Bond Risk Profiles Flip Flop… Slightly

Yesterday we noted TLT (often risk OFF) was popping up from its flag.  Today that is reversed.  Today we see a massive risk 'ON' impulse throughout Wonderland, I mean the…

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4%

If the monthly chart of the COMP is to be believed, 4% is the ‘reward’ side of the risk/reward equation in tech stocks.  COMP could gobble that up in 3 days.

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Bulls have surely won.  The market has gone much higher than I for one thought it would when I got bullish on its prospects in late 2012.  Much higher; but then I am not a bubble chasing momo.  I am a conservative player with a negative view of the mechanics that have produced this bubble.  Still, there is no use denying its reality.

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How [They] Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the [Market]

How I [they] Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb [Market]  paraphrasing Stanley Kubrick’s great cold war/nuclear paranoia film Dr. Strangelove (1964).

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The USA thrived during a 20th century rife with war, famine and depression.  This was a wealthy country however, founded on principles of self-reliance and valuing  thrift, saving and honest work for an honest return.  Add in unparalleled productivity and economically at least, the positives more than outpaced the negatives.

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Momentum: By Definition it is Hard to Stop

Excerpted from NFTRH 250 (August 4, 2013) Momentum: the quantity of motion of a moving body, measured as a product of its mass and velocity. the impetus and driving force…

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Risk is OFF

Risk is OFF [ed: 'Risk Off' might seem obvious this morning, but NFTRH has been highlighting acute risk in the US stock market since leading indicators - including a sentiment…

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NFTRH Interim Update 3.14.13, Market Update

Precious Metals (Negative) Bearish Engulfing candles aplenty yesterday ('BE' is only a very short-term bearish candle, with implications over the next 1-3 days at most) Lack of bullish follow-through from…

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