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Stocks And Precious Metals Charts – I Shall Not Want – Short Positions On Risk Safe Havens At New Highs

Stocks And Precious Metals Charts – I Shall Not Want – Short Positions On Risk Safe Havens At New Highs

No comments tonight as I have to hurry up and wait at the dentist’s office. There was intraday commentary on bubbles and busts here. Tomorrow will mark the first anniversary of the passing of my Mary .Eternal rest grant unto her and all of your faithful servants and all those of good and loving hearts. See […]
DSLV Update…The Chartology Of Silver

DSLV Update…The Chartology Of Silver

Today DSLV 3 X short silver ETF, is breaking out from a possible bearish falling wedge. I’m going to take an initial position and buy 150 shares at the market at 34.74 with the sell/stop on a daily close below the 50-day ema which is currently at 30.06. ZSL is a 2 X leveraged ETF if […]
Mirror Image

Mirror Image

Given the success of recent picks lately (DLTR, BIG, TROX), I wanted to share another intriguing short setup, which is Acadia Pharmaceuticals. Its topping pattern right now seems to mirror perfectly its basing pattern from years ago. I anticipate much lower prices in the months ahead. Apparently, their big product is a drug that combats hallucinations. This market […]
NZD/USD Outlook Mired By Failure To Break Channel Resistance

NZD/USD Outlook Mired By Failure To Break Channel Resistance

NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR TALKING POINTS NZD/USD pares the rebound from the 2018-low (0.6544) as business sentiment in New Zealand slips to a 10-year low, and the exchange rate may exhibit a more bearish behavior over the coming days as it continues to track the downward trend from earlier this year. NZD/USD OUTLOOK MIRED BY FAILURE TO […]
S&P Creating Topping Pattern Like 2000 & 2007?

S&P Creating Topping Pattern Like 2000 & 2007?

Did the topping patterns in 2000 & 2007 have anything in common? Yes! While the S&P was hitting nominal new highs in 2000 & 2007 at each (1), monthly momentum was actually heading lower at each (2). Of late, the S&P is hitting new highs, while monthly which was recently higher than the 2000 & 2007 peaks […]
Trump To Move Ahead With Tariffs On $200 Billion In Chinese Goods As Early As Next Week

Trump To Move Ahead With Tariffs On $200 Billion In Chinese Goods As Early As Next Week

All week long, the market has been preoccupied with the hurried effort to strike a new trilateral trade deal to replace NAFTA, which the Trump administration is intent on renaming in order to dispense with what the President says is a “negative connotation” associated with the old acronym. There was real progress on that front […]
Jobless Claims Continue To Fall

Jobless Claims Continue To Fall

Breaking last week’s third straight week of declines, today’s initial jobless claims number came in slightly higher than expected at 213,000. Claims were estimated to rise to 212K off last week’s low reading of 210K. As we have been mentioning the past few weeks, even with this week’s increase in claims, we are still in […]
Stocks, Yuan, Commodities Slump On Report Trump To Proceed With Next $200Bn In China Tariffs

Stocks, Yuan, Commodities Slump On Report Trump To Proceed With Next $200Bn In China Tariffs

…millions of exuberant stock-buying voices cried out in terror, and were suddenly silenced. Headlines from The Wall Street Journal that merely confirmed what everyone and their pet rabbit already knew – that $200 billion more China tariffs were set to hit next week as the comment period expires – sparked selling… everywhere. While WSJ admits that Trump […]
Visualizing GDP: An Inside Look At The Q2 Second Estimate – Thursday, August 30

Visualizing GDP: An Inside Look At The Q2 Second Estimate – Thursday, August 30

  The chart below is a way to visualize real GDP change since 2007. It uses a stacked column chart to segment the four major components of GDP with a dashed line overlay to show the sum of the four, which is real GDP itself. Here is the latest overview from the Bureau of Labor […]
More Emerging Market Chaos – How Long Before It Spreads To The Developed World?

More Emerging Market Chaos – How Long Before It Spreads To The Developed World?

Emerging market chaos is now front page news. Let’s start with Argentina, where the peso has resumed its plunge:   In response: Argentina Central Bank hikes interest rate to 60 percent (AP) — Argentina’s Central Bank has increased its benchmark interest rate to 60 percent in efforts to halt a sharp slide in the value […]