Corporate Profits Inflation Adjusted has been falling as expected when I first published this chart. But unlike the first chart I have inflation-adjusted it this time to get a more accurate reading. Something we have not needed to do for decades. Before I continue can you chart corporate profits and like charts? Answer yes you can which is why I added the...
The Treasury General Account (TGA) prior to the GFC of 2008 averaged between $4 and $5 billion. When the debt ceiling people freaked when it hit $48 billion (9X more than the historic average.) LOL! Today it's $500 billion 100X more than the historic average on its way to $600! Oddly enough to MMTers the TGA has never gone negative (As my friend @HenricCont...
I expect Delinquency Rate On Commercial And Industrial loans to rise from historically low levels. While that may not appear as a bad thing moving into a more normal territory the impact that it will have may be a lot more than the economy can handle. I can't help but think of Hyman Minsky "Stability is inherently destabilizing" Hyman Minsky Caution is in order!
Self explanatory. Emerging markets currencies keep printing in excess leading to devaluation for over 12 years straight. Needless to say it is now at a key area. (Red Arrow) While it has not been talked about much. This has led to a mini emerging market currency crisis. Turkey Sri Lanka Lebanon Pakistan Argentina Venezuela Egypt Russia Colombia etc.. Adding...
Are you paying attention? You better if you want to be a trader investor. Can you spot where recessions started? leave a comment below. :)
The last time World Stock Market EX US Was August 2007. Long term previous highs like this are always points of interest for a potential reversal.
BRICS (without Russia and South Africa) appear to be ready to make a move here as it breaks out from a long-term downtrend while bouncing off the longer bottom support area after a PSYCH play lower. This is a great risk-reward setup to catch a nice wave up. This particular setup doesn't come along very often as you can see. Make sure to follow as I will be...
The US Economy Is 25% Of the Global GDP with just 334 million (4.25% of the global population) This is extremely important to understand because it gives you the context required to better understand so many various narratives that are pushed all over media and politics. Here are some examples China has 1.45 billion people (18.5% of the global population)...
Solana maybe be breaking a key area here for a bigger move up. I am not a big fan of price breaking a line in of it self is a automatics buy. But it is the time to start paying attention for a good risk reward setup.
While this is a chart that hardly anyone looks at bc it is a given that stocks only go up. You should pay attention to it. Inflation-adjusted SPX is now breaking a channel that has not broken since the Bretton Woods Agreement. The price of SPX has to really explode higher to overcome inflation or inflation has to crack rapidly or both. In a world of trillions...
I have nailed PAVE twice before to the short side. Now we have a wonderful opportunity to take it to the long side as it is on the verge of breaking out. PAVE is a U.S. Infrastructure Development ETF I will spare you all the cute stories about infrastructure. You can find many of them on social media and pick what you like best. As far as the chart goes this is...
For the past two decades, corporate profits have grown at a faster rate due to excessive government deficits, Zero Interest Rate Policy (ZIRP), and Quantitative Easing ( QE ). However, this prolonged growth has not been without its hiccups. There were two major corrections, one in 2008 to 2009 which resulted in a 63% drop in corporate profits and a severe...
MATIC Bulls do not want to see this H&S at a Double Top Fail out of the Bearish up channel.
We have seen this movie before in REITS. We have yet another fully formed valid Bearish flag that bulls do not want to see a break from as we come into a key area.
Nasdaq has been driven by FOMO in 7 stocks. Based on social media MEME type silly pumping in AI, FED rate pause and better then "expected" (but not better) earnings. While I have no problem with a bull run, I do have a problem with the way bulls ran it. Meaning, moves that are designed to provoke emotions are rarely if ever trustworthy. From an economic stand...
Trading Investing is not about guessing. It is about having the ability to identify key areas and then manage risk. Obviously, my style is not I got 3 pips I am taking profits and I am out! On to the next trade. My style is about capturing big waves with a lot of meat on that bone. Set it and forget is far more profitable than the 3 pip Death by 1000 paper...
Often we hear big numbers (for you and me) in sensationalized headlines for political purposes or propaganda pushed by foreign entities. Rarely are these numbers ever put into context to reveal their true meaning. Today we had such a headline and I decided to reveal the truth. "Pentagon announces 'accounting error' provides extra $6.2 billion for #Ukraine...
Nice little risk-reward setup on the next break lower out of the bear flag. Short calls on solid companies are fools game admittedly, but the chart is the chart.