Monthly Archives: December 2017

Why In The World Are We Working?

Thursday was another day that left everyone wondering what exactly they were supposed to be doing at work. I don’t even know why the Western world bothers opening markets in the week between Christmas and New Year’s day. Especially considering cryptocurrencies and FX are always available for those who need to sate their trading appetite….

Economic Heatwave: What Could Go Wrong In 2018?

Economic activity in the manufacturing sector expanded in November, and the overall economy grew for the 102nd consecutive month, say the nation’s supply executives in the latest Manufacturing ISM® Report On Business®. The PMI increased to the highest level since March 2011. Furthermore, increases in production (best in 34 years), New Orders, Backlogs and Unfilled Orders. Of the 18 manufacturing industries,…

Market Talk – Thursday, December 28

Although not all markets closed positive, the overall theme certainly was. Shanghai and Hang Seng were both strong with gains made from Tech, Consumers, and Energy all adding to the near 1% gains. Volumes were again very disappointing with today’s HSI around 70% of the previous 30 days average. Much has been talked about the…

11 Of 19 Bear Market Warnings Signaled

Bear Market Signals Triggered In previous articles, we’ve reviewed the 30 risks for 2018. Now let’s look at the 19 bear market signposts. As you can see from the image below, 11 of the 19 signposts have been triggered already. The first trigger is the Fed raising rates by more than 75 basis points. This…

Are “Gold Bugs” Ignoring Gold?

In this interview with Jim Goddard, I had to give another update on Bitcoin, because right now it is all anyone is talking about. But in this update, I talked about the reality of Bitcoin that Bitcoin players don’t know about as they are caught up in a bubble not knowing what is happening outside…