Like the rest of you, I have spent the last two months tediously grinding sideways, or at worst, suffering small corrections. Traders, investors, and retail have been playing a waiting game; waiting for the Fed to lower interest rates, the government shutdown to end, and the markets to digest the enormous gains since April. The […]
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Global Market Comments October 24, 2025 Fiat Lux Featured Trade: (THE KINDLE EDITION OF THE JOHN THOMAS BIO IS OUT)
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Just in time for your winter reading. Amazon has published a Kindle eBook of the autobiography A Life Well Lived – Part I: 60 Years of Memories of the Mad Hedge Fund Trader. The book is offered for sale at a bargain price of $9.99, and I am told it was a best seller on the […]
“If you can get a dividend higher than the yield on ten year debt, it’s an opportunity we haven’t seen in our lifetime. On a five year horizon, investing in large multinationals with high dividends will have a large payday” said Lawrence Fink, CEO of Black Rock.
Global Market Comments October 23, 2025 Fiat Lux SPECIAL VOLATILITY ISSUE Featured Trade: (MAKING VOLATILITY YOUR FRIEND), (VIX), (VXX), (XIV)
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With the Volatility Index back down to a bargain $17, I am getting deluged with emails from readers asking if it is time to start hedging portfolios one more time and buying the iPath S&P 500 VIX Short Term Futures ETN (VXX). The answer is no yet, but soon, possibly very soon. And here is […]
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Ingenious writing John in your Monday morning strategy letter. I forwarded it to all my family and kids, and made my 16-year old read it out loud to my wife. I made sure he understood what he was reading. I got choked up by the whole article. Go Ukraine! Best regards, Greg Las Vegas, NV […]
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“You always sound smarter when you’re a bear than when you’re a bull,” said Adam Parker formerly of Morgan Stanley.
Global Market Comments October 22, 2025 Fiat Lux Featured Trade: (HOW TO FIND A GREAT OPTIONS TRADE)
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You’ve spent vast amounts of time, money, and effort to become an options trading expert. You know the difference between bids and offers, puts and calls, exercise prices, and expiration days. And you still can’t make any money. Now what? Where do you apply your newfound expertise? How do you maximize your reward while minimizing […]