Oil and Geopolitics to Trump the Fed this Week? The Saudi Refinery attack over the weekend is sending Oil prices to the stratosphere overnight, and the geopolitical tensions surrounding Iran are rising. Yet, the overnight action in equity futures is not as panicky as one would expect, possibly owing to an underlying “optimism” that the (more…)
Results of Published Model Trades for Fri 09/13 Find below the detailed outcome tracking of our models’ trading plans for the day, as well as the results for the last month. (please click here to view the Outlook and Trading Plans published in the morning, that these results refer to) (please click here to view (more…)
Results of Published Model Trades for Thu 09/12 Find below the detailed outcome tracking of our models’ trading plans for the day, as well as the results for the last month. (please click here to view the Outlook and Trading Plans published in the morning, that these results refer to) (please click here to view (more…)
The Race to The Bottom! The ECB’s announcement on their interest rates and the bond buying program coupled with Trump’s demands to follow suit are indications of an unprecedented territory of global negative rates in the not too distant future (Japan has already been there for a while). With no assets around yielding decent returns, (more…)
When The Nation’s Leaders Engage in their “Boneheadedness” Even on Such a Solemn Day… Most of the nation is scratching their heads and searching their souls in embarrassment and pain with the President’s tweet about the “boneheads” at Fed, on the morning of such a solemn day as the 9/11! Is our national fabric changed (more…)
Results of Published Model Trades for Tue 09/10 Find below the detailed outcome tracking of our models’ trading plans for the day, as well as the results for the last month. (edited 09/12/19 8:20am to correct the totals) (please click here to view the Outlook and Trading Plans published in the morning, that these results (more…)
Reality Check – not Rhetoric – to Determine the Market Direction…Sooner or Later The “optimism” fed by rhetoric and spin seems to be slowly giving way to reality check or waiting for the reality check – whether it be on the trade war or on the state of economy. The markets stalled yesterday, apparently tired (more…)
When Markets Appear Hunky-Dory… The gloom and doom apparently pervasive on the markets from just a few days back looks and feels like ages ago, with the new found (fed) “optimism” about the trade war and the surrounding rhetoric. Investors may be lulled into feeling optimistic about the markets, but there is a lot going (more…)
Results of Published Model Trades for FRI 09/06 Find below the detailed outcome tracking of our models’ trading plans for the day, as well as the results for the last month. (please click here to view the Outlook and Trading Plans published in the morning, that these results refer to) (please click here to view (more…)
Non Farm Payrolls Disappoint – Markets Cheering(?) The lower than expected non-farm payrolls number looks to be feeding into the upside momentum in the markets – apparently with the hope that the Fed might be pressured into lowering rates aggressively. Or, it could just be a technical bounce related to the options expiration and other (more…)
