Godzilla or Just More Chart Crimes?

There has been a lot of excitement overnight and online with FinTwit and the financial media about the sudden move in the Japanese bond yields, […]

Beware of the Media Chart Criminals

There is a sad, sad commentary on just how easy it is to deceive retail and some members of the financial community, especially rookies. A […]

Mr. Bond Market Reminds Everyone to Say “Sir”

As these pages warned almost twelve hours ago in a little article titled: Nothing Matters Until 13:00 this author said the following: Equity markets will […]

5 Big Reasons Trump Capitulated on Tariffs

And no boys and girls, it was not the million plus donated to the “inauguration fund” by Apple CEO Tim Cook. The past 24 hours […]

04.07 US Market Watch: Black Monday Alert

Not too much need’s to be said after the VIX opened for trading early this morning and gapped up past 60: Meanwhile the US Dollar […]

Bad News America: Leave it to Beaver is Dead

God Bless President Trump, some elderly people I know, and those who think we can return to America’s yesteryear. I grew up as a teenager […]

The Markets are Bracing for Higher Interest Rates

The generic term for the American economy is now called “the markets” and of course our gambling crazy society focuses on equities just like Clark […]

12/18 FOMC Results: The Great Stagflation of 2025 has Begun

The majority of financial media is in need of two paddles and a shock to their chests as the “bull market forever” and end of […]

The Smart Money Will Be Right Again

The markets have a weird methodology of warning the world that there are problems with the underlying economy if one listens for the signals. Unfortunately, […]

The Fed’s Tholian Web

IF one is a geek like myself, the idea of using a Star Trek analogy to the Burnsian like Federal Reserve under the management of […]

A Hint of Trouble as Indicated by Gold and Bonds Today

The bear market rally in equities hit a speed bump today but the reality of what is happening in our economy can no longer be […]

Everything Bad that Could Happen to Markets Today, Did

Welcome to the St. Patrick’s Day Leprechaun slaughter. Okay, maybe it’s not as bad as the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre of 1929, but the lethal […]

The Bond Market Crash has Started

**** 10.20.22 16:10 ET UPDATE **** The bond market continued to sell off, down to 4.228% as of this update. The sell off is intensifying […]

The Crash is Happening, Just not Where You Think

The past week in equities can best be described as “barfworthy” at best. But it’s not the crash, the capitulation, the bald guy screaming they […]

Bend Over, This Might Hurt a Bit – 5.25% 30 Year Mortgage

If you’re looking to buy a new home, BOHICA and grab some of this stuff too: The 30 year mortgage just hit 5.25% and that’s […]