We have not strolled down big picture lane for a while and some of what I see is pretty interesting. Some of it makes sense, some of it scares me.…
I preface this post about bearish indicators with a note that I am currently long only, in the form of SPY and IWM (while looking for short opp's in individual…
When I see funny things from chartists in the greater media, I'll make fun of them here. But I will do so as a man who stares at charts and…
A well thought out piece by Biiwii.com's newest author, Trey Reik. Brinkmanship This senior portfolio manager at Sprott obviously does not need me to inform his well presented analysis, but…
USD is one of the central themes around which global stocks, commodities and some US sectors will pivot. It is still playing the 'above support and below resistance' game on…
USD is at at the center of everything right now. It dropped and the global anti-USD trade bounced, as expected. We targeted the 200 day moving average on USD if…
[edit] With the intensity of this week's move I've already taken a couple quick profits in items that could be considered part of the 'anti-USD' trade. The most recent leg…
Last week I covered my World (ACWX) short due to the possibility that USD would break down through 94 (support) as opposed to up though 95 (resistance). Yesterday per the…
Over the last year the public has gone from hating the USD to becoming very warm to it. From Sentimentrader here is the Public Opinion reading once again. It had…
As is usually the case if these riders are going to change the macro the damage starts at ground zero, the precious metals sector. Here is the Gold/Silver Ratio (GSR)…
A concurrent rise in the Gold/Silver ratio (GSR) and US dollar can be a bringer of death and destruction to the macro, after it wipes out the precious metals, commodities…
With all due caveats about chart patterns, especially when they are presented in a day trader's view (i.e. 60 min. or less time frame) here we see the Uncle Buck…
See Kevin Muir's... Emerging Market Contagion I am far from a currency expert and so reading this article helped put some definition to the hazy thoughts I've had about EM…
Now that the supposed decision (there was no decision) by FOMC is behind us the market can get on with its course for the summer. Here is a chart based…