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I have never been one to run with the pack. I’m the guy who eternally marches to a different drummer, not in the next town, but the other hemisphere. I would never want to join a club that would lower its standards so far that it would invite me as a member. (Groucho Marx told

Global Market Comments October 1, 2019 Fiat Lux Featured Trade: (LAUNCHING THE NEW MAD HEDGE BIOTECH AND HEALTHCARE LETTER) (THE NEW AI BOOK THAT INVESTORS ARE SCRAMBLING FOR), (GOOG), (FB), (AMZN), MSFT), (BABA), (BIDU), (TENCENT), (TSLA), (NVDA), (AMD), (MU), (LRCX)

Global Market Comments September 30, 2019 Fiat Lux Featured Trade: (MARKET OUTLOOK FOR THE WEEK AHEAD, or INTERESTING TIMES ARE UPON US) (MO), (PM), (FXB), (SPY), ($INDU), (GS), (MTCH), (USO), (UUP)

“May you live in interesting times.” The question is whether this old Chinese proverb is a blessing or a curse. Our beleaguered lives have certainly been getting more interesting by the day, if not the hour. Trump has been withholding military aid from foreign leaders to fish for dirt on those who may run against

Global Market Comments September 27, 2019 Fiat Lux Featured Trade: (IF BONDS WON’T GO DOWN, STOCKS CAN’T EITHER), ($NIKK), (TLT), (TBT), ($TNX), (TESTIMONIAL)

Global Market Comments September 26, 2019 Fiat Lux Featured Trade: (THE HIGH COST OF TRADE TARIFFS), (JOIN US AT THE MAD HEDGE LAKE TAHOE, NEVADA, CONFERENCE, OCTOBER 25-26, 2019)

Having been at the inception of the international trading order, first for The Economist magazine and later with Morgan Stanley, I can tell you that the initial reasons for unleashing globalization have long been forgotten. It’s really very simple. If someone is making a ton of money off of you, they are less inclined to

When the legendary economist, John Maynard Keynes, was asked if the world had ever seen a Great Depression before, he responded, “Yes, it was called the Dark Ages, and it lasted 400 years.”  

Global Market Comments September 25, 2019 Fiat Lux Featured Trade: (I HAVE AN OPENING FOR THE MAD HEDGE FUND TRADER CONCIERGE SERVICE), (HOW THE RISK PARITY TRADERS ARE RUINING EVERYTHING!), (VIX), (SPY), (TLT), (TESTIMONIAL),

Global Market Comments September 24, 2019 Fiat Lux Featured Trade: (AN EVENING WITH GENERAL JAMES MATTIS), (TESTIMONIAL)

Marines are familiar with the concept of the ‘Old Breed.” In WWI, it was a reference to those who fought the dreaded Huks in hand to hand combat in the Spanish American War in the Philippines. In WWII, it was those who fought in WWI and the banana republic wars that followed. During Vietnam, if

Hey John, Bought a leap on LRCX. It's up over 50% in one day. My account is small, but I'm up 26% in two months. Take a look at this screenshot: Well done Andrew. The student becomes the teacher. John Thomas

“Be polite, be professional, but have a plan to kill everybody you meet,” said General James Mattis, former US secretary of defense.

Global Market Comments September 23, 2019 Fiat Lux Featured Trade: (MARKET OUTLOOK FOR THE WEEK AHEAD, or GRIDLOCKED), (MSFT), ($INDU), (SPY), (TLT), (GM)

Market’s are gridlocked. Traders don’t want to chase the market at an all-time high on top of a 2,000-point rally. They don’t want to sell short either since a Tweet could come out at any time triggering a squeeze. Will the trade war continue for another week or a year? On top of all that,

Global Market Comments September 20, 2019 Fiat Lux Featured Trade: (SEPTEMBER 18 BIWEEKLY STRATEGY WEBINAR Q&A), (TLT), (FDX), (FB), (HYG), (JNK), (EEM), (BABA), (JD), (TBT), (FXE), (UUP), (AMZN), (FB), (DIS), (MSFT), (USO), (INDU), (THE GREAT TRADING GURU SPEAKS)

Below please find subscribers’ Q&A for the Mad Hedge Fund Trader September 18 Global Strategy Webinar broadcast from Silicon Valley, CA with my guest and co-host Bill Davis of the Mad Day Trader. Keep those questions coming! Q: What would happen to the United States Treasury Bond Fund (TLT) if the Fed does not lower rates? A: My bet

You never know how far this research is going to go. After all, the Internet is a pretty big thing. Still, I was amused to see that my opinion on crude oil prices was picked up by none other than the Hong Kong-based Asia Times, which I wrote for 50 years ago. Please click here

Global Market Comments September 19, 2019 Fiat Lux Featured Trade: (HOW TO RELIABLY PICK A WINNING OPTIONS TRADE)

Global Market Comments September 18, 2019 Fiat Lux Featured Trade: (HOW TO HANDLE THE FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 20 OPTIONS EXPIRATION), (AMZN), (DIS), (FB), (MSFT), (VIX), (INDUSTRIES YOU WILL NEVER HEAR FROM ME ABOUT)