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. Click here to read the entire piece.) I have not updated my “sentiment” analysis on gold in nine months…{snip}…I think this is a great time to take a fresh look. {snip}…I use Google Trends on the terms “buy gold” and “sell gold” … 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)
Like my friend TraderMike, I am extremely surprised at the timing of the market’s latest breakout. I too would have thought a breakout would come immediately after one of our three main news items of the week, not in between! I agree with TraderMike that the nature of this breakout leaves open the real possibility … Read more
Now that the bearish/selling signal for gold (and silver) seems ready to pass without incident, I thought I would take another look at a sentiment analysis on gold. Since little has changed in the three months since I concluded that skepticism towards gold remained high, I am taking a slightly different spin this time around. … Read more
I tried to make the case on Monday that the shrill commentary about the struggling American economy and its tepid stock market were getting overwrought with the kind of fever only a contrarian could love. It turns out there were other sentiment indicators flashing important extremes: “Bullish Sentiment Plummets to Credit Crisis Low“ (CNBC, August … Read more