by Troy The U.S. stock market’s daily volatility is high, with large intraday swings. Here’s the S&P 500. Let’s analyze the stock market’s price action by objectively quantifying technical analysis. For reference, here’s the random probability of the U.S. stock market going …
by Dave Kranzler of Investment Research Dynamics I think we can all agree, it was an interesting week last week in the stock market, to say the least. For the week, the Dow was down 2.9%, the SPX was down 3.9% and the Nasdaq …
by Kimble Charting The precious metals sector continues to be a “grind”, offering a few trades but mostly sideways to lower action. Gold prices have slogged along and this had held the Gold Miners (NYSEARCA:GDX) back… until recently. The Gold Miners (GDX) and …
From Forbes: Gold is back under the spotlight because of the renewed appetite amidst traders. This is primarily because of the rising geopolitical tensions and worries over the slowing global economic growth. The gold price traded near a two-and-a-half-month peak last …
by John Rubino The gold and silver futures markets got even more unbalanced in the week that ended Tuesday October 9, with speculators (who are usually wrong at the extremes) going as short as they’ve ever been and commercials going …
Short sellers having the time of their year. The Thomson Reuters Most Shorted Stock Index has dropped 19% since Sep. pic.twitter.com/z8jB7y3g5x — Holger Zschaepitz (@Schuldensuehner) October 13, 2018 Stocks could fall 40% to 50% to reach fair value, with recession …
Larry Summers: This might be the most short-sighted set of economic policies since World War II from CNBC.
Rob Kirby interviewed on Reluctant Preppers Widely followed proprietary analyst & founder of KirbyAnalytics.com, Rob Kirby, returns to Reluctant Preppers to lay out the case why he is gravely concerned about extreme near-term risk in the equity & debt markets. Kirby also …
by Martin Armstrong QUESTION: Hi Marty, Can you help us better understand the dynamics of the sovereign debt crisis as it relates to US Treasuries? I know we are in a global debt crisis, which will also impact US …
“At the very the least, they can read the riot act to Musk’s lawyer,” said Stephen Crimmins, a former SEC enforcement lawyer who’s now a partner at Murphy & McGovern. “Beyond that, if they feel he hasn’t lived up to …
by Troy As you would recall, I said in late-September that the stock market’s volatility would probably spike in October. Volatility was extremely compressed, which set the stage for an expansion in vol. Yesterday, the stock market went down and volatility spiked …
by Stucky, TBP I have spent over 100 hours of research and thought on this Labor of Love. It is a short list, for sure, due to time constraints and needing to go to the bathroom. So, please, no criticisms — …
by Jesse Mammon, God of Markets “Wherever your treasure is, there the love of your heart will also be. Your eye is like a lamp that provides light for your body. When your eye is healthy, your whole body is …
by AnthonyReemer I believe in the Efficient Market Hypothesis. I do not believe the stock market is perfectly efficient, but I do believe it is efficient enough that retail investors cannot normally/consistently take advantage of inaccurately priced securities. Here are …
Q: What’s surprised you as an investor over the past decade? A: I think what surprised me most about the markets was how quickly they recovered and how quickly people forgot what happened. Q: Why do you think that happened? …
Remember 9 Hindenburg Omens in 9 trading days plus more $ short #VIX than Jan plus 5 MCM-HINDENBURG OMENS in last 9 days IS NOT NORMAL! pic.twitter.com/oBKuifgS2C — mcm-ct.com (@mcm_ct) September 14, 2018 traders are net short $1 billion of …
transports lag — seems like today was just one big short cover forced by oil ramp on iran sanctions & vix smash pic.twitter.com/0QoDi29qeA — Alastair (@StockBoardAsset) September 11, 2018 continued vix smashing pic.twitter.com/MBMzohQLuL — Alastair (@StockBoardAsset) September 11, 2018 WTI …
via Sven Carlin: Summary Even if HTHT’s stock is already 37% below its 52-week high, there is more room to fall. Its valuation is stretched when compared to its outlook and competition. Both Huazhu and its competition have big growth plans. …
h/t @David_Schro OECD’s William White (called ’08 Crisis), former head of BIS, interview on RealVision
From Bloomberg: Short positions against the so-called FAANG group of the largest U.S. technology stocks have surged by more than 40% in the past year as investors bet against some of the biggest drivers of the global bull market. Bearish investors …
Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter Speculators in gold price futures are short 670 tonnes – the biggest bearish position in 25 years. First things first: I want to thank the many readers who have expressed their interest in an article about my views …
What do you think? Here is the article: Gundlach warns record bond speculation could cause big move in interest rates – http://cnbc.com/id/105405803 Here is a summary of my current positioning and trades. Closed Positions Today Short XOP Puts September-21st-40 Strike Shorted …
HMM: Internal documents reveal the grueling way Tesla hit its 5,000 Model 3 target. Of the 5,000 Model 3s that contributed to Tesla’s end of June manufacturing target, about 4,300 of them required rework, according to internal documents viewed by Business …
by Dave Kranzler of Investment Research Dynamics I felt compelled to clarify the commentary out “there” discussing the non-commercial short position in gold. An interviewee on one of the widely viewed precious metals and economic websites referenced the record “speculator” short position in …
The young boy in this video, Omran Daqneesh was not seriously injured, and has made a full recovery, as the video below shows. The White Helmet operatives took this child, without his parent’s consent and filmed him, rather than provide …
by Sporz Cash CDO Were these individuals betting against the entirety of the bonds, or only the lower tranches? They bet against upper tranches too, because those were also too highly rated. In fact often with CDOs you can’t bet against …
Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter CEO goes nuts, spaghetti-code algos & consensually hallucinating humans lap it up. “Am considering taking Tesla private at $420. Funding secured,” tweeted Tesla CEO Elon Musk this morning. Anyone can tweet anything, as we have seen. Even Musk. Two …
via zerohedge: Many investors have said ‘it’s different this time’ about Tech stocks over the last few years, and so far they’ve been right – despite numerous warning signs of Tech, growth, and momentum being crowded, these stocks have continued to go …
"Short-term US Treasury Yields enter the week at their highest levels in 10 years…," h/t @charliebilello pic.twitter.com/MpokXx4xzU — Alastair (@StockBoardAsset) July 30, 2018 "Eurozone slowdown starts to appear in business and consumer surveys," @dlacalle_IA pic.twitter.com/XmwhCil6e4 — Alastair (@StockBoardAsset) July 31, …
