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 […]

Bull Markets are Peaceful, History is Violent

In the 2014 movie “Fury” the statement from the character Wardaddy of “Ideals are peaceful, history is violent,” was truly not respected as a reflection […]

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 […]

Something Wicked From Asia Has Hit US T-Bills

As many of my regular readers know, I maintain fairly bizarre hours as I’m usually in the office early getting things accomplished and sometimes up […]

Breaking Bad Enters the Trade War Conversation

There will be a cadre of bulls who insist that this author is insane. For the record, I am not a permanent bear as it […]

The Scariest Economic Easter Chart of them All

When I first saw a different version of the chart below posted by Torsten Slok in his “The Daily Spark” email newsletter, I immediately had […]

Gold: Now All of you Can Worry

There is a weird situation that only happens at the precipice of a major financial crisis. I’ve lived through several of them now and as […]

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 […]

04.06.25 Middle East Markets All Down on Trade War Fears

While not all markets in the Middle East were open today, those that were promptly tanked as the decline in oil prices, commodities, and global […]

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 […]

It’s Moving Day

And for some reason, I don’t think America’s passive income gobbling investors understand just what the implications of that phrase really is. What is yours […]

It’s Still a Bubble Number 24: Tariff Edition

As the world awaits with baited and soon to be over taxed breath the outcome of “Liberation Day” the circus known as the United States […]