A series of events took place causing me sit back and contemplate market participants (in)sanity. First, it is known that I've was one of the first to stick my neck out and tell it how it is – the U.S. Is facing a recession in 2016 – last April. Soon after, various investment banks flirted with the potential but gave the very realistic situation very low...
Is the once Goldman Sachs "slam dunk sell" turning into a layup buy? I cannot hate the initial call from many investment bank analysts it to sink to $1,000 because, in 2013, I issued a $1,035 bear-call. However, I do ridicule these analysts for unwillingly (either through ignorance or moral hazard) understanding the dynamics of gold. But in 2014 I turned rather...
The S&P 500 is starting to look pretty dismal on the longterm daily chart, despite the recent relief rally. Following the curves, price is on track to go into panicked free fall sometime in June or July. But as is the chaotic nature of the seneca cliff, It could fall a lot sooner than that. The exquisite head & shoulders top that forms the multi year crest of this...
Massive retraction in equities should happen after this brief counter rally comes to an end. A larger and sharper drop will occur as volatility cycles increase in amplitude and frequency every year.
Traders have seen this before, and it continues to play out as the global economic climate breaks down. Although these pullbacks in the SPX are often lofty and swift, it is important to realize volume is the most import factor when considering the validity of a pullback. Here , we can see that the move in SPY is volumeless. The entire squeeze from the Feb. 11...
We won't be getting higher than the yellow line any time soon. With recent events around China's "real" numbers coming in (who knows what's real anymore?) and the issues around oil production (which are NEVER going away b/c in 15 years we won't even need oil anymore), the market is in a major, structure re-evaluation phase. Why? 1. Global unease in the old model...
As this new crisis unfolds and the current Keynesian based Economy collapses, Central banks will be forced to lower rates. A raise in Rates from the Fed would trigger massive deleveraging worldwide. Silver's relative performance tell us that it will likely outperform Gold.
This support is significant. If broken, it would probably signal yet another prolonged recession
If you look at just a one-year chart, the 200 simple moving average is pointed down - just like it was before the tech bubble and before the 2007 financial crisis. The market is currently showing a head and shoulders top. Next stop 1600. After that... free fall.
As obviously noted before the market is due for a correction. The Dow Jones and the correlated USDJPY are evidence of that. LNKD is in a great spot to sell with a major head and shoulders in play, a completed shark pattern, MACD crossover, and break of the recent trendline. As far as fundamentals go LNKD has been losing money all year with a market cap of $25...
CADJPY has been setting up to become a great selling opportunity on a macro-standpoint for the following reasons: I was looking for a drop well-before today's action: twitter.com twitter.com twitter.com twitter.com Fundamentals in a nutshell: CAD is highly correlated with WTI crudeoil, both on a fundamental and technical level. There still is no tangible...
With the Federal Reserve finally raising interest rates and risk sentiment entering the market, there is potential for a bullish break of a falling wedge.
If you just look at price and volume action, especially recently this is kind of what it looks like to me (if it actually bounces). The August thing was just a "before shock".
RE: Global Macro Update Regarding European Union, #ECB, and UK The way the #Euro is strengthening relative to the Pound, and particularly the way the #CABLE $GBPUSD cross-rate is falling out of bed is about to unleash shock-waves of negative #sentiment through the European Euro STOXX Equity Markets $FEZ. According to RunningAlpha.com Capital Markets Intelligence,...
Markets held up by QE's and near to 0% interest rates... Dates are'nt too accured, but you get the idea..
Crude started the new year with volatility, as prices initially rebounded into price resistance near $38/bbl on geopolitical tensions between Iran and Saudi Arabia. However, the rally was short-lived and there looks to be no follow through in today's session. There are a few key factors to take into account: slow global growth, a decline in global demand growth...
Precious metals jump higher ahead of today’s FOMC minutes and potentially the first rate hike in the U.S. since 2007. Why? It’s most likely contributed to the fact that the majority of market participants believe Fed Chair Janet Yellen will remain extremely dovish post-rate increase. A dovish hike may be a hard sell , as Nomura suggests, but precious metals may...
$1,000 per ounce is near - an existential victory for Wall Street Historically, gold has been a go-to for times of financial uncertainty, whether deflationary or inflationary. Unfortunately, with the perception that central banks around the world will stimulate until growth shows up (hasn't so far) and a global slowdown won't turn into a global recession, gold...