623 Million Shares on a What? 6 Cent Stock With No Earnings

But it’s not a bubble. Ever hear of this Hong Kong hottie? Symbol GIBO, GIBO Holdings, LTD. was the hottest stock on the NASDAQ today, […]

The Trump Trade Sitzkrieg

After the defeat of Poland by the German military on September 27, 1939 an prolonged 8 month period of relative inactivity on the European front […]

Trump Now Has His Peace in Our Time Moment

Congrats, I guess? Preceding this was another “Truth” on his social media site which simply said this: In other words, this war is over because […]

Operation Nothingburger: Iran Attacks US Bases in the Middle East

If there ever was a propaganda joke of an attack, thus far Iran has conducted it to perfection. It’s almost as bad as some of […]

The Major Problem With Iran: You Break It, You Buy It

In just hours or days from now, there is a strong possibility of American bombers, surface to surface missiles launched from US Navy vessels, and […]

The Iran-Israel War: 30 Years of War Drums Reaches a Finale

“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.”–George Santayana, The Life of Reason, 1905 Before I offer a brief analysis of the […]

S&P 500: Gappapalooza

There are bear market rallies and then there are bear market rallies based on nothing but hopium and prayer. Well, this author is all out […]

China’s Version of the Trump-Xi Phone Call is Interesting

The following is the full government readout from China of the Trump-Xi phone call via Xinhua: Xi says dialogue, cooperation only correct choice for China, […]

06.05 10:46 a.m.: Trump Posts About Xi, WTF

Let us start with the posting from Truth Social: First off, one more time for the mentally challenged, THERE IS NO TRADE DEAL, just a […]

It Finally Happened: Trump Called Xi

And another great meme dies after two months of the trade war. In what has been hyped, lied about, promoted, and used to pump markets […]

Silver: It’s Happening

Finally. If silver breaks out above $35, as I’ve been saying forever, and closes with higher volumes above this level or preferably $36, then the […]

Secretary of Commerce Lutnick Surrenders the Trade War

There are news events which fly under the radar, and then there a days where the major news story is so obvious it should terrify […]

The Trump Team Forgot to Bring the Power to the Trade War

IN the early days of the 1970’s, a famous commercial aired about Calgon water softening products with the catch phrase “Ancient Chinese Secret” which was […]

The Tariff Ruling: A Nothingburger or Taco of Consequence?

The Court of International Trade, an Article III Constitutionally created by Congress to adjudicate trade disputes since the 18th century, dropped what at first appeared […]

The Bond Market Warned Us, Nobody Listened

In early April, shortly after “Liberation Day,” the US bond vigilantes interrupted their month long vacation of what is normally a dull month just long […]