Market bulls finally have something to talk about. Last week, the S&P 500 (SPY) and the Nasdaq Composite Index (QQQ) both posted their first positive weeks of the year. Of course, the benchmarks h...
Before we discuss The Empire of Chaos ongoing attacks on “The Assassin Putin” and The Master of the Universe attempts to topple any challenge to Washington’s global hegemony, we thou...
Economists have a perfect track record of 100% failure in ability to predict a recession. In a recession that’s at least 20% likely to have already started, Economists See 20% Chance of US Rece...
In tough times like 2016, traders often feel as though things can never go their way. This feeling typifies how stock trading can be incredibly emotional. We all want to make money, and that can mean ...
By Russ Koestrich of Blackrockblog.com The one word that characterizes financial markets today: volatile. Take last week’s gyrations. Stocks sold off aggressively for most of the week on concern...
Market Overview After the first rally from the 1812 low topped, it was unclear if we had completed the “bear market” rally or if more was to come. The congestion level which SPX produced over the ...
Recently a number of commentators on the weekly business shows have commented oil prices and the stock market have been moving in the same direction during the month of January. On the few days oil an...
The difference between success and failure in Forex trading is very likely to depend upon which currency pairs you choose to trade each week, and not on the exact trading methods you might use to dete...
Amazon (Nasdaq: AMZN) is the world’s most profitable online technology company, with a market capitalization of $273.56 billion at a share price of $583.16. However if you, like me, have been wat...
This post will build upon my previous post with the Cobra equation. In that post, I gave a model showing that the Fed is completely behind the curve of the business cycle. The Fed should not be raisi...