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Global Market Comments June 14, 2022 Fiat Lux Featured Trade: (THE MAD HEDGE TRADERS & INVESTORS SUMMIT IS ON FOR JUNE 14-16) (MARKET OUTLOOK FOR THE WEEK AHEAD, or WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOUR BEST FRIEND BECOMES YOUR WORST ENEMY?) (SPY), (TLT), (TSLA), (CCJ), (TGT), NVDA), (JPM), (BAC), (C)

The Mad Hedge Traders & Investors Summit is on for June 14-16. A collection of the 27 best traders and managers in the world, or eight a day, each giving an educational webinar. Back-to-back one-hour presentations are followed by an interactive Q&A. It’s a smorgasbord of trading strategies, so pick the one that is right

Of course, I am talking about the Federal Reserve. The Fed was the best friend of share owners, pressing interest rates lower from March 2009. That remained the case for 12 years until November 2021 when its notorious pivot took place, flipping overnight from an easing to a tightening posture. It's actually worst than that.

“I have not failed, I have just found 10,000 ways that do not work,” said the inventor, Thomas Edison.  

Global Market Comments June 13, 2022 Fiat Lux Featured Trade: (JUNE 15 BIWEEKLY WEBINAR IS POSTPONED) (MAD HEDGE TRADERS & INVESTORS SUMMIT IS ON FOR JUNE 14-16)

The biweekly strategy webinar scheduled for June 15 has been postponed until 12:00 PM EST on June 22. I will have my hands full hosting the Mad Hedge Traders & Investors Summit this week, which I hope you all attend. I look forward to hearing from you again next week. John Thomas CEO & Publisher

Global Market Comments June 10, 2022 Fiat Lux Featured Trade: (WEDNESDAY JUNE 29 2022 LONDON STRATEGY LUNCHEON) (MY “TOP GUN: MAVERICK” REVIEW)

Come join me for lunch for the Mad Hedge Fund Trader’s Global Strategy Update, which I will be conducting in London on Monday, June 29, 2022. A three-course lunch is included. This will be my first London Luncheon in six years. I’ll be giving you my up-to-date view on stocks, bonds, currencies commodities, precious metals,

Due to overwhelming demand from readers, I am going to review the new Tom Cruise movie, Top Gun: Maverick. I’m probably the only guy you will ever run into who has flown Mach 2.5 at 90,000 feet, and with 50 years of experience as a combat pilot, it’s safe to say I know my way

“Altitude above you, runway behind you, and fuel in tanks on the ground are utterly useless,” said presidential candidate George McGovern, a WWII B-24 Liberator pilot.  

Global Market Comments June 9, 2022 Fiat Lux Featured Trade: (WHAT THE HECK IS ESG INVESTING?), (TSLA), (FSLR), (TAN), (MO)

It’s truly astonishing how much money is pouring into ESG investing. Maybe it was another year of blistering heat worldwide that did it. It now accounts for one-third of all US equity investments. In 2020, BlackRock, one of the largest fund managers in the country, made a major new commitment to ESG investment by rolling

“Sometimes, when you jump off a bridge, you have to grow your wings on the way down,” said author Danielle Steele.

Global Market Comments June 8, 2022 Fiat Lux Featured Trade: (FRIDAY, JUNE 17 SAN FRANCISCO STRATEGY LUNCHEON) (A NOTE ON OPTIONS CALLED AWAY) (SPY), (TLT)

Come join me for lunch at the Mad Hedge Fund Trader’s Global Strategy Update, which I will be conducting in San Francisco on Monday, June 20, 2022. 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, bonds, currencies,

I know all of this may sound confusing at first. But once you get the hang of it, this is the greatest way to make money since sliced bread. I still have seven positions left in my model trading portfolio, they are all deep in-the-money, and about to expire in seven trading days. That opens

“Stock prices have reached what looks like a permanently high plateau,” said economist Irving Fisher….just before the 1929 stock market crash.

Global Market Comments June 7, 2022 Fiat Lux Featured Trade: (THE SECOND AMERICAN INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION), (INDU), (SPY), (QQQ), (GLD), (DBA), (TSLA), (GOOGL), (XLK), (IBB), (XLE)

"Risk control is the best route to loss avoidance. Risk avoidance, on the other hand, is likely to lead to return avoidance as well." said Howard Marks, founder of distressed debt giant, Oaktree Capital Management.

Global Market Comments June 6, 2022 Fiat Lux Featured Trade: (THE MAD HEDGE TRADERS & INVESTORS SUMMIT IS ON FOR JUNE 14-16) (MARKET OUTLOOK FOR THE WEEK AHEAD, or PUTIN’S DEAD END), (VIX), (HYG), (JNK), (PTON), (W), (MSTR), (RDFN), (BYND), (F), (TSLA), (NVDA)