ONE-TWENTY TWO: Trading Financial Markets
Exploring the poetry in financial markets for students of money and economy since the year 2000.
I spent a lot of time over the past oversold period studying rules and guidelines for trading the (inevitable) bounce out of the selling pressure. The oversold period ended inconclusively, but my rule for buying the ETF for Brazil, iShares MSCI Brazil Index Fund ETF (EWZ), definitively worked for a second time. When EWZ started … Read more
So far this year, EWZ has experienced two 20% corrections from previous highs. The last correction ended in February along with most major stock markets. In late January, I recommended buying EWZ for a trade once it tested its 200DMA. That point of support marked a 20% correction, and it also coincided with the August, … Read more
I last wrote about the Brazil Index Fund ETF (EWZ) at the end of the sharp correction in October. At that time, the big headline was that EWZ had lost all its gains from the Olympics-driven rally, and I was anticipating buying EWZ at the end of a total correction of 20% from the closing … Read more
The current correction has produced a LOT of intriguing charts. The Brazil Index Fund ETF, EWZ, is certainly one of them (shown below). EWZ suffered its largest one-day drop since March, and it has now completed a roundtrip for its Olympics-driven rally. EWZ is now already down 12% from its closing 14-month high just last … Read more
While I feel bad for Chicagoans and America for losing out on the bid for the 2016 Summer Olympics, I am very excited for Brazil. It is about time South America got the chance to host these games. My one Olympics experience was in Atlanta in 1996. I had a lot of fun back then, … Read more