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Pigs Are Making a Move

Now, what does it mean? Is it an ill-fated bounce or something more? The Vampire Squid is typical of what I am seeing in many Financials/Banks. GS has taken out…

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NFTRH+; A Piggie w/ a Potentially Very Bullish Chart

Any discussion of the banks and greater Financials sector has to include a discussion about interest rates. I believe that long-term interest rates will eventually work higher and if that…

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NFTRH+; A Trade Setup for Those w/ a Positive View on Yields

Much like the previous update on the Small Caps assumes a short-term bearish view on the USD, this update assumes a short-term bullish view on long-term Treasury yields (the recent…

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NFTRH; 2 Sectors Keying Off Interest Rates

As everybody knows, long-term interest rates have been rising since the beginning of September, well before the FOMC supposedly surprised markets with a lean to a hawkish stance (for December)…

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Attending to Short Positions

Profit taken on the still much ugly DBC, which has dropped to potential support. Loss taken on GDX, which was overseeing the hold and additions of longs that look like…

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Read more about the article A Look at Financials & Interest Rates

A Look at Financials & Interest Rates

This post started off as a simple one on the Financials, but then riffed along into yield dynamics and the contrary bond play - of a much different kind that…

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3 Little Bears

Want to see some different flavors of bearish? Well here they are. The Financials are dropping to the neckline of a bearish pattern once again. I am already short (via…

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Read more about the article Updating the Yields/Financials Situation

Updating the Yields/Financials Situation

Just because I have an interest on a macro level (interest rates and the dynamics therein) with rates being key to all other markets and because I have an interest…

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Read more about the article Long-term Yields Creep Up

Long-term Yields Creep Up

With respect to yesterday's post, the 10yr yield has crept above the SMA 50 while the Financials and Banks seem to be thinking about it, pondering. It would seem almost…

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NFTRH; Banks & Financials

We have shorted GS, longed GS and shorted it again (NFTRH+); all for profit (if only all trades worked so well). We also had a successful short setup on the…

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NFTRH+; XLF

On the other side of the equation from the earlier GDX update, we have the bearish Financials ETF XLF, losing important support today.  MACD, RSI and AROON are all down to boot.

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