ONE-TWENTY TWO: Trading Financial Markets
Exploring the poetry in financial markets for students of money and economy since the year 2000.
More and more stocks are hitting, and breaking, their March, 2009 and/or Fall, 2008 lows. For those people who missed out on the buying opportunities at that time, now seems like one of those rare moments where the market offers up a second chance. I am using similar logic to buy commodity-related stocks that have … Read more
(This is an excerpt from an article I originally published on Seeking Alpha. Click here to read the entire piece.) Back in mid-May, I sold my holdings in MUB, the iShares S&P National Municipal Bond ET. I purchased MUB in December of last year because the big discount seemed to big to resist; I was … Read more
Gold is suddenly just about the only asset that is working in financial markets. This fact will likely ignite a positive feedback loop that will send gold parabolic in a matter of time. In “India Gold Imports May Reach a Record“, Bloomberg provides some great statistics from various sources that seem to add weight to … Read more
(T2108 measures the percentage of stocks trading above their respective 40-day moving averages [DMAs]. To learn more about it, see my T2108 Resource Page. You can follow real-time T2108 commentary on twitter using the #T2108 hashtag.) T2108 Status: 14% (Day #12 of the current oversold period). VIX Status: 43 General (Short-term) Trading Call: Only add … Read more
Finally, silver re-awakens. After a near straight-line recovery from August’s lows, silver broke out with a gap up to new highs for the month. Source: stockcharts.com The ETF for silver, iShares Silver Trust ETF (SLV), is of course following a similar pattern. With silver (and gold) being one of the few assets working on the … Read more
China: The five-year plan | NPR Marketplace Five years ago, Marketplace visited China for a series of special reports. During our special two-week broadcast, we covered a wide range of stories — many involving China's rapid economic growth. Some of the topics we looked at include the hidden price of China's pace, its move toward … Read more
(T2108 measures the percentage of stocks trading above their respective 40-day moving averages [DMAs]. To learn more about it, see my T2108 Resource Page. You can follow real-time T2108 commentary on twitter using the #T2108 hashtag.) T2108 Status: 14% (Day #11 of the current oversold period). VIX Status: 43 General (Short-term) Trading Call: Only add … Read more
(T2108 measures the percentage of stocks trading above their respective 40-day moving averages [DMAs]. To learn more about it, see my T2108 Resource Page. You can follow real-time T2108 commentary on twitter using the #T2108 hashtag.) T2108 Status: 19% (Day #10 of the current oversold period). VIX Status: 32 General (Short-term) Trading Call: Only add … Read more
GLD Close to Overtaking SPY as World's Largest ETF – Seeking Alpha At the end of last week’s trading, SPY’s assets had shrunk to about $73.8 billion according to State Street, a result of both sinking asset prices and outflows from the popular equity fund. Interest in gold, meanwhile, was red hot, inflows into GLD … Read more
Today, the Swiss National Bank (SNB) announced it is taking additional measures to try to weaken its currency and wave off the franc’s many adoring fans. The SNB’s latest statement gets an “A” in rhetoric for amplifying its fighting words and claiming victory in one battle even as the bank warns it is prepared to … Read more