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How to Handle the Friday, September 19 Options Expiration

Followers of the Mad Hedge Fund Trader alert service have the good fortune to own TWO in-the-money options positions that expire on Friday, SEPTEMBER 19, and I just want to explain to the newbies how to best maximize their profits. This involves the: (GS) 9/$690-$700 call spread (JPM) 9/$270-$280 call spread   Provided that we […]

The Market Outlook for the Week Ahead, or Watching History Rhyme

I have been predicting all year that the government’s new and untested economic policies would produce stagflation. Well, we certainly got the “Stag” on Friday with the most disastrous jobs report since the Pandemic. Will the “flation” follow with the Consumer Price Index this coming Thursday? Nonfarm Payroll certainly broke all recent records, proving how […]

August 29, 2025

Global Market Comments August 29, 2025 Fiat Lux   Featured Trade: (AUGUST 27 BIWEEKLY STRATEGY WEBINAR Q&A), (BA), (FXI), (SPY), (QQQ), (CCJ), (VSTR), (LEN), (PHM), (KBH), (RKT), (JPM), (BAC), (GS), (MS), (CCI), (DHI), (GLD), (MSTR), (TLT)

August 27 Biweekly Strategy Webinar Q&A

Below please find subscribers’ Q&A for the August 27 Mad Hedge Fund Trader Global Strategy Webinar, broadcast from Incline Village, NV. Q: How long will it take the bull market to continue? A: I would say it depends entirely on inflation. If inflation continues to accelerate, interest rates will go up at the long end, […]

The Idiot’s Guide to Investing

Since April 1, everyone seemed to have pretty much the same investment strategy. What would you do if I recommended an investment strategy that would cause your accountant to disown you, your inheritance-anticipating children to sue you, and your wife to file for divorce? Chances are, you would designate all my future mailings as SPAM, […]

June 9, 2025

Global Market Comments June 9, 2025 Fiat Lux   Featured Trade: (MARKET OUTLOOK FOR THE WEEK AHEAD, or THE BLIND MAN’S MARKET) (GOOGL), (MSFT), (NVDA), (JPM), (V), (AAPL), (GLD), (MSTR), (SPY), (AAPL), (QQQ), (TLT), (WPM), (SLV), (SIL), (AGQ)

The Market Outlook for the Week Ahead, or The Blind Man’s Market

Last week, the markets ignored a collapsing bond market, exploding national debt, global shooting wars, trade wars, tariff chaos, rapidly weakening economic data, and the shredding of our international relations. It’s a lot like 1999, when every news headline was taken as yet another reason to buy more tech stocks, most of which are no […]