Global Market Comments July 14, 2014 Fiat Lux SPECIAL MAD DAY TRADER ISSUE Featured Trade: (MAD DAY TRADER JIM PARKER?S Q3 VIEWS), (SPX), ($NDX), (QQQ), (TLT), (TBT), (FXA), (FXE), (FXY), (GLD), (GDX), (SLV), (USO), (UNG), (LNG), (CORN), (WEAT), (SOYB), (DBA) SPX Corporation (SPW) Nasdaq 100 Index ($NDX) PowerShares QQQ (QQQ) iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond
The stock markets are on the verge of a small correction, perhaps less than 5%, which should unfold over the next six weeks. There is just not enough juice in a mini crisis triggered by one lousy Portuguese bank, the Banco Espiritu Santo, to take us any further. Bonds globally should put in their highs
Global Market Comments July 11, 2014 Fiat Lux Featured Trade: (THURSDAY, JULY 17 GLOBAL STRATEGY WEBINAR FROM BARCELONA, SPAIN), (JULY 24 ZERMATT, SWITZERLAND GLOBAL STRATEGY SEMINAR), (WILL SYNBIO SAVE OR DESTROY THE WORLD?) Health Care Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLV) Monsanto Company (MON) SPDR S&P Biotech ETF (XBI) SPDR S&P Pharmaceuticals ETF (XPH)
Come join me for afternoon tea for the Mad Hedge Fund Trader?s Global Strategy Seminar, which I will be conducting high in the Alps in Zermatt, Switzerland at 2:00 PM on Thursday, July 24, 2014. A PowerPoint presentation will be followed by an open discussion on the crucial issues facing investors today. Coffee, tea, and
Global Market Comments July 10, 2014 Fiat Lux Featured Trade: (WHY IS THE S&P 500 BEATING THE DOW), (SPY), (BAC), (HPQ), (AA), (GS), (V), (NKE), (AAPL), (GE), ($NIKK), (CAT), (DIS), (INTC), (AN EVENING WITH BILL GATES, SR.) (TESTIMONIAL) SPDR S&P 500 (SPY) Bank of America Corporation (BAC) Hewlett-Packard Company (HPQ) Alcoa Inc. (AA) The Goldman
I often see one stock index outperform another, as different segments of the economy speed up, slow down, or go nowhere. Sometimes the reasons for this are fundamental, technical, or completely arbitrary. Many analysts have been scratching their heads this year over why the S&P 500 has been moving from strength to strength for the
Global Market Comments July 9, 2014 Fiat Lux Featured Trade: (LAST CHANCE TO ATTEND THE JULY 11 SARDINIA, ITALY STRATEGY LUNCHEON), (DON?T BE SHORT CHINA HERE), ($SSEC), (FXI), (CYB), (CHL), (BIDU), (CATCHING UP WITH ECONOMIST DAVID HALE), (EEM), (GREK), (IWW), (EWJ), (NGE), (FXY), (YCS) Shanghai Stock Exchange Index ($SSEC) iShares China Large-Cap (FXI) WisdomTree Chinese
I have been relying on David Hale as my de facto global macro economist for decades and I never miss an opportunity to get his updated views. The challenge is in writing down David?s eye popping, out of consensus ideas fast enough, because he spits them out in such a rapid-fire succession. Since David is
Global Market Comments July 8, 2014 Fiat Lux Featured Trade: (JULY 18 BARCELONA, SPAIN STRATEGY LUNCHEON) (TIME TO TAKE ANOTHER RIDE WITH GENERAL MOTORS), (GM), (F), (TM), (TESTIMONIAL), (QUANTITATIVE EASING EXPLAINED TO A 12 YEAR OLD) General Motors Company (GM) Ford Motor Co. (F) Toyota Motor Corporation (TM)
Global Market Comments July 7, 2014 Fiat Lux Featured Trade: (THE TIME TO DUMP THE EURO IS HERE), (FXE), (EUO), (UUP), (TAKING PROFITS ON CATERPILLAR), (CAT) ?CurrencyShares Euro Trust (FXE) ProShares UltraShort Euro (EUO) PowerShares DB US Dollar Index Bullish (UUP) Caterpillar Inc. (CAT)
The blockbuster nonfarm payroll on Friday, coming in at a heady 288,000 has certainly removed any doubt that the US economy will reaccelerate in the fall. Earlier months were substantially revised up. Monthly job growth of 200,000 plus now seems to be the new norm, after five consecutive months of such prints. The headline unemployment
So, I?m sitting here in my Turkish redoubt, fighting off unusually aggressive flies and going over my charts. It?s further proof that no matter where in the world you travel, work follows you. There is truly no rest for the wicked. As a respite, I have the Best of the Guess Who playing on iTunes.
Global Market Comments July 4, 2013 Fiat Lux Featured Trade: (PRESIDENT HILLARY AND THE MARKETS), (TESTIMONIAL)
Yes, I know that the presidential election of 2016 is another two years off. But if you already know the outcome of that contest you can use it to your advantage trading the markets today. You don?t want to get caught out like many conservatives did in 2012, who were forced to dump stock in
Global Market Comments July 3, 2014 Fiat Lux Featured Trade: (MAD HEDGE FUND TRADER SETS NEW ALL TIME HIGH WITH 19.74% GAIN IN 2014), (GOOGL), (TLT), (CAT), (IBM), (SPY), (VIX), (MSFT), (POPULATION BOMB ECHOES), (POT), (MOS), (AGU), (WEAT), (CORN), (SOYB), (RJA) (THE COOLEST TOMBSTONE CONTEST) Google Inc. (GOOGL) iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond (TLT) Caterpillar
I am writing this to you from the ancient city of Bodrum on the southwest coast of Turkey. Coming here, I had to set my watch ahead ten hours, then back 3,000 years. As I sit here on my balcony, a flotilla of yachts, both large and small, motor by with the Greek island of
Global Market Comments July 2, 2014 Fiat Lux Featured Trade: (JULY 24 ZERMATT, SWITZERLAND GLOBAL STRATEGY SEMINAR), (WHO WAS BEN BERNANKE?), (PLEASE USE MY FREE DATA BASE SEARCH), (DRINKS WITH THE PRESIDENT)
President Barrack Obama certainly arrives at a party like a rock star. Three silver GM Suburban?s flanking a hulking, armored black Cadillac limo screech to a halt with lights flashing. All of the roads in the immediate vicinity are closed to traffic. A dozen sunglasses bedecked Secret Service agents leap out, immediately scanning the perimeter.
Global Market Comments July 1, 2014 Fiat Lux Featured Trade: (WHEN THE DEMOGRAPHIC HEADWIND BECOMES A TAILWIND), (LISTEN TO JOHN THOMAS ON HEDGE FUND RADIO), (AN AFTERNOON WITH ACE REPORTER HELEN THOMAS) (THE TAX RATE FALLACY)
I managed to catch up with my friend, Harry Dent, the other day, the guru on all things demographic (click here for his). Regular readers of this letter are well aware of the enormous headwind impeding all assets classes caused by the retirement of 80 billion baby boomers, which started in earnest at the beginning
