SPX/Gold Ratio: Amigo #1 in Full Gallop

See, here is Amigo #1 (SPX/Gold ratio) on the left, having such a great time he's riding one-handed and with his eyes closed. Ye ha! Looks like someone's about to…

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Macro Tourist: Yield Curve Apologists

The guy is a most humble and open minded market watcher. He's also the poster of oddly funny and sometimes disturbing pictures on the financial internet. Yesterday the Macro Tourist…

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Palladium/Gold Ratio on Verge of a Warning

You have your Elliott Wave twittlers and regular TA pattern gazers out there falling all over themselves to tell us whether the top-test in the stock market will be bullish…

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Industrial Metals Continue to Drop vs. Gold

Hey, it's just a beneath the surface indicator of a cyclical item breaking down vs. a counter-cyclical one. Nothing that hasn't already happened in 2018. But it is nonetheless notable,…

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Updating Amigo #3, the Yield Curve

We've covered the other Amigos. Amigo #1 is the stock market still rising in terms of gold and #2 is long-term Treasury yields, which hit their limiters, pulled back harshly…

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Still Only 1 of 3 Macro Amigos to Destination

[Article edited/updated from original] It's the happy-go-lucky 3 Amigos (in play since we began this goofy metaphor last fall), which would signal macro changes to come. When you are talking…

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Macro Changes for Gold and Stocks

Since early 2016 we have been carrying forward a theme illustrating that until the macro trends in place since 2011 change, the situation would be as is, stocks trending up…

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Macro Whipsaw Continues in Metallic Indicators

Here is just one picture from said whipsaw, and its an important one as a cyclical indicator; Industrial Metals (positively correlated to the economy) and gold (generally negatively so). A…

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As the Macro Turns…

We began months ago, noting the 3 Amigos destined for their goals. Here's a post from November 2017 explaining the macro fundamentals involved: Updating the 3 Amigos of the Macro…

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