just passed budget bill has […]

July 11, 2025 – Quote of the Day

There is only us, there is no them, said director Ken Burns when speaking about the American people.

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Hello John! Enclosed please find a bonus check for $10,000 on top of my regular Concierge fee. I have done so well this year, I feel I owe it to you. I look forward to our next meeting. I’m hoping to finish up my paperwork so I can focus on full-time trading. My intention is […]

Why Doctors, Pilots, and Engineers Make Terrible Traders

At my last Global Strategy Luncheon, I had the pleasure of sitting next to an anesthesiologist who was a long-time reader of my research. As much as he loved my service, he confided in me that his trading results were awful. I told him I knew why. Doctors, scientists, aircraft pilots, and even anesthesiologists all […]

Order a Personal Anime Digital Portrait

You can download it, send it to friends, sign personal emails, give one as a gift, or just have a laugh. All you have to do is take a selfie and attach it to the order form, and it will be emailed to you shortly. The portraits are created by a starving college student who […]

How My Mad Hedge AI Market Timing Algorithm Works

Since we have just taken in a large number of new subscribers from around the world, I will go through the basics of my Mad Hedge AI Market Timing Index one more time. I have tried to make this as easy to use as possible, even devoid of the thought process. When the index is […]

The Market Outlook for the Week Ahead, or the United States of Debt

There is only one number traders and fund managers need to know that came out of the US budget for fiscal 2026, which starts on October 1, 2025: $5.0 trillion. This is the new debt ceiling increase that was signed into law on Friday and is guaranteed to take the National Debt from $37 trillion […]

July 2 Biweekly Strategy Webinar Q&A

Below, please find subscribers’ Q&A for the July 2 Mad Hedge Fund Trader Global Strategy Webinar, broadcast from Incline Village, NV. Q: What kind of market are we in right now? A: We’re in what I call a “Looking Glass Market” — everything you see is the reverse of reality. Despite extreme volatility, the broader […]

Peeking Into the Future with Ray Kurzweil

This is the most important research piece you will ever read, bar none. But you have to finish it to understand why. So, I will get on with the show. I have been hammering away at my followers at investment conferences, webinars, and strategy luncheons this year about one recurring theme. Things are good, and […]

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