While many of my readers who were growing tired of the 12 Day War will read the headline above and say “oh no another Israel-Iran […]
Tag: S&P 500
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 […]
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 […]
After this Week’s Holiday Look for a Market Rollover
The United States sometimes forgets that it takes two to tango and make a deal, or for that matter, make a market. This week is […]
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 […]
End of the Bull: The Firing Squads have Been Dispatched
Last June these pages wrote about Blindfolds and Cigarettes as certain equities began to be executed by the bears, one by one, with only a […]
Not the Big One, Sorry not Sorry
Today on financial media, FixX(Twitter), and all over the blogosphere the efforts to guess the bottom were so silly, in fact, it could be possibly […]
The Specter of Personal Gold Ownership
To say this has been one hell of a week in the markets so far is an understatement. I do not recall which of the […]
Are the Markets Approaching a Penn Central Moment?
“It is evident that the country cannot continue to advance prices and wages, to curtail production, to expand credits, and to attempt to enrich itself […]
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 […]
Warning: Stocks are NOT Good Indicators of When a Recession is Coming
This morning while catching up on my podcasts and economic news I listened to one of my favorite stock commentators make a comment which made […]
Welcome to the BOT
This will be a history lesson for those who have never been here before and a terrifying warning for those who think the policies of […]
What the Fed Really Said Today
I could easily sum up the press conference and statement with a music video: Unfortunately for those who think the Federal Reserve actually has a […]
So Just How Bad was Today’s Stock Market? Here’s a Hint
The usual babbling heads of BS were on the Bubblevisions again saying that today’s market action wasn’t that bad and one of them actually broke […]