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  Come join me for the Mad Hedge Fund Trader’s Global Strategy Luncheon, which I will be conducting high in the western desert in Salt Lake City, Utah at the foot of the Rocky Mountains. The event begins at 12:00 noon on Friday, January 31, 2025. A three-course meal will be provided and an open

Being an old do-it-yourself carpenter, I never throw anything away. My garage is filled with ancient tools I bought 50 years ago and used only once. Scraps of wood, odd lengths of wiring, and old coffee cans filled with loose nuts, screws, and nails are everywhere. You KNOW that if you throw a tool out,

"My experience in business helps me as an investor, and my investment experience makes me a better businessman," said Oracle of Omaha, Warren Buffett.  

Global Market Comments January 14, 2025 Fiat Lux   Featured Trades: (THE KINDLE EDITION OF THE JOHN THOMAS BIO IS OUT)

"If you can get a dividend higher than the yield on ten year debt, it's an opportunity we haven't seen in our lifetime. On a five year horizon, investing in large multinationals with high dividends will have a large payday" said Lawrence Fink, CEO of Black Rock.  

Global Market Comments January 13, 2025 Fiat Lux   Featured Trades: (MARKET OUTLOOK FOR THE WEEK AHEAD or WHAT’S NEXT), (SPY), (TSLA), (TLT), (GS)

This is not the rose garden we were promised. Down three of six trading days so far in 2025, with the S&P 500 off 2.2%. Worse yet, there is an almost perfect head and shoulders topsetting up on the charts portending lower lows. Lead names like Tesla (TSLA) have taken it on the nose, down

“When the Dow was down 3,600 points I felt like hugging our computers. The combination of man and machine is wonderful…Computers, math and game theory are the best decision makers there are,” said Bridgewater founder Ray Dalio.  

Global Market Comments January 10, 2025 Fiat Lux   Featured Trades: (A CHEAP HEDGE FOR THIS MARKET)

The S&P 500 is now 3.2% of its all-time high at 6,100 and is showing definientia signs of rolling over. So financial advisors, pension fund managers, and cautious individuals have been ringing me up asking what is the best way to hedge the heady 23% gain in 2024. You can forget about buying the Volatility

Global Market Comments January 8, 2025 Fiat Lux   2025 Annual Asset Class Review A Global Vision FOR PAID SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Featured Trades: (SPY), (QQQ), (IWM), (GS), (MS), (JPM), (BAC), (C), (BLK), (TLT), (TBT), (JNK), (PHB), (HYG), (MUB), (LQD), (FXE), (FXY), (FXB), (FXE), (FXA) (FCX), (BHP), (RIO), (VALE), (DBA), (DIG), (USO), (DUG), (UNG), (USO), (XLE),

I am once again writing this report from a first-class sleeping cabin on Amtrak’s legendary California Zephyr. By day, I have a comfortable seat next to a panoramic window. At night, they fold into two bunk beds, a single and a double. There is a shower, but only Houdini can navigate it. I am anything

Global Market Comments January 6, 2025 Fiat Lux Featured Trade: (TESTIMONIAL) (PLAYING THE SHORT SIDE WITH VERTICAL BEAR PUT SPREADS) (TLT)

Global Market Comments January 3, 2025 Fiat Lux Featured Trade: (A COW-BASED ECONOMICS LESSON)

“When you think you know more than everyone else about the consumer, you’re in trouble,” said Mickie Drexler, the legendary CEO of J Crew and Apple board member.  

Global Market Comments January 2, 2025 Fiat Lux Featured Trade: (NEW VIDEO UPDATE ON EXECUTING A VERTICAL BULL CALL DEBT SPREAD), (AAPL), (GS)

  Come join me for lunch at the Mad Hedge Fund Trader’s Global Strategy Luncheon, which I will be conducting in Sarasota, Florida on Thursday, January 16, 2025. The cost of the luncheon will be $277. An excellent meal will be followed by a wide-ranging discussion and an extended question and answer period. I’ll be

I have just updated the training video for Vertical Bull Call Debit Spreads that goes out with every trade alert. With a market meltdown forecast for the new year, some great entry points for these will be setting up. Since then, we have learned a lot from customer questions. The nature of the options markets

“Semiconductors are the new industrials,” said Josh Brown of Ritholtz Wealth Management.  

Global Market Comments December 31, 2024 Fiat Lux Featured Trade: (SO WHAT IS YOUR “INFLUENCER” SCORE) (REPORT FROM THE ORIENT EXPRESS)