“In a social democracy with a fiat currency, all roads lead to inflation,” said legendary hedge fund manager Bill Fleckenstein.
Global Market Comments October 17, 2024 Fiat Lux Featured Trade: (FRIDAY OCTOBER 25 SALT LAKE CITY UTAH STRATEGY LUNCHEON) (THIS IS NOT YOUR FATHER’S NUCLEAR POWER PLANT) (SMR), (MSFT), (GOOGL), (AMZN)
A 35% move-up in one day certainly gets one’s attention. The move was prompted by Microsoft’s (MSFT), Google (GOOGL), and Amazon’s (AMZN) move into the nuclear industry to supply electricity for AI data centers over the past two weeks. Building on my early career at the Atomic Energy Commission in the 1970’s, I have been
"Every attempt to make war easy and safe will result in humiliation and disaster," said the Civil War General, William T. Sherman.
Global Market Comments October 15, 2024 Fiat Lux Featured Trade: (THE NEW OFFSHORE CENTER: AMERICA), (SIGN UP NOW FOR TEXT MESSAGING OF TRADE ALERTS)
Global Market Comments October 14, 2024 Fiat Lux Featured Trade: (MARKET OUTLOOK FOR THE WEEK AHEAD or BUY NOW AND BEAT THE POST ELECTION RUSH)
This certainly is an October without stock market precedence. Instead of a crash and revisit to a Volatility Index ($VIX) in the thirties, here we are at all-time highs for the Dow ($INDU), the S&P 500 (SPY), and the ($VIX) at $20. NASDAQ is a hair’s breadth from new highs. All indexes are on track
Global Market Comments October 11, 2024 Fiat Lux Featured Trade: (THE MAD HEDGE SEPTEMBER 17-19 SUMMIT REPLAYS ARE UP), (OCTOBER 9 BIWEEKLY STRATEGY WEBINAR Q&A), (TLT), (IWM), ($VIX), (DUK), (NEE), (GLD), (FCX), (BHP), (USO)
Listen to all 22 speakers opine on the best strategies, tactics, and instruments to use in these volatile markets. It is a true smorgasbord of investment strategies. Find the best one to suit your own goals. The product discounts offered last week are still valid. Start, stop, and pause the videos at your leisure. Best
Below please find subscribers’ Q&A for the October 9 Mad Hedge Fund Trader Global Strategy Webinar, broadcast from Lake Tahoe, Nevada. Q: Is the iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (TLT) a buy here? A: I think we are testing the 200-day moving average, which is at 92.75. Let’s see if that holds, and if
"Everything is expensive now. Worries about the future can cause safe assets to become highly-priced. I call it the 'Titanic Effect.' When the Titanic was going down, people would pay a fortune for anything that floats. We may be in a Titanic situation now," said my buddy, Nobel Prize winner Robert Shiller.
Global Market Comments October 10, 2024 Fiat Lux Featured Trade: (PROSHARES ULTRA SILVER ETF LEAPS), (AGQ)
Trade Alert - (AGQ) – BUY BUY the ProShares Ultra Silver January 2026 $49-$50 out-of-the-money vertical Bull Call spread LEAPS at $0.30 or best Opening Trade 10-10-2024 expiration date: January 16, 2026 Number of Contracts = 1 contract There are a few times in your life when bold action and extreme leverage are called
Global Market Comments October 9, 2024 Fiat Lux Featured Trade: (THE MAD HEDGE SEPTEMBER 17-19 SUMMIT REPLAYS ARE UP), (SCHLUMBERGER LEAPS), (SLB)
Trade Alert - (SLB) – BUY BUY the Schlumberger (SLB) January 2026 $47.50-$50 out-of-the-money vertical Bull Call spread LEAPS at $0.90 or best Opening Trade 10-9-2024 expiration date: January 16, 2026 Number of Contracts = 1 contract China certainly brought out a big bazooka with its massive stimulus package last week. If
Global Market Comments October 8, 2024 Fiat Lux Featured Trade: (OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM LEAPS), (OXY)
Trade Alert - (OXY) – BUY BUY the Occidental Petroleum (OXY) January 2026 $60-$62.50 out-of-the-money vertical Bull Call spread LEAPS at $0.80 or best Opening Trade 10-8-2024 expiration date: January 16, 2026 Number of Contracts = 1 contract China certainly brought out a big bazooka with its massive stimulus package last week. If this
Global Market Comments October 7, 2024 Fiat Lux Featured Trade: (MARKET OUTLOOK FOR THE WEEK AHEAD, or GOLDILOCKS ON STEROIDS, plus A KERFFUFLE IN PARIS), (SPY), (FXI), ($COMPQ), (CCJ), (SLB), (OXY), (TSLA), (TLT), (DHI), (NEM), (GLD), (TSLA)
The 6,000 targets for the S&P 500 are starting to go mainstream. That was my forecast on January 1, back when everyone said I was nuts. The inflation rate is 2.2%, GDP growth is 3.0%, and interest rates are falling sharply, on their way to 3.0% by next summer. Goldilocks is back, but this time
"The market always gets it right," said Jim O'Neill, the chairman of Goldman Sachs International, who coined the term "BRIC".