Global Market Comments February 9, 2026 Fiat Lux Featured Trade: (MARKET OUTLOOK FOR THE WEEK AHEAD, or ICEBERGS AHEAD) ($VIX), ($SPX), (AMZN), (KRE), (XLP), (XLI), (IAT), (TAN), (XLK), (HOOD), (MSTR), (COIN), (SLV), (LLY), (SMCI), (UUP), (MSFT), (MSTR)
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It was a nightmare week for traders. An onslaught of deteriorating jobs data prompted a tidal wave of short selling as traders gunned for bigger downside targets. The Volatility Index ($VIX) jumped to $22. The S&P 500 ($SPX) plunged a substantial 150 points, or 2.14%. Then on Friday, that all reversed on an improved consumer […]
Global Market Comments December 1, 2025 Fiat Lux Featured Trade: (THE MAD HEDGE DECEMBER 2-4 TRADERS & INVESTORS SUMMIT IS ON!) (MARKET OUTLOOK FOR THE WEEK AHEAD, or WELCOME TO THE RODEO) (SPX), (GS), (SHW), (DHI), (GLD), (PPLT), (SLV), (NVDA), (BRK/B), (ZM), (MS), (MRNA), (GOOGL), (META), (ORCL), (AMZN), (MSFT)
With stock market volatility hitting a seven-month high last week, you might have been riding the brahma bull at the Reno rodeo. It was a technical analyst’s dream come true. We saw the perfect double bottom at $6,500 in the S&P 500 (SPX). This was further confirmed by a perfect double bottom in Goldman Sachs […]
Global Market Comments October 17, 2025 Fiat Lux Featured Trade: (OCTOBER 15 BIWEEKLY STRATEGY WEBINAR Q&A), (GLD), (SPX), (SLV), ($INDU), (GS), (PLTR), (UUP), (FSLR), (ENPH), (NVDA), (AMD), (NFLX), (BTC)
Below, please find subscribers’ Q&A for the October 15 Mad Hedge Fund Trader Global Strategy Webinar, broadcast from Incline Village, NV. Q: When would be a good time to get into gold (GLD)? A: Well, the answer may be never. We are now getting what they call a hyperbolic move to the upside, where it […]
Global Market Comments August 25, 2025 Fiat Lux Featured Trade: (THE MARKET OUTLOOK FOR THE WEEK AHEAD, or LEADING INTO A PUNCH), (UUP), (AAPL), (GM), (F), (RKT), (PLD) (AMT), (PEP), (DUK), (ZION), (IJR), ($SPX), (QQQ), (MS)
There’s nothing worse than leading into a punch. The outcome for any mixed martial artist or karate black belt is usually disastrous: a broken nose, brain damage, or death. It only took a few choice words from Jay Powell’s Friday Jackson Hole speech to set the markets on fire and trigger a 1,000-point rally in […]
Global Market Comments June 17, 2025 Fiat Lux Featured Trade: (MARKET OUTLOOK FOR THE WEEK AHEAD, or THE IRAN WAR AND YOUR PORTFOLIO) ($SPX), ($WTIC), (TSLA), (QQQ), (TLT), (BA), (GLD)
If you are worried about the Israel-Iraq war causing a third oil shock and sending your portfolio to the junk yard, you can rest easy. Only a few Israeli attacks targeted Iranian oil facilities. It helps that there is a global oil glut and widespread tax-subsidized overproduction. The Strait of Hormuz remains open, which I […]
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