Tag Archive: COMMODITIES

THE PRIOR WEEK: Biggest Market Mover Was The Least Reported

The Biggest News Was What Didn’t Happen, Why, And Its Implications There were three primary market moving events for the week ended Friday August 3rd, 2012. First, here’s a quick look at the… Continue reading

COMING WEEK: 20 MUST WATCH POTENTIAL MARKET MOVERS

Plenty of Fuel for Volatility While the EU remains the dominant source of potential market moving events, it has plenty of competition. EU CRISIS RELATED EVENTS 1. Growing Skepticism About June 29th EU… Continue reading

BEWARE FIVE PRIOR WEEK MARKET MOVERS POINTING TO TROUBLE AHEAD

Have Markets Lost Hope? 1. Stimulus Hopes Hopes for government stimulus (rather than actual evidence of improving economies) sparked short cover rally Monday-Tuesday, aided by lingering but false beliefs that the EU had… Continue reading

IGNORE ALL RALLIES ON EU CRISIS “SOLUTIONS” UNTIL THREE THINGS CHANGE

We won’t be fooled again Within the past month, we’ve seen 2 false rallies based on false optimism based on false EU solutions, once after the Spain bank rescue, once after the EU… Continue reading

COMING WEEK: 5 GREAT BIG MARKET MOVERS TO WATCH-CAREFULLY

Even if you sold in May, 5 reasons not to go away. The sad, sad, truth, and the dirty lowdown As noted in our weekly review, PRIOR WEEK: 17 REASONS TO FADE THE… Continue reading

PRIOR WEEK: 17 REASONS TO FADE THE EU SUMMIT EUPHORIA RALLY

Last week, the only real market mover was speculation about the EU summit. Ok, US housing and some other data points might have provided a brief excuse for some movement, but that’s all.… Continue reading

PRIOR WEEK MARKET MOVERS, ANALYSIS & LESSONS: WHY EU REALLY IS DOOMED

Below we review the prior week market movers and summarize why the EU really is doomed without some radical changes in policy, (none of which are likely to occur quickly enough, if at… Continue reading

Three Days, Thirteen More Reasons To Diversify Your Currency Exposure

If most of your assets are denominated in one or two of the most widely held currencies, it’s time to be thinking about ways to hedge that exposure and diversify into assets denominated… Continue reading

COMING WEEK: 4 MARKET MOVERS, 3 QUESTIONS TO ANSWER TO EXPLOIT THEM

Coming Week Market Movers, Their Lessons & Ramifications There are 4 likely market drivers for the coming week. Only one is truly dominant, and to profit from it, you need to ask and… Continue reading