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The first few days of January commonly bring along a time of purchases on hopes

Trend-followers are enjoying the current rally in U.S. equity indices, with the S&P 500 and Nasdaq continuing to grind higher, painting a picture of resilience. But beneath the index-level strength, individual stock trading remains erratic. Traders are grappling with choppy setups, navigating between punishing whipsaws and euphoric surges. This is

A few months back, before the April tariff crash (did people actually think 2025 Trump was going to be different than 2021 Trump?), I wrote a number of articles of how the US markets are trading in a choppy fashion, full of air pockets, climactic pump and dump, and blue-chip

Hi friends,Navigating global markets in the last few weeks has been an interesting affair, to say the least. After the April tariff crash, popular large-cap indices across the globe have recovered back to or near old price Highs made back Feb/March, staging a mind-bending power rally rivaling 2023 Nov/Dec and

For the last 15 months, gold has been on a tear, with spot prices running up just north of 60% against the dollar since March 2024 and after moving out of a decade-long digestion starting way back in 2011. As in May and November 2024, the run is currently taking





The first few days of January commonly bring along a time of purchases on hopes

We’ve been promised Santa rallies by a lot of the talking heads, but the only

China is a beautiful country, mystic, ancient, overwhelming. But as captivating the culture is, the

Sometimes it’s a late Christmas present that can put a smile on your face. Running

It appears a couple of popular news outlets and financial magazines do. I don’t follow

I don’t want to start with “I told you so” … but then, I did.

All the major news outlets are finally admitting that stocks are probably rolling over. Duh.

Yesterday, the consumer price index (CPI) was released. It rose less than widely expected and

A fairly choppy week lies behind us – a week for me largely characterized by


