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Did You Know That The U.S. No Longer Has Any Strategic Grain Reserves At All?

Did You Know That The U.S. No Longer Has Any Strategic Grain Reserves At All?

Once upon a time, it was popular to say that the U.S. government only had enough wheat stored up to provide everyone in America with half a loaf of bread. But that is not true anymore. Recently, I discovered that the U.S. does not have any strategic grain reserves left at all. Zero. Nada. Zilch. […]
BigTrends Weekly Market Outlook

BigTrends Weekly Market Outlook

Stocks may have made a gain last week, but it was a hard-fought victory, and may have exposed just how vulnerable the market is right now. And, this week’s trading will start out where last week’s left off… within easy reach of some critical support levels, and in the shadow of still-waning momentum. We’ll discuss […]
The 20 Best Stocks For Value Investors This Week – 8/15/15

The 20 Best Stocks For Value Investors This Week – 8/15/15

We evaluated 41 different companies this week to determine whether they are suitable for Defensive Investors, those unwilling to do substantial research, or Enterprising Investors, those who are willing to do such research. We also put each company through the ModernGraham valuation model based on Benjamin Graham’s value investing formulas in order to determine an […]
Goldman’s 4 Reasons Why The S&P Will Remain Unchanged For The Rest Of 2015

Goldman’s 4 Reasons Why The S&P Will Remain Unchanged For The Rest Of 2015

Anyone expecting a surge in market volatility as Mario Draghi recently warned, will be disappointed to read Goldman’s latest forecast which not only does not budge on its year end S&P forecast of 2100, but predicts that the market will be flat as a pancake for the balance of the year. Here is Goldman’s assessment […]
The Dumb Money Is Doing Something Smart

The Dumb Money Is Doing Something Smart

At the peak of bull markets, when stock prices have been rising long enough for people who just recently started paying attention to conclude that they always go up — that’s when retail investors traditionally go all-in to snag some of that apparently easy Dow Jones money. That’s also when markets tend to peak and […]
Making Sense Of China’s Currency Devaluation

Making Sense Of China’s Currency Devaluation

Earlier this week, two massive explosions rocked the Chinese port city of Tianjin. It’s said that the larger explosion was equivalent to over 20 tons of TNT being detonated. The blasts were so large that seismic activity was registered around 100 miles away. The exact cause of the explosions is unknown, but other shocks emanating […]
Markets Coiling

Markets Coiling

Markets staged a recovery after bears were unsuccessful in pushing follow through selling after a break of intraday support in morning trading. However, markets are approaching a decision point where declining resistance on the daily converges with rising support. The S&P offers the classic coiling play. Add to this the presence of the 20-day and […]
GOLD: Looks To Build On Corrective Recovery

GOLD: Looks To Build On Corrective Recovery

GOLD: Having closed higher the past week, further bullishness is likely though hesitating on Friday.However, beware of a mild price pullback. Support comes in at the 1,110.00 level where a break will aim at the 1,200.00 level. A cut through here will open the door for move lower towards the 1,080.00 level. Below here if […]
Waiting For A Reason To Get Bullish

Waiting For A Reason To Get Bullish

Not a lot has changed from last week’s post on Twitter sentiment for the S&P 500 Index (SPX) Negative sentiment persists, but it’s slowly righting itself. The daily indicator bounced back and forth between mildly positive and mildly negative prints during the week. This caused 7 day momentum to drift slowly higher, but it still hasn’t been able […]
How ‘Simple Trading’ Can Save Your Trading Account

How ‘Simple Trading’ Can Save Your Trading Account

Are you losing grip with your trading? Feeling lost in your own analysis and getting angry at the markets because your trading is going nowhere? You’re not alone. Many other Forex traders suffer from ‘analysis paralysis’ due to excessively complicated trading strategies. The problem is, everything we learn in life teaches us how to survive […]