Doctor Copper Fades

The intermediate uptrend is intact but the $3/lb. area remains a holdout. So, no big "party on Garth!" macro signal at this time. It's just a boring and over worked…

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Trade War Distortions?

I have found myself writing the phrase "trade war distortions" on multiple occasions because I personally cannot see how anyone can quantify the effects of the Trump/China standoff, economically. In…

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Jobs Are Great! But is the Semi Canary Still Sick?

I am not talking my book (well, I guess I am if I am a counter-cyclical gold bug) because I am significantly more long than short the market at the…

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Market Week Ahead

Earnings start to kick in (with Caterpillar and Apple in the spotlight) and the media are telling us all about everything under the sun as usual. Bloomberg for example... The…

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Semiconductor Sector (NFTRH 535 Excerpt)

As in January of 2013 (ahead of an economic up cycle) and Q4 2017-Q1 2018 (ahead of an economic ripple that began in 2018) the Semiconductor sector and in particular…

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Employment Blowout

How typical. Just as everyone was getting beared up out comes the employment report featuring a blowout number of  +312,000 in December (vs. an expected 188,000). Here is the blurb…

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NFTRH; Post-FOMC (high priority)

I really do think we are onto something here. The dead-eyed (that's a compliment) chief of the Fed just looked the market - and the president - in the eye…

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Watch the Damn 2 Year Yield

We have had several indicators swinging bearish but a big holdout has been the 2 year Treasury yield's signal that the Fed had not yet gotten ahead of itself. Here…

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