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 […]
Global Market Comments April 28, 2025 Fiat Lux Featured Trade: (MARKET OUTLOOK FOR THE WEEK AHEAD, or HERE’S THE BEST-CASE SCENARIO) (SPY), (TLT), (NFLX), (COST), (NVDA), (TSLA), (MSTR)
Last week, a concierge customer asked me an excellent question. Having correctly called the top in this market to the hour, what would it take for me to go all in on the long side and get maximum bullish? With everyone now laser-focused on downside risks, which was really a last February game, I thought […]
Global Market Comments April 21, 2025 Fiat Lux Featured Trade: (MARKET OUTLOOK FOR THE WEEK AHEAD, or IN SEARCH OF THE LOST MARKET BOTTOM), (SPY), (TLT), (NFLX), (COST), (NVDA), (TSLA), (MSTR)
Back in 1977, I met Chinese Premier Deng Xiaoping for the first time at the Foreign Correspondents Club of Japan. He was a cherubic 4’10” and I was a lanky 6’4” and when we shook hands, he craned his neck and laughed. When he asked me my name, I answered “Shorty” and we laughed again. […]
Global Market Comments April 14, 2025 Fiat Lux Featured Trade: (MARKET OUTLOOK FOR THE WEEK AHEAD or REARRANGING THE DECKCHAIRS ON THE TITANIC), (SPY), (GLD), (NFLX), (NVDA), (TLT), (MSTR), (SVXY), ($VIX) (AMZN), (AAPL), (GOOGL), (PANW), (NFLX), (CORN), (WEAT), (SOYB)
Back in 1987, I flew my Cessna 340 twin from London to Rome to visit Morgan Stanley’s high-end Italian clients. Held over by meetings, I got a late start, and I didn’t get as far as the French Champagne country until midnight. Right then, at 20,000 feet, the gyroscope suddenly blew up with a great […]
Global Market Comments April 7, 2025 Fiat Lux Featured Trade: (MARKET OUTLOOK FOR THE WEEK AHEAD, or TRUMP DECLARES WAR ON THE WORLD), (SPY), (TLT), (META), (GOOGL), (MSFT), (CRM), (COST), (NVDA), (NFLX), (NVDA), (TSLA), (GLD)
I often get asked why I am still working after 55 years in the stock market. With five customers calling me this morning to thank me for saving their retirement funds, you might understand why. It is now clear that in retrospect and with the wisdom of 20/20 hindsight, corporate America flipped the switch on […]
