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T2108 Update – Scratching At Overbought Levels As Currency Markets Fire A Warning Shot

T2108 Update – Scratching At Overbought Levels As Currency Markets Fire A Warning Shot

T2108 Status: 69.1%T2107 Status: 53.8%VIX Status: 12.3General (Short-term) Trading Call: Hold (bullish positions)Active T2108 periods: Day #27 over 20%, Day #25 over 30%, Day #22 over 40%, Day #20 over 50%, Day #15 over 60% (overperiod), Day #97 under 70% (underperiod) Reference Charts (click for view of last 6 months from Stockcharts.com):S&P 500 or SPYSDS (ProShares UltraShort S&P500)U.S. Dollar […]
Macro Analytics – What Are The Rich Doing With Their Money With John Rubino

Macro Analytics – What Are The Rich Doing With Their Money With John Rubino

The global economy is slowing down dramatically. Japan the third largest economy in the world just dropped back in recession.
Prosperity Amidst The Ruins

Prosperity Amidst The Ruins

The fundamental problem facing the global economy is not slow economic growth but political inequality. It’s striking: as economies stagnate, the top tier is living even larger while the low-income masses sink further into marginalized poverty. I call this widening divide between the vested interests/wealthy and the rest of society prosperity amidst the ruins. How can the […]
This Lucrative Turnaround Stock Will Make You Fall In Love With Your Brokerage Account

This Lucrative Turnaround Stock Will Make You Fall In Love With Your Brokerage Account

Three decades of investing have shown me fewer strategies for life changing returns than investing in turnaround stories. My name is Bret Jensen, and this strategy allowed me to retire before I even turned 45. The stock I’m sharing today will win you big profits that will make you smile when you see your brokerage […]
Asia Stocks Up For 4th Day

Asia Stocks Up For 4th Day

Asian stocks rose, with the regional benchmark index heading for a fourth day of gains, as materials and health-care shares advanced, countering a decline in Japan’s index amid a stronger yen. The MSCI Asia Pacific Index added 0.1 percent to 140.90 as of 9:03 a.m. in Tokyo after rising 1.1 percent the past three trading […]
If Output Is Near Potential, Why Is Inflation So Low?

If Output Is Near Potential, Why Is Inflation So Low?

There is a lot of discussion of how economic slack is fast disappearing, and I expect a lot of push on this view, given continued rapid growth in GDP as reported in today’s second release for 2014Q3. This view seems counter to (1) the CBO estimate of potential GDP and (2) the slow pace of […]
This Country Will Be The Next Zimbabwe…

This Country Will Be The Next Zimbabwe…

Source: Wikipedia Dear Diary, Things are slowing down. This is Thanksgiving week. People are leaving work early, trying to beat the holiday traffic rush. US stocks and gold were flat yesterday. We’re still in New York, taking care of business. Tomorrow, we’ll get an early start and head back down to Maryland. We have a lot […]
Grant Williams: The Consequences Of Economic Peace

Grant Williams: The Consequences Of Economic Peace

The following chart-heavy presentation from Grant Williams is among his best as he wends his way methodically from the 19th century to the present day (and into the future) examining “The Consequences of the Economic Peace.” From Keynes to Kondratieff and from Napoleon to Nixon, Williams looks at the ramifications of several decades of easy credit […]
HSBC’s Swiss Private Banking Unit Charged With Providing Unregistered Services To U.S. Clients

HSBC’s Swiss Private Banking Unit Charged With Providing Unregistered Services To U.S. Clients

from the Securities and Exchange Commission The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged HSBC’s Swiss-based private banking arm with violating federal securities laws by failing to register with the SEC before providing cross-border brokerage and investment advisory services to U.S. clients. HSBC Private Bank (Suisse) agreed to admit wrongdoing and pay $12.5 million to settle […]
Faster And Faster But No Liftoff

Faster And Faster But No Liftoff

DOW – 2 = 17,814SPX – 2 = 2067 NAS+ 3 = 4758 10 YR YLD – .05 = 2.26% OIL – 1.95 = 74.22 GOLD + 2.90 = 1202.20 SILV + .20 = 16.77 The major stock indices couldn’t close at records, but Apple reached a milestone today. Apple’s market capitalization hit a record […]