European Stocks Set To Blast Higher?
The financial media tells us that the European economic situation is a mess. We agree. However, one lesson that is reinforced on a daily basis…
An All-Time 1st?: Swiss Market Index Goes From 52-Week High To 52-Week Low In Same Week! Another extraordinary week is in the books. Obviously the…
Could The Philippines Be 2015’s Stock Market Of The Year? While the U.S. has been the steady rock of the global equity world recently, each…
New High-New Low Warning Triggered Again
In early December, we took a look at a variation of the notorious “Hindenburg Omen”, a supposed signal of forthcoming trouble in the market. For those…
Bearish Fund Bets Hit All-Time Low
We have discussed measures of market sentiment on many occasion. These measures take the pulse of the collective mood on the part of a particular…
Dr. Copper Positioned For Rebound…Or Collapse
Copper, they say, is the only metal with a Ph.D. Given its many industrial uses, the movement in copper prices has, at times, foreshadowed the…
The VIX Is Going The Wrong Way
Whenever I hear the words “you’re going the wrong way”, I immediately think of the classic scene from Trains, Planes & Automobiles when Steve Martin…
Speculators Hold Massive Record Long Position in the U.S. Dollar
We have referenced the Commitment Of Traders report published by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission on several occasions. The COT report provides a breakdown of…
Why Is VIX Volatility At Crisis Levels?
In this era of financial engineering, we have new ways of measuring all matters of behavior in the markets. We have derivatives and 2nd derivatives…
Are Bonds A Better January Barometer For Stocks?
The seasonal stock market platitudes surrounding the market’s performance in January have been pretty much covered ad nauseam at this point, particularly given the ominous…