ONE-TWENTY TWO: Trading Financial Markets
Exploring the poetry in financial markets for students of money and economy since the year 2000.
(This is an excerpt from an article I originally published on Seeking Alpha on January 6, 2014. Click here to read the entire piece.) This year started off with a strange combination of trades. One of the more surprising was to watch the U.S. dollar index (UUP) start the year strong at the same time … Read more
(This is an excerpt from an article I originally published on Seeking Alpha on September 15, 2013. Click here to read the entire piece.) The U.S. Postal Service is engaged in a well-publicized battle for survival in this era of digitization. With the closure of its paper mill in Courtland, Alabama, International Paper (IP) has … Read more
This chart review covers the following stocks Apple (AAPL), Amazon.com (AMZN), Best Buy (BBY), Skull Candy (SKUL), Priceline.com (PCLN), Hewlett-Packard (HPQ), and Caterpillar (CAT). Apple (AAPL) In retrospect, last Monday’s plunge now looks like some kind of “manipulation.” The stock plunged 3.2% on no immediate news so the selling looked like follow-through to the previous … Read more
(This is an excerpt from an article I originally published on Seeking Alpha on July 1, 2013. Click here to read the entire piece.) One of the scenarios I did not consider in my longstanding bullishness on gold is that the bond market might actually rise up AGAINST the wishes of the Federal Reserve. If … Read more
(This is an excerpt from an article I originally published on Seeking Alpha on July 29, 2013. Click here to read the entire piece.) {snip} When King uttered these words in his final Inflation Report as Governor of the Bank of England (BoE), there was no sudden surge in interest rates or sell-offs in financial … Read more