Category Archives: Diary

May 6, 2025

Global Market Comments May 6, 2025 Fiat Lux   Featured Trade: (THEY’RE NOT MAKING AMERICANS ANYMORE) (SPY), (EWJ), (EWL), (EWU), (EWG), (EWY), (FXI), (EIRL), (GREK), (EWP), (IDX), (EPOL), (TUR), (EWZ), (PIN), (EIS)

They’re Not Making Americans Anymore

If demographics are destiny, then America’s future looks bleak. You see, they’re just not making Americans anymore. At least that is the sobering conclusion of the latest Economist magazine survey of the global demographic picture. I have long been a fan of demographic investing, which creates opportunities for traders to execute on what I call […]

The Market Outlook for the Week Ahead, or Expensive Again

We certainly are having to work hard for our crust of bread in the stock market this year. April brought us the fastest downturn in stocks in 16 years, immediately followed by the sharpest upturn in 21 years. It’s like running for a treadmill heart test, but a sadistic doctor keeps raising the angle of […]

April 30 Biweekly Strategy Webinar Q&A

Below, please find subscribers’ Q&A for the April 30 Mad Hedge Fund Trader Global Strategy Webinar, broadcast from Incline Village, NV. Q: Why is the Australian dollar not moving against the US dollar as much as the other currencies? A: Australia is too closely tied to the Chinese economy (FXI), which is now weak. When […]

The Seven Worst Financial Mistakes that Retirees Make

A significant proportion of my Mad Hedge subscribers are either retired or are about to do so. I have therefore gained from them a lot of valuable information about how retirees can best manage their financial resources, as well as the worst mistakes they commit, which I thought I might pass on. I have also […]