Global Market Comments March 12, 2013 Fiat Lux Featured Trade: (TRADE ALERT SERVICE ROCKETS TO 30% GAIN IN 2013), (SPY), (IWM), (F), (AIG), (FCX), (FXY), (YCS), ?(FXB), (FXE), (EUO), (VIX) (LOAD THE BOAT WITH THE CHINESE YUAN), (CYB), (HOW TO AVOID THE PONZI SCHEME TRAP), (TESTIMONIAL) SPDR S&P 500 (SPY) iShares Russell 2000 Index (IWM)
The Trade Alert Service of the Mad Hedge Fund Trader has posted a 30.64% profit year to date, taking it to another new all time high. The 27-month total return has punched through to an awesome 86%, compared to a miserable 10% return for the Dow average during the same period. That raises the average
Any doubts that the Chinese Yuan is a huge screaming buy should have been dispelled when news came out that China had displaced Germany as the world?s largest exporter. The Middle Kingdom shipped $1.9 trillion in goods in 2012, compared to only $1.4 trillion for Deutschland. The US has not held the top spot since
I spent a sad and depressing, but highly instructional evening with Dr. Stephen Greenspan, who had lost most of his personal fortune with Bernie Madoff. The University of Connecticut psychology professor had poured the bulk of his savings into Sandra Mansky's Tremont feeder fund; receiving convincing trade confirms and rock solid custody statements from the
Global Market Comments March 11, 2013 Fiat Lux Featured Trade: (WHY THE STOCK MARKET IS STILL GOING UP), (SPX), (SPY), (QQQ), (IWM), (OEX), (RSP), (KKR) (APL) (LINE) (RIG) (AXP), (BMY) (MURRAY SAYLE: THE PASSING OF A GIANT IN JOURNALISM) S&P 500 Large Cap Index (SPX) SPDR S&P 500 (SPY) PowerShares QQQ (QQQ) iShares Russell 2000
I have had an extremely hot hand this year, pushing the 2013 performance of my Trade Alert Service above a stellar 30%. So I am going out on a limb here and predict that the S&P 500 is about to grind up to a new all time high. Since 2009, Federal Reserve governor, Ben Bernanke,
According to my old friend, Rick Sopher, chairman of LCH Investments in London, the top ten hedge funds have earned $153 billion for their investors since inception. Rick, who runs his business from an elegant flat on posh Eaton Square, compiled the list after a comprehensive survey of the still operating 7,000 hedge funds worldwide.
One of my biggest disappointments with the Obama administration so far is his continued support of the ethanol boondoggle. The program was ramped up by the Bush administration to achieve energy independence by subsidizing the production of alcohol from domestically grown corn. Add clean burning moonshine (yes, it's the same alcohol - C2H5OH), whose combustion
Global Market Comments March 7, 2013 Fiat Lux Featured Trade: (APRIL 19 CHICAGO STRATEGY LUNCHEON), (HERE COMES THE NEXT PEACE DIVIDEND), (AAPL), (USO), (SPX), (UUP), (TLT), (GLD), (SLV), (CU), (CORN), (SOYB) Apple Inc. (AAPL) United States Oil (USO) S&P 500 Index (SPX) PowerShares DB US Dollar Index Bullish (UUP) iShares Barclays 20+ Year Treas Bond
Come join me for lunch for the Mad Hedge Fund Trader?s Global Strategy Update, which I will be conducting in Chicago on Friday, April 19. A three-course lunch will be followed by a PowerPoint presentation and an extended question and answer period. I?ll be giving you my up to date view on stocks, bonds, foreign
When communications between intelligence agencies suddenly spike, as has recently been the case, I sit up and take note. Hey, you don?t think I talk to all of those generals because I like their snappy uniforms, do you? The word is that the despotic, authoritarian regime in Syria is on the verge of collapse, and
Global Market Comments March 6, 2013 Fiat Lux Featured Trade: (APRIL 12 SAN FRANCISCO STRATEGY LUNCHEON), (INVESTING IN A STATE SPONSOR OF TERRORISM), (AFK), (GAF), (EZA), (THE LONG VIEW ON EMERGING MARKETS), (EWZ), (RSX), (PIN), (FXI) Market Vectors Africa Index ETF (AFK) SPDR S&P Emerging Middle East & Africa (GAF) iShares MSCI South Africa Index
Come join me for lunch at the Mad Hedge Fund Trader?s Global Strategy Update, which I will be conducting in San Francisco on Friday, April 12, 2013. An excellent meal will be followed by a wide-ranging discussion and an extended question and answer period. I?ll be giving you my up to date view on stocks,
How about a country whose leaders have stolen $400 billion in the last decade and have seen 300 foreign workers kidnapped? Another country lost four wars in the last 40 years. Still interested? How about a country that suffers one of the world?s highest AIDs rates, endures regular insurrections where all of the Westerners get
I managed to catch a few comments in the distinct northern accent of Jim O'Neil, the fabled analyst who invented the 'BRIC' term, and who has been kicked upstairs to the chairman's seat at Goldman Sachs International (GS) in London. Jim thinks that it is still the early days for the space, and that these
Global Market Comments March 5, 2013 Fiat Lux Featured Trade: (THE GREAT YAWN OF 2013), (INDUSTRIES THAT YOU WILL NEVER HEAR FROM ME ABOUT)
Contrary to widespread predications, the sun rose this morning and the world did not end. The overnight reduction in our defense spending did not prompt expansionist, vengeful Mexicans to try to retake California and Texas, kicking soccer balls all the way. Cigar chomping Cuban communists did not capture Florida. Hockey stick brandishing Canadians failed to
The focus of this letter is to show people how to make money through investing in fast growing, highly profitable companies which have stiff, long-term macroeconomic winds at their backs. That means I ignore a large part of the US economy whose time has passed and are headed for the dustbin of history. According to
Global Market Comments March 4, 2013 Fiat Lux Featured Trade: (MARCH 6 GLOBAL STRATEGY WEBINAR), (THE DEATH OF GOLD, PART II), (GLD), (GDX), (GDM), (FXE), (UUP), (FXB), (GBB), (USO), (CU), (THE REAL ESTATE MARKET IN 2030), (TESTIMONIAL) SPDR Gold Shares (GLD) Market Vectors Gold Miners ETF (GDX) GOLD MINERS INDEX (GDM) CurrencyShares Euro Trust (FXE)
I have been pounding the table trying to get readers out of gold since early December. Now, my friend at stockcharts.com, Mike Murphy, has produced a stunning series of charts showing that this may be more than just a short-term dip and another buying opportunity. Mike explains that a number of traditional chart, technical, and