Hammer Time

I covered a leveraged short in Small Caps, though I maintain a straight out short on SPY, which I have been holding for maybe a couple months now.  I even…

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Gold vs. Commodities

Gold (GLD) vs. a grab bag of commodity funds...

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Post-Payrolls Happenings

I find it interesting that July Payrolls was pretty decent, the US dollar firmed (apparently with firming expectations of a Sept. rate hike), some stock markets and commodities are weak…

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July Payrolls +215,000

Our guess is off by 20k.  As expected, it was 'services' that led hiring in July. Full BLS release here.

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