With the stock market falling for the next few weeks, or even months, it?s time to rehash how to profit from falling markets one more time. There is nothing worse than closing the barn door after the horses have bolted.No doubt, you will receive a wealth of short selling and hedging ideas from your other
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Boy, the Federal Reserve must really hate traders. Once again, a flip flopping Fed has reversed its message to the market, suggesting that interest rates will rise as soon as its June 17 meeting. The news came out with the release of its April Open Committee Meeting minutes. It?s clear that as soon as financial
At long last, Hillary Clinton has started to make public key planks of her post election policies, which may become law if she is successful in her 2016 presidential bid.Until now, her run for the Democratic nomination has largely been about what she had for breakfast, her hairstyle, how nice her mom was, or how
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I hate to be a Debbie Downer here, but the writing on the wall couldn?t be more clear. The Fed minutes, released at 2:00 PM this afternoon, greatly increased the probability of a Fed rate rise in June. That set the cat among the pigeons. Higher interest rates are terrible news for stocks, except the
My husband wanted me to tell you that, as a retired Marine, he understands completely. ?The more you sweat in training, the less you bleed in war. ?Gratefully, for us, you have done a lot of sweating over the years! ?Cheryl Oregon
Ignore the lessons of history, and the cost to your portfolio will be great. Especially if you are a bond trader! In Britain they celebrated something unusual last year. The government reported the first year on year decline in consumer prices in 54 years (see chart below). In fact, prices for the things they buy
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The market has been chattering quite a lot about the massive downside bets on the S&P 500 being placed by some of the industry?s best known players. That is something I would expect from my long time client and mentor George Soros. But Warren Buffett as well? He is one of the greatest long term,
I've subscribed to John's trading service for several years. As a writer myself, I look forward to John's daily newsletters. They are loaded with great investment ideas and information affecting world markets. They are delivered in clear, entertaining?prose and are a joy to read. I learn something new from them every day. John's advice has
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I knew I was on the right track when the salesman told me that the customer who just preceded me for a Tesla Model X 90D SUV was the Golden Bay Warriors star basketball player, Steph Currie. Well, if it's good enough for Steph, then it's good enough for me. Last week, I received a
The conspiracy theorists will love this one. Buried deep in the bowels of the 2,000 page health care bill was a new requirement for gold dealers to file Form 1099's for all retail sales by individuals over $600. Specifically, the measure can be found in section 9006 of the Patient Protection and Affordability Act of
Thanks for the swift answer about the (UVXY). I got 7% profit in one day, so I'll close. What about the (VXX)? Can that be held for longer?As for your question about Europe, it is not doing good. The reasons why are so simple. Spain, Portugal, Italy and Greece have very different economies and different
?US stock performance will be good in 2016, but is set to be outperformed by Japan, Europe, and emerging markets,? said a top manager at bond giant PIMCO.
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I constantly receive emails from readers around the world inquiring how I accomplish this or that in my far-reaching travels around the globe. After all, I have visited 125 countries over the past 50 years. What?s more, I have run the Mad Hedge Fund Trader Global Empire for the last eight years on the fly
?The government is now the biggest impediment to economic growth,? said my old friend, Steve Rattner, of the Quadrangle Group.
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