Global Market Comments November 11, 2013 Fiat Lux Featured Trade: (MAD HEDGE FUND TRADER 2013 PERFORMANCE TOPS 51%), (TLT), (TBT), (AAPL), (XLI), (IWM), (SPY) (TESTIMONIAL), (A TRIBUTE TO A TRUE VETERAN) iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (TLT) ProShares UltraShort 20+ Year Treasury (TBT) Apple Inc. (AAPL) Industrial Select Sector SPDR (XLI) iShares Russell 2000
The Trade Alert service of the Mad Hedge Fund Trader has posted a new all time high in performance, taking in 46.05% so far in 2013. The three-year return is an eye popping 101.7%, taking the averaged annualized return to 35%. That compares to a far more modest increase for the Dow Average during the
Global Market Comments November 8, 2013 Fiat Lux Featured Trade: (THE RISING RISK OF A MARKET MELT UP) (FXE), (FXY), (YCS), (FXA), (SPY), (USO), (THE PARTY IS JUST GETTING STARTED WITH THE JAPANESE YEN), (FXY), (YCS), (DXJ) CurrencyShares Euro Trust (FXE) CurrencyShares Japanese Yen Trust (FXY) ProShares UltraShort Yen (YCS) CurrencyShares Australian Dollar Trust (FXA)
The risk of a major market melt up just took a quantum leap upward with the European Central Bank?s surprise 25 basis points in interest rates a few minutes ago. The move had not been expected from normally sleepy and moribund European monetary authorities for a few more months. The ECB?s action has major positive
Global Market Comments November 7, 2013 Fiat Lux Featured Trade: (SELLING THE YEN, AGAIN), (FXY), (YCS), (DXJ), (ENJOY THE DOLLAR RALLY WHILE IT LASTS), (FXA), (FXC), (BNZ), (CYB), (FXE) CurrencyShares Japanese Yen Trust (FXY) ProShares UltraShort Yen (YCS) WisdomTree Japan Hedged Equity (DXJ) CurrencyShares Australian Dollar Trust (FXA) CurrencyShares Canadian Dollar Trust (FXC) WisdomTree Dreyfus
The Bank of Japan released the minutes of its previous meeting last night, so we now officially know what?s bothering them. While the inflation rate has edged up to 0.7%, it is still miles (kilometers) away from its two year target of 2.0%. The 100% growth in the money supply promised by the end of
Any trader will tell you the trend is your friend, and the overwhelming direction for the US dollar for the last 220 years has been down. Our first Treasury Secretary, Alexander Hamilton, found himself constantly embroiled in sex scandals. Take a ten-dollar bill out of your wallet and you?re looking at a picture of a
Global Market Comments November 6, 2013 Fiat Lux (SPECIAL BATTERY ISSUE) Featured Trade: (THE GREAT RACE FOR BATTERY TECHNOLOGY), (TSLA), (GM), (BYDDF), (NSANY), (SQM), (TM) Tesla Motors, Inc. (TSLA) General Motors Company (GM) BYD Company Ltd. (BYDDF) Nissan Motor Co. Ltd. (NSANY) Chemical & Mining Co. of Chile Inc. (SQM) Toyota Motor Corporation (TM)
One hundred years from now, historians will probably date the beginning of the fall of the American Empire to 1986. That is the year President Ronald Reagan ordered Jimmy Carter?s solar panels torn down from the White House roof, and when Chinese Premier Deng Xiaoping launched his secret ?863? program to make his country a
Global Market Comments November 5, 2013 Fiat Lux Featured Trade: (WHY I?M HAMMERING THE BOND MARKET), (TLT), (TBT), (LQD), (LINE), (MUB), (HYG), (JNK), (TAKE A LOOK AT OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM), (OXY), (BP), (OIL), (UNG),? (NSANY), (XOM) iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (TLT) ProShares UltraShort 20+ Year Treasury (TBT) iShares iBoxx $ Invst Grade Crp Bond
Those lucky traders who have been following my Trade Alert service are well aware that I have been hamming the bond market for the past week. These new positions were a major factor in adding an impressive 5% to my model trading portfolio P&L during a week when there was very little happening in the
Global Market Comments November 4, 2013 Fiat Lux Featured Trade: (MAD HEDGE FUND TRADER BLASTS TO NEW ALL TIME HIGH), (FXE), (TLT), (TBT), SPY), (AAPL), (NOVEMBER 6 GLOBAL STRATEGY WEBINAR), (TESTIMONIAL ) (ALL I WANT TO DO IS RETIRE) CurrencyShares Euro Trust (FXE) iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (TLT) ProShares UltraShort 20+ Year Treasury
Global Market Comments November 1, 2013 Fiat Lux Featured Trade: (COVERING SHORTS IN THE EURO), (FXE), (EUO), (THE CHIHUAHUA GLUT) (NOTICE TO MILITARY SUBSCRIBERS), (TESTIMONIAL) CurrencyShares Euro Trust (FXE) ProShares UltraShort Euro (EUO)
This short position has been a total home run of a trade, with the Euro going into freefall when the ink was barely dry on the Trade Alert. Rumors swept the foreign exchange pits this morning of a potential interest rate cut by the European Central Bank next week, which they really should have done
Recently, I wrote about the Nevadan wrinkle in the housing crisis where distressed homeowners are letting their horses go wild to make their mortgage payment. Now neighboring California is facing a Chihuahua glut, where evicted homeowners are handing over their pets to animal shelters. The diminutive Mexican canine enjoyed a boom in popularity in recent
To the dozens of subscribers in Iraq, Afghanistan, and the surrounding ships at sea, thank you for your service! I think it is very wise to use your free time to read my letter and learn about financial markets in preparation for an entry into the financial services when you cash out. Nobody is going
Global Market Comments October 31, 2013 Fiat Lux Featured Trade: (TRADE ALERT ON RISK CONTROL), (TLT), (TBT), (FXE), (SPY) (MY TAKE ON OBAMACARE), (XLV) iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (TLT) ProShares UltraShort 20+ Year Treasury (TBT) CurrencyShares Euro Trust (FXE) SPDR S&P 500 (SPY) Health Care Select Sector SPDR (XLV)
In the wake of the Federal Reserve?s decision not to taper and to leave interest rates unchanged, our long positions are soaring and our short positions are collapsing. No surprise here, as both the Mad Hedge Fund Trader and the Mad Day Trader nailed the market?s reaction well in advance with a profusion of timely
So much BS is flying about over the Obamacare issue that I can?t resist the temptation to put in my two cents worth. There was no chance this was going to work on day one, and I warned senior administration officials as much on many different occasions. Even the Massachusetts health care plan only saw
Global Market Comments October 30, 2013 Fiat Lux Featured Trade: (WHEN GREAT MINDS THINK ALIKE), (SPY), (HEDGE FUNDS CIRCLING OVER THE EUROPEAN WRECKAGE), (BWX), (IGOV), (ITLY), (EU), (BUND), (FXE), (TESTIMONIAL) SPDR S&P 500 (SPY) SPDR Barclays International Treasury Bd (BWX) iShares International Treasury Bond (IGOV) PowerShares DB Italian Treas Bond ETN (ITLY) WisdomTree Euro Debt