Year: 2016

Guessing/overanalyzing/figuring/predicting in regards to markets generally leads to confusion/hesitation/fear/no confidence – which usually means one thing – losing. We all need to have some (at minimum somewhat reliable) method to be able to survive in […]

The great Casey Kasem used to do “touching” weekend song dedications on his very popular weekend shows. I would like to continue that tradition. But instead of touching dedications, mine will be mocking dedications. The […]

  “The public is often right during the trends, but wrong at both ends.” I send out a quote of the day and other “treats” to our subscribers. (Sign up here.)  That brilliant quote from […]

  The Fed meeting circus did nothing to change my outlook for markets. I spend almost no time pondering what the clowns at the central banks (CBs) are doing. Over the last several decades, the […]

  The stupid, moronic, pernicious, idiotic, clueless Federal Reserve releases its’ post-meeting announcement tomorrow. I’m going to do a couple of quick market updates before that. But first, I do not have any idea, nor […]

  The two main things in a chart that I’m interested in are the price and the volume – and the intricate relationship between the two. That’s how I determine the TREND of the market and also […]

I’ve written many times about my wild bullishness LONG TERM about agriculture like here, here, here. I have disclosed several times that I made my initial purchase of the ETF (RJA) in March and that I […]

      The title of this post is from this Zero Hedge article. It discusses the “Big Short. But beware of this concept, virtually no one succeeds at it.   Here is my view of markets. […]

An addendum to a previous quote of the day  by Humphrey Neill: “Don’t confuse brains with a bull market.”   Call me Mr. Obvious, but I would add this mouthful: In an UPTREND/bull market, we […]

  “Hello, Hello, Earth to the New York Times.” I’ve received many questions as to why I ignore virtually all economic “statistics” (lies) and “data” (spin). The attached article from the New York Times is […]