FOMC: Not Enough Inflation, Folks

Not enough inflation.  That's what the Fed is saying yet again. FOMC Statement "Inflation has continued to run below the Committee's 2 percent longer-run objective, partly reflecting earlier declines in…

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‘Gold vs.’, Pre-FOMC

We are well along in the precious metals correction and have downside targets for gold, silver and the miners.  In order for that to be a 'buy', the sector and…

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NFTRH 413 Out Now, and… Perspective

As mailed to subscribers along with this morning's report... Folks, I talk a lot about keeping perspective in the markets and this morning from a non-market area comes a message…

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NFTRH+; Depomed (public)

I closed out a very successful DEPO trade today because... There is still some patent risk (though odds favor a positive resolution, IMO) The reason for the big rise is…

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Yield Curve Breakout, Weekly View

A look at the yield curve by weekly chart.  Sooner or later one of these breakouts will be real and it will signal the end of the era of confidence…

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US Stock Market, Monthly Charts Updated

On a morning when MarketWatch is on the job promoting the recent volatility with this goofy headline, The pattern that signals a potential 25% plunge for the S&P 500 by…

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Post-Brainard, Yields and Yield Dynamics

Let's take a stroll through the interest rate situation, using daily charts instead of the usual bigger picture weeklies a day after Lael Brainard schooled us about the "new normal"…

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NFTRH Update; A Forward Look on HUI

A calming update amid jumpy financial markets... I want to put up a clear picture of HUI daily and use it as a potential road map, considering that things could…

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