Global Market Comments April 12, 2018 Fiat Lux Featured Trade: (THE REAL ESTATE CRASH COMING TO A MARKET NEAR YOU), (THE FALLING MARKET FOR KIDS)
"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 April 11, 2018 Fiat Lux Featured Trade: (TRADING THE NEW VOLATILITY), (VIX), (VXX), (THE TWO CENTURY DOLLAR SHORT), (UUP)
I have been trading the Volatility Index (VIX) since it was first created in 1993. Let me tell you, the Volatility Index we have today is not your father's Volatility Index. The (VIX) was originally a weighted measure of the implied volatility of just eight S&P 100 at-the-money put and call options. Ten years later,
Global Market Comments April 10, 2018 Fiat Lux Featured Trade: (DON'T MISS THE APRIL 11 GLOBAL STRATEGY WEBINAR), (IT'S ALL ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS NEXT), ($INDU), (GOOGL), (HOW AMERICA'S PLUNGING EDUCATION SURPLUS WILL DAMAGE YOUR PORTFOLIO), (UUP)
My next global strategy webinar will be held live from Silicon Valley on Wednesday, April 11, at 12:00 PM EST. Co-hosting the show will my friend Jim Kenney from Option Professor. I'll be giving you my updated outlook on stocks, bonds, commodities, currencies, precious metals, and real estate. The goal is to find the cheapest
Stock markets are only in the business of discounting what happens next. I spend so much time anticipating the coming moves in shares that I can't even remember what I had for breakfast. This is why technical analysis is such a bust as an investment strategy, except on an intraday basis only, as it is
For the first time in 40 years, the number of foreign students applying for American colleges and universities is declining. The drop is particularly noticeable at University of California, Berkeley, where Asian students account for about 10% of incoming freshmen. This is turning the Golden State's education budget upside-down, because foreigners pay almost triple the
Global Market Comments April 9, 2018 Fiat Lux Featured Trade: (THE MARKET OUTLOOK FOR THE WEEK AHEAD, or HERE'S THE BIG CALL), (JPM), (GOOGL), (GLD), (TLT), (VXX), (HOW TO "SNOWBALL" YOUR FORTUNE WITH BENJAMIN FRANKLIN)
Well that tears it! Flamethrowers! Yes, on the list of 125 products that China is imposing new 25% import duties are flamethrowers. And I was so looking forward to getting a flamethrower of my own with which to singe lazy and errant stock analysts from whom we all are afflicted. I guess I'll just have
"The car business is hell," said Tesla co-founder Elon Musk, when announcing he would sleep in the Fremont, CA, Tesla factory until Model S production reaches 2,500 units a week.
Global Market Comments April 6, 2018 Fiat Lux Featured Trade: (FRIDAY, JUNE 15, DENVER, CO, GLOBAL STRATEGY LUNCHEON) (DON'T MISS THE APRIL 11 GLOBAL STRATEGY WEBINAR), (A NOTE ON OPTIONS CALLED AWAY), (TLT), (GOOGL), (JPM), (VXX)
Come join me for lunch at the Mad Hedge Fund Trader's Global Strategy Luncheon, which I will be conducting in Denver, CO, on Friday, June 15, 2018. An excellent meal will be followed by a wide-ranging discussion and an extended question-and-answer period. I'll be giving you my up-to-date view on stocks, bonds, currencies, commodities, precious
"It's a terrible mistake to own something, just because somebody else owns it, even if that other person is Benjamin Graham, the dean of investing," said Oracle of Omaha, Warren Buffett.
Global Market Comments April 5, 2018 Fiat Lux Featured Trade: (WEDNESDAY, JUNE 13, 2018, PHILADELPHIA, PA, GLOBAL STRATEGY LUNCHEON), (IS THE STOCK MARKET CALLING A DEMOCRATIC WIN IN NOVEMBER?), (XOM), (KOL), (X), (QQQ), (THE CRASH COMING TO A MARKET NEAR YOU), (TLT), (TBT)
Come join me for lunch at the Mad Hedge Fund Trader's Global Strategy Update, which I will be conducting in Philadelphia, PA, on Wednesday, June 13, 2018. An excellent meal will be followed by a wide-ranging discussion and an extended question-and-answer period. I'll be giving you my up-to-date view on stocks, bonds, currencies, commodities, precious
If true, the implications for your stock portfolio could be momentous. So why is the stock market REALLY going down? The oil industry would far and away be the worst affected. That explains why big companies such as Exxon Mobile (XOM) are hitting new one-year lows, even though the price of Texas tea has risen
I'm sure that most of you are spending your free time devouring the utterly fascinating pages of "Fire and Fury" these days, now in its 12th week on the New York Times best-seller list. I, however, am reading slightly different subject matter. As obscure, academic, and abstruse the "Global Dollar Credit: Links to US Monetary
Global Market Comments April 4, 2018 Fiat Lux Featured Trade: (LAST CHANCE TO ATTEND THE FRIDAY, APRIL 6, INCLINE VILLAGE, NEVADA, GLOBAL STRATEGY LUNCHEON), (WHY YOU SHOULD CARE ABOUT THE LIBOR CRISIS), (DB), (ARE YOU A FINANCIAL ADVISOR LOOKING FOR NEW CLIENTS?)
Come join me for lunch at the Mad Hedge Fund Trader's Global Strategy Update, which I will be conducting in Incline Village, Nevada, on Friday, April 6, 2018. An excellent meal will be followed by a wide-ranging discussion and an extended question-and-answer period. I'll be giving you my up-to-date view on stocks, bonds, currencies, commodities,