Thinking of the late great Chick Corea this morning as I survey the sky-high equities market… Futures have regained about half their overnight losses, spurred by a timely dip in VIX and pop in 10Y yields (testing Monday’s highs.) continued for members… … continue reading →
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Jerome Powell gave a good news/bad news speech to the Economic Club of New York. He noted that employment is still 10 million below February 2020 levels and that a broader range of unemployment would put the current rate at 10%, adding, “We are still very far from a strong labor market whose benefits are … continue reading →
In Friday’s post VIX: Back From the Dead we noted that VIX had recovered from the breakdown below trend dating back to Nov 27. This morning, it’s testing overhead resistance from Jan 4 and, if it’s able to break through, will likely take on resistance from Dec 21 or even Oct 29. Bears might want … continue reading →
The last time we were this bearish on oil and gas was on October 3, 2018 [see: VIX Takes the Plunge.] Our reasoning at the time: CL and RB [have] not only reached overhead resistance by our measure, but must deal with inflation that’s too high, bearish API data, another round of Trump tweeting, and … continue reading →
ZN broke down from its rising red channel back on the 6th. Since then, it has found support in a falling channel – from which it is now threatening to break down.This is a moment of truth for bonds and the many correlated assets such as GC, shown above. Stocks might not be amused. continued … continue reading →
BTC reached our next upside target at 29,890-30,108 [see: Dec 22 Update on BTC.] Had it remained in either the rising pink or purple channel, it might have taken quite some time. But, as we discussed last month, it broke out of both channels and topped the Fib target at almost exactly the time forecast … continue reading →
Maybe Warren Buffett can get through to Congress. In a CNBC interview aired this morning: “It’s so important that small businesses, which have become collateral damage in a war that our country needed to fight, but we, in effect, voluntarily had an induced shut down of parts of the economy, and it hit many types … continue reading →
We noted back on July 9 [see: Moment of Truth] that GC had reached our long-held 1823.60 target well ahead of schedule. From a charting standpoint, it should reverse here at its .886 Fib retracement. From a fundamental standpoint, of course, the fiscal picture suggests plenty of additional upside. Remember, it broke out of two … continue reading →
Almost 8 months ago I posted our first outlook on BTC [see: FOMC Embraces MMT.] We noted at the time that the FOMC was “officially in the short-squeeze business” after ES came within 19 points (trading was halted there) of our 2155 target and the Dow was set to test the Nov 8, 2016 (election … continue reading →
It’s a little known fact that if you’re trying to get over the pain of back-to-back knee replacements, you should have rotator cuff surgery. At least that’s what my horoscope said. As a result, my typing skills will be a little off this morning, which means my market insight might also be a bit off. … continue reading →