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Global Market Comments April 22, 2025 Fiat Lux   Featured Trade: (THE GOVERNMENT’S WAR ON MONEY) (TESTIMONIAL)

"Sometimes we stare so long at a door that is closing that we see too late the one that is open," said Alexander Graham Bell, inventor of the telephone.  

Global Market Comments April 21, 2025 Fiat Lux   Featured Trade: (MARKET OUTLOOK FOR THE WEEK AHEAD, or IN SEARCH OF THE LOST MARKET BOTTOM), (SPY), (TLT), (NFLX), (COST), (NVDA), (TSLA), (MSTR)

Back in 1977, I met Chinese Premier Deng Xiaoping for the first time at the Foreign Correspondents Club of Japan. He was a cherubic 4’10” and I was a lanky 6’4” and when we shook hands, he craned his neck and laughed. When he asked me my name, I answered “Shorty” and we laughed again.

“When goods don’t cross borders, armies do,” said Frederic Bastiat.  

Global Market Comments April 17, 2025 Fiat Lux   Featured Trade: (THE MAD HEDGE TRADERS & INVESTORS SUMMIT REPLAYS ARE UP) (APRIL 16 BIWEEKLY STRATEGY WEBINAR Q&A), (SPY), (SH), (SDS), (TLT), (MSTR), (GLD), (GOLD), (SLV), (AGQ), (NEM)

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Below, please find subscribers’ Q&A for the April 16 Mad Hedge Fund Trader Global Strategy Webinar, broadcast from Incline Village, NV. Q: Is it time to get out of the (SH), which is the short S&P 500 LEAPS? A: I would say no. We're still very deep in the money for the LEAPS I put

"The less prudent you find the actions of others, the more prudent you need to act yourself," said Oracle of Omaha, Warren Buffett.  

Global Market Comments April 16, 2025 Fiat Lux   Featured Trade: (THE IRS LETTER YOU SHOULD DREAD), (TESTIMONIAL)

Global Market Comments April 15, 2025 Fiat Lux   Featured Trade: (HOW TO HANDLE THE THURSDAY, APRIL 17 OPTIONS EXPIRATION)

Followers of the Mad Hedge Fund Trader alert service have the good fortune to own FIVE in-the-money options positions that expire on Thursday, April 17, and I just want to explain to the newbies how to best maximize their profits. These involve the:   Risk On (COST) 4/$840-$850 call spread         10.00% (TSLA)

Global Market Comments April 14, 2025 Fiat Lux   Featured Trade: (MARKET OUTLOOK FOR THE WEEK AHEAD or REARRANGING THE DECKCHAIRS ON THE TITANIC), (SPY), (GLD), (NFLX), (NVDA), (TLT), (MSTR), (SVXY), ($VIX) (AMZN), (AAPL), (GOOGL), (PANW), (NFLX), (CORN), (WEAT), (SOYB)

Back in 1987, I flew my Cessna 340 twin from London to Rome to visit Morgan Stanley’s high-end Italian clients. Held over by meetings, I got a late start, and I didn’t get as far as the French Champagne country until midnight. Right then, at 20,000 feet, the gyroscope suddenly blew up with a great

“A government big enough to give you everything you want is strong enough to take everything you have,” said Thomas Jefferson, the second US president and the man on the $2 and $10 bill.  

Global Market Comments April 11, 2025 Fiat Lux   SPECIAL VOLATILITY ISSUE Featured Trade: (TESTIMONIAL) (MAKING VOLATILITY YOUR FRIEND), (VIX), (VXX), (XIV), (THE ABC’s OF THE VIX), (VIX), (VXX), (SVXY)

I am one of those cheapskates who buy Christmas ornaments by the bucket load from Costco in January for ten cents on the dollar because my 11-month theoretical return on capital comes close to 1,000%.  I also like buying flood insurance in the middle of the summer drought, when the forecast in California is for

Global Market Comments April 9, 2025 Fiat Lux   Featured Trade: (TECH SHARES RECOVER ON MACRO NEWS) (FXI), ($COMPQ)

Global Market Comments April 8, 2025 Fiat Lux   Featured Trade: (A REFRESHER COURSE AT SHORT SELLING SCHOOL), (SH), (SDS), (PSQ), (DOG), (RWM), (SPXU), (AAPL), (TSLA), (VIX), (VXX), (IPO), (MTUM), (SPHB), (HDGE)