Mom & Pop Precede a Market Nose Bleed

Ma should stick to baking apple pies and Pa should get back to work on the faulty alternator to the old Ford pickup, because as general market timers they are…

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Market Volatility

I went from sad (taking my profits too soon) to glad that I took profits in volatility vehicle VIXY as the VIX reversed and went negative today. It remains to…

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Don’t try to (re) build Rome in a day

We are humans. Well, it's the internet so I should amend that. Most of us are humans. We humans have eyes, ears and a brain attached to them. We process…

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The day the world ended…

At least if you go by the headlines. Just look at this orgy of negativity. The graphic links to the website if you want to go there and get up…

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Fear is out of whack

The VIX is at the junction of the 2008 turn from hysterical fear to relief. That's fine, the COVID-19 scare and its economic implications are considerable. But when viewing VIX…

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“Man Who Predicted…”

Okay MSM, you've gone too far. A headline beginning with "man who predicted" is no better than than those infernal Taboola & Outbrained infomercials disguised as content, and financial internet…

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Coronavirus Wax On/Off

Coronavirus wax on (DJIA +275), Coronavirus wax off (DJIA -204). And so it goes in sentiment-driven markets as the herds, led by the machines... thunder on. Yesterday it was all…

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Market Sentiment (NFTRH 588 Excerpt)

Excerpted from the February 2 edition of Notes From the Rabbit Hole, NFTRH 588, a look at why we have needed to stay open minded in a sentiment-driven market. If…

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