We live through very unique times, not only because of the shock of the coronavirus that recently hit the world unexpectedly, but also because of large complex structural issues that have been […]
Straight Talk
Smackdown
A violent rejection in markets following a furious rally that began on March 23. Small caps rallied 10% in 3 days only to give it all away in just 2 days. A […]
The Three Pillars
New bull market? No. Unproven. New lows to come or a retest? No. Unproven. Markets are engaged in a key battle between the worst evolving fundamental picture in our lifetimes on the […]
Just One Chart
Nasdaq green for the year. What crisis? The Fed’s got this. Only took $2 trillion in balance sheet expansion in four weeks and all is well again. Non. Sense. Indeed I can […]
Takeover
We can’t print ourselves out of this crisis again, but that isn’t stopping the Federal Reserve from trying. Thursday’s intervention program, the latest in a string of panic moves to keep the […]
Drawn and Quartered
Off to the new quarter we go. The last quarter was historic, it had a massive blow-off top fueled by cheap money andexuberant optimism ignoring all the negatives and technical warning signs, […]
Answers
The year is 2020. A new virus is spreading across the planet like a wildfire. More lethal than the flu, highly contagious with no cure. Stocks markets collapse, global economies are shutting […]
Monster Move
Ok. I’m cheating. I have a secret weapon. My muse. Mella. She of the Big Short II fame. Like all of you we’ve been analyzing where this move may bottom or at […]
The Comeback Kid
Sometimes technicals work so brilliantly it just has to be pointed out. A big rally was going to come. After all we’ve had the most oversold readings ever on some measures and […]
1929 Redux
When a house is on fire nobody has time to think about the future. All effort is on extinguishing the fire and save what’s left. That’s the Fed’s role right now dousing […]
Fear
No market video this weekend as my wife has threatened to quarantine me to the woodshed if I put the time into a producing a video. No, she’s right, time to decompress. […]
The Big Picture
We’re in the midst of the most volatile market environment in our lifetimes. Even more so than 2008. The daily noise is incredible, with headlines nonstop and wild price movements every hour […]
