ONE-TWENTY TWO: Trading Financial Markets
Exploring the poetry in financial markets for students of money and economy since the year 2000.
Ivory Johnson: Why Gold Is Not a Bubble — CNBC Guest Blog The chorus of anti-gold rabble-rousers find themselves in some type of losing streak. Experts have predicted the demise of gold for roughly four years now, a period when gold has outperformed the S&P 500 by over 125 percent. Missing the first leg of … Read more
(This is an excerpt from an article I originally published on Seeking Alpha. Click here to read the entire piece.) For some time now, rare earth supply, demand, and prices have been hot topics of discussion and debate. While these elements are critical components in many high-tech products, they usually represent a very small part … 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.) T2108 Status: 69%. VIX Status: 17.5. General (Short-term) Trading Call: Hold. Continue identifying new shorts. Commentary OK. Now the stock market is teasing and tantalizing us. T2108 closed at 69% for … Read more
July has continued a healthy recovering from the June lows for many stocks. However, some stocks have remained stuck in stock market purgatory. Today’s chart review shows two examples of this dichotomy. The extra bonus is that the stock in recovery mode, Caterpillar (CAT), has apparently topped while the stock stuck in purgatory, LDK Solar … Read more
Fewer verbs and nouns in financial reporting could predict stock market bubble, study shows When the language used by financial analysts and reporters becomes increasingly similar the stock market may be overheated, say scientists. (tags: bubbles stock_market trading_strategy)