There's been some interesting comparisons to the current stock market with 2008, 1987 and 1929 in recent days, so I thought I'd look at the charts myself and see what's going on. First, I should mention a post I put up a couple weeks ago before my vacation to Sicily where I took a look [...]
The other day I posted my thoughts on inflation, and whether we should expect a resurgence. To follow up on that I thought I would take a look at the ole Dollar/Gold chart and see if it was providing any signals. In general, when expectations are for higher inflation, Gold will outperform the Dollar. When [...]
On Friday, esteemed economist Paul Krugman posted this tweet... This was after the government reported that both CPI and PPI came in hotter in August than expected, due to a rise in energy prices. As expected, Krugman was excoriated for the fact that people need all three of those items he wants to exclude from [...]
To make market beating returns in stocks, you want to be sure to ride the big trends up when they occur, and employ some means of protection when conditions get difficult. Therefore, you want to pay attention to trading days when the action is somewhat unusual, and may indicate a change in trend. A true [...]
I've been an observer of the financial markets for over three decades now. More than once I've gotten caught up in the hype of news suggesting that a certain market should go in a particular direction. That hype was usually wrong. The first time this happened was the 1994 stock market, which is interesting, because [...]
This is a new regular type of post I'll be making. I've noticed over years of observation that stocks that breakout of a base and make a 10% gain or more on heavy volume tend to end up being at a higher price a year down the road. This doesn't mean you step in and [...]
Most investors don't pay too much attention to the futures markets. They should. In 2022, the biggest gains made by portfolio managers were in the futures markets. Just as an example, Dunn Capital Management, which has been in the business of managing money as a Commodity Trading Advisor for 50 years, generated a 60% return in [...]