Happy New Year everyone! Markets finished 2014 pretty much in the same way they had been running all year: Breaking records of all sorts. The latest? A 20% jump in the $VIX […]
2015 Paradigm Watch
In recent weeks I’ve outlined the case for increased volatility coming to markets in 2015 which may well bring higher prices, but possibly also much lower prices. In context of insights derived from […]
Weekend Charts: Volatility Ahead
Nobody should have been really surprised, but the biggest rally of 2014 coincided with the words of Janet Yellen. Yet the put action prior and ferocious rally that followed speak of a […]
Weekend Charts: 2015 Trade Strategy
As 2014 comes to a close I want to share our key learning from this year that is informing our trade strategy for 2015 and maybe the reader will find it useful as well. The main […]
Weekend Charts: Weak Foundation
It’s probably fair to say that the proverbial bullish kitchen sink has been thrown at this market. BOJ QE, PBOC rate cut, magic ECB QE rumors and now the best jobs report […]
Weekend Charts: Song of the Mermaids
For years boatloads of investors have been falling victim to the song of alluring mermaids who promise them safe passage on account of wonderful weather and their boats being sea worthy. Yet invariably on the way the […]
Weekend Charts: KISS
No matter how experienced you think you are at some point the market will offer you a lesson and it’s up to you to learn from it or not. In this weekend’s […]
Crescendo
Weekend Charts: Highway to the Danger Zone
I was inclined to title this weekend’s update “A show about nothing” as markets ever more resembled a famous Seinfeld episode. “Why am I watching it?….Because it’s on TV….Not yet”. Sadly in this […]
Weekend Charts: Gap City USA
New record highs on the $SPX. Financials up 12 days in a row, trannies up 16% since the October bottom and the $DJIA up over 1,700 points in 17 days. A stunning rally […]
Screaming Red Flags
It’s the Wednesday after Japan’s massive QE announcement last Friday. And it’s the day before the ECB may do the same tomorrow. Predictably markets are drunk with liquidity and anticipation and at […]
Weekend Charts: The Sound of Silence
Hello darkness, my old friend, I’ve come to talk with you again And the people bowed and prayed To the neon god they made. And the sign flashed out its warning, In […]