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Global Market Comments May 13, 2025 Fiat Lux   Featured Trade: (A NOTE ON ASSIGNED OPTIONS, OR OPTIONS CALLED AWAY), (GLD)

Global Market Comments May 12, 2025 Fiat Lux   Featured Trade: (MARKET OUTLOOK FOR THE WEEK AHEAD, or WAITING FOR THE MISSILES TO HIT) (GLD), (SPY), (MSTR), (NVDA), (AAPL), (TSLA), (QQQ), (TLT), (SH), (MCD), (SVXY)

When I was in Ukraine, the air raid sirens used to go off every night exactly at 2:00 AM. The Russian goal was to deprive the civilian population of sleep and to make their lives miserable. It was also when the country was least able to defend itself. You knew the missiles were on the

“My job is to find 10 problems for every three that exist,” said Jeffrey Gundlach of DoubleLine Capital.  

Global Market Comments May 7, 2025 Fiat Lux   Featured Trade: (PLAYING THE SHORT SIDE WITH VERTICAL BEAR PUT SPREADS), (TLT)

Global Market Comments May 6, 2025 Fiat Lux   Featured Trade: (THEY’RE NOT MAKING AMERICANS ANYMORE) (SPY), (EWJ), (EWL), (EWU), (EWG), (EWY), (FXI), (EIRL), (GREK), (EWP), (IDX), (EPOL), (TUR), (EWZ), (PIN), (EIS)

If demographics are destiny, then America’s future looks bleak. You see, they’re just not making Americans anymore. At least that is the sobering conclusion of the latest Economist magazine survey of the global demographic picture. I have long been a fan of demographic investing, which creates opportunities for traders to execute on what I call

Global Market Comments May 5, 2025 Fiat Lux   Featured Trade: (MARKET OUTLOOK FOR THE WEEK AHEAD or EXPENSIVE AGAIN), (SPY), (TSLA), (MSTR), (NVDA), (NFLX), (SPY), (GLD)

We certainly are having to work hard for our crust of bread in the stock market this year. April brought us the fastest downturn in stocks in 16 years, immediately followed by the sharpest upturn in 21 years. It's like running for a treadmill heart test, but a sadistic doctor keeps raising the angle of

“I spend more time looking at balance sheets than income statements. Wall Street doesn’t really bother with balance sheets.,” said Oracle of Omaha Warren Buffet.  

Global Market Comments May 2, 2025 Fiat Lux   Featured Trade: (APRIL 30 BIWEEKLY STRATEGY WEBINAR Q&A), (FXI), (AGQ), (NVDA), (SH), (UNG), (USO), (TSLA), (SPX), (CCJ), (USO), (GLD), (SLV)

Below, please find subscribers’ Q&A for the April 30 Mad Hedge Fund Trader Global Strategy Webinar, broadcast from Incline Village, NV. Q: Why is the Australian dollar not moving against the US dollar as much as the other currencies? A: Australia is too closely tied to the Chinese economy (FXI), which is now weak. When

Global Market Comments May 1, 2025 Fiat Lux   Featured Trade: (THE SEVEN WORST FINANCIAL MISTAKES THAT RETIREES MAKE)

Global Market Comments April 30, 2025 Fiat Lux   Featured Trade: (THE LAZY MAN’S GUIDE TO TRADING), (ROM), (UXI), (BIB), (UYG)

Global Market Comments April 29, 2025 Fiat Lux   Featured Trade: (THE NEXT THING FOR THE FED TO BUY IS GOLD) (GLD), (GOLD), (GDX), (NEM)

A huge new buyer may eventually enter the gold market. That could be a year off, maybe two, or three at the most. I’ll give you a hint who: your taxes will pay for it. If true, it could send the price of the barbarous relic soaring above $5,000, or even $50,000 an ounce, a

Global Market Comments April 28, 2025 Fiat Lux   Featured Trade: (MARKET OUTLOOK FOR THE WEEK AHEAD, or HERE’S THE BEST-CASE SCENARIO) (SPY), (TLT), (NFLX), (COST), (NVDA), (TSLA), (MSTR)

Last week, a concierge customer asked me an excellent question. Having correctly called the top in this market to the hour, what would it take for me to go all in on the long side and get maximum bullish? With everyone now laser-focused on downside risks, which was really a last February game, I thought

Global Market Comments April 25, 2025 Fiat Lux   Featured Trade: (THE UNITED STATES OF DEBT) (TLT)

Global Market Comments April 24, 2025 Fiat Lux   Featured Trade: (TESTIMONIAL), (MY FAVORITE PASSIVE/AGGRESSIVE PORTFOLIO) (ROM), (UYG), (UCC), (DIG), (BIB)