Doctor Copper Do-or-Die
If the good Doctor does not do at the noted support level, it is going to die below it… or at least target 1.50/lb.
Finance
Tips For Rebalancing Your ETF Portfolio
The final month of the year is upon us and many ETF investors are likely considering making changes to their holdings as a result of annual rebalancing, required minimum distributions, or a change in their investment profile. These rituals can be an important step in ensuring you stay within your asset allocation targets and give…
Plummeting Oil Prices Could Destroy The Banks That Are Holding Tr
Could rapidly falling oil prices trigger a nightmare scenario for the commodity derivatives market? The big Wall Street banks did not expect plunging home prices to cause a mortgage-backed securities implosion back in 2008, and their models did not anticipate a decline in the price of oil by more than 40 dollars in less than…
Stocks Up, Bonds Up, USDollar Up, Gold Up, Oil Up Ahead Of Draghi
An utter VIXnado (below 12.25 in the last 30 mins) sparked a late-day buying panic in stocks ahead of tomorrow’s all-hopeful ECB meeting (because nothing makes more sense than lifting all protection ahead of a potentially massive market event) although the last few minutes closed weak. On the day high beta Trannies (despite higher oil)…
U.S. Banks With Growth Potential
U.S. banks are starting to look a lot better as the risk of yet another economic slump has gradually abated and the ability to endure pressures from the operating environment has improved. Adding to these are the tailwinds from sustained GDP growth and reduction in unemployment. Further, although the prevailing low interest rate environment curbs…
MOJO Wave Theory Explained
MOJO Wave Theory is a great demonstration and lesson on how to Day Trade the opening of the stock market. Most traders will tell you not to trade the open and to wait, but this video shows you otherwise. Video length 00:12:09
Gold Daily And Silver Weekly Charts – Non-Farm Payrolls On
Gold and silver were treading water most of the day, holding their levels at key support and resistance, within the continuing chart patterns of lower highs and lower lows. It will take a breakout to change this long bear market. That sharp V bottom and recovery we just saw *might* be bottom with a capitulation,…
It’s Our Money – Better Listen To Your Mother
Forget about fooling Mother Nature, just ignoring her puts you at certain peril even when you’re talking about an economy. So says this week’s guest Jamie Brown Hanson, Ellen’s daughter, an international researcher who studies bio-mimicry to understand how economic sustainability can be derived and adapted from ancient systems of nature: if systems don’t conform to those laws, they…
Supporting Trendline For Euro
As the Euro and Yen continue to drop in value (3-ply toilet paper; 2-ply; 1-ply………) it seems that the US dollar is indomitable. Maybe. All the same, looking at FXE (the ETF representing the EUR/USD cross-rate), we’re getting awfully close to major support. I confess, I’m not confident enough to put money behind it, particularly with the ECB press…
SP 500 And NDX Futures Daily Charts – Forty Years In The De
“All we say to America, is ‘be true to what you say on paper.’” Martin Luther King, last speech, 3 April 1968 Stocks had a light upward bias today with the SP futures leading the way against some broader divergences. There is a theme I struck over the last day or two, which I would like to…