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The Market Outlook for the Week Ahead, or The Case of the Missing Tariffs

NOTE: This is a Jeffrey Epstein-free letter. The Volatility Index ($VIX) closed on Friday at a lowly $16.45. At that price, the index is predicting that the S&P 500 will move up or down less than 1.05% over the next 30 days. Somehow, I don’t think that is going to happen, especially going into September, […]

July 16 Biweekly Strategy Webinar Q&A

Below, please find subscribers’ Q&A for the July 16 Mad Hedge Fund Trader Global Strategy Webinar, broadcast from Incline Village, NV. Q: Is gold (GLD) dead, or is it just resting? A: It is just making a pit stop on the way to $5,000 an ounce. It’s currently around $3,365 an ounce and is moving […]

Why Technical Analysis Never Works

Let me point out a few harsh lessons learned from this most recent meltdown, and the rip-your-face-off rally that followed. Remember all those market gurus claiming stocks would rise every day for the rest of 2025? They were wrong. This is why almost every Trade Alert I shot out this year has been from the “RISK […]

How to Join the Early Retirement Stampede

There is a new social movement taking place that you probably haven’t heard about. Increasing numbers of people, especially Millennials, are engineering their personal finances to make early retirement possible. I’m not talking about hanging it up at 60, 55, or even 50. I’m talking extreme early retirement, like 45, 40, or even 30! I […]

The Market Outlook for the Week Ahead, or Don’t Fight the Bubble

We are in a liquidity-driven market; there is no doubt about it. You can forget about tedious fundamentals, research, price earnings multiples, and GDP reports. They are a waste of time. As long as there is more money going into the market than coming out, prices will rise. The new just passed budget bill has […]

Why Doctors, Pilots, and Engineers Make Terrible Traders

At my last Global Strategy Luncheon, I had the pleasure of sitting next to an anesthesiologist who was a long-time reader of my research. As much as he loved my service, he confided in me that his trading results were awful. I told him I knew why. Doctors, scientists, aircraft pilots, and even anesthesiologists all […]

The Market Outlook for the Week Ahead, or the United States of Debt

There is only one number traders and fund managers need to know that came out of the US budget for fiscal 2026, which starts on October 1, 2025: $5.0 trillion. This is the new debt ceiling increase that was signed into law on Friday and is guaranteed to take the National Debt from $37 trillion […]