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Global Market Comments May 16, 2025 Fiat Lux   Featured Trade: (MAY 14 BIWEEKLY STRATEGY WEBINAR Q&A), (TSLA), (BLK), (SPY), (TLT), (WMT), (LLY), (UNH), (KKR), (NVDA), (ABNB), (GLD)

Global Market Comments May 15, 2025 Fiat Lux   Featured Trade: (HOW TO HANDLE THE FRIDAY, MAY 16 OPTIONS EXPIRATION), (GLD)

"The time to worry about the Fed is not when they go from accommodative to neutral, it is when they go from neutral to tight," said Bill Miller, the legendary former chairman and chief investment officer of Legg Mason Capital Management.  

Global Market Comments May 14, 2025 Fiat Lux   Featured Trade: (A DIFFERENT VIEW OF THE US)

"Kamikaze missions are rarely successful, least of all for the pilots," said Robert Gibbs, former White House Press Secretary.  

Global Market Comments May 13, 2025 Fiat Lux   Featured Trade: (A NOTE ON ASSIGNED OPTIONS, OR OPTIONS CALLED AWAY), (GLD)

Global Market Comments May 12, 2025 Fiat Lux   Featured Trade: (MARKET OUTLOOK FOR THE WEEK AHEAD, or WAITING FOR THE MISSILES TO HIT) (GLD), (SPY), (MSTR), (NVDA), (AAPL), (TSLA), (QQQ), (TLT), (SH), (MCD), (SVXY)

When I was in Ukraine, the air raid sirens used to go off every night exactly at 2:00 AM. The Russian goal was to deprive the civilian population of sleep and to make their lives miserable. It was also when the country was least able to defend itself. You knew the missiles were on the

“My job is to find 10 problems for every three that exist,” said Jeffrey Gundlach of DoubleLine Capital.  

Global Market Comments May 7, 2025 Fiat Lux   Featured Trade: (PLAYING THE SHORT SIDE WITH VERTICAL BEAR PUT SPREADS), (TLT)

“Savers are losers”, said a radio ad for a mortgage broker in Reno, Nevada.  

Global Market Comments May 6, 2025 Fiat Lux   Featured Trade: (THEY’RE NOT MAKING AMERICANS ANYMORE) (SPY), (EWJ), (EWL), (EWU), (EWG), (EWY), (FXI), (EIRL), (GREK), (EWP), (IDX), (EPOL), (TUR), (EWZ), (PIN), (EIS)

If demographics are destiny, then America’s future looks bleak. You see, they’re just not making Americans anymore. At least that is the sobering conclusion of the latest Economist magazine survey of the global demographic picture. I have long been a fan of demographic investing, which creates opportunities for traders to execute on what I call

“This could be the beginning of the end of the bond market,” said my friend, the legendary hedge fund manager, David Tepper.  

Global Market Comments May 5, 2025 Fiat Lux   Featured Trade: (MARKET OUTLOOK FOR THE WEEK AHEAD or EXPENSIVE AGAIN), (SPY), (TSLA), (MSTR), (NVDA), (NFLX), (SPY), (GLD)

We certainly are having to work hard for our crust of bread in the stock market this year. April brought us the fastest downturn in stocks in 16 years, immediately followed by the sharpest upturn in 21 years. It's like running for a treadmill heart test, but a sadistic doctor keeps raising the angle of

“I spend more time looking at balance sheets than income statements. Wall Street doesn’t really bother with balance sheets.,” said Oracle of Omaha Warren Buffet.  

Global Market Comments May 2, 2025 Fiat Lux   Featured Trade: (APRIL 30 BIWEEKLY STRATEGY WEBINAR Q&A), (FXI), (AGQ), (NVDA), (SH), (UNG), (USO), (TSLA), (SPX), (CCJ), (USO), (GLD), (SLV)

Below, please find subscribers’ Q&A for the April 30 Mad Hedge Fund Trader Global Strategy Webinar, broadcast from Incline Village, NV. Q: Why is the Australian dollar not moving against the US dollar as much as the other currencies? A: Australia is too closely tied to the Chinese economy (FXI), which is now weak. When

Global Market Comments May 1, 2025 Fiat Lux   Featured Trade: (THE SEVEN WORST FINANCIAL MISTAKES THAT RETIREES MAKE)