With the Volatility Index back down to a bargain $17, I am getting deluged with emails from readers asking if it is time to start hedging portfolios one more time and buying the iPath S&P 500 VIX Short Term Futures ETN (VXX). The answer is no yet, but soon, possibly very soon. And here is […]
Global Market Comments October 20, 2025 Fiat Lux Featured Trade: (MARKET OUTLOOK FOR THE WEEK AHEAD, or BUY THE BLACK SWANS) (GS), (TSLA), (MSTR), (MS), (NFLX), ($VIX), (SCHW), (ZION), (USO), (GLD)
It was truly the week from hell. Three out of five days posted moves in the Dow Average of over 1,000 points or more. Dueling comments designed to worsen the trade war were tweeted daily. A trader really had to pedal hard to earn his crust of bread. However, the strategy on how to deal […]
Global Market Comments October 13, 2025 Fiat Lux Featured Trade: (MARKET OUTLOOK FOR THE WEEK AHEAD, or A FRIDAY AFTERNOON SURPRISE) ($INDU), (SPY), (GLD), (TLT), (USO), ($VIX), (GS), (MSTR), (TSLA), (NFLX), (IBKR)
It was looking like just another boring Friday afternoon ahead of a three-day weekend, with bond markets closed on Monday for Columbus Day. I was sitting in front of my screens at my Lake Tahoe mansion, trying to untie the persistent knot in my pajama bottoms with a can opener. I have lost so much […]
Global Market Comments September 8, 2025 Fiat Lux Featured Trade: (MARKET OUTLOOK FOR THE WEEK AHEAD, or WATCHING HISTORY RHYME) (GS), (JPM), ($VIX), (CRM)
I have been predicting all year that the government’s new and untested economic policies would produce stagflation. Well, we certainly got the “Stag” on Friday with the most disastrous jobs report since the Pandemic. Will the “flation” follow with the Consumer Price Index this coming Thursday? Nonfarm Payroll certainly broke all recent records, proving how […]
Global Market Comments August 21, 2025 Fiat Lux Featured Trade: (MY NEWLY UPDATED LONG-TERM PORTFOLIO)
Global Market Comments August 19, 2025 Fiat Lux Featured Trade: (LAST CHANCE TO ATTEND THE FRIDAY, AUGUST 22, INCLINE VILLAGE, NEVADA STRATEGY DINNER) (THE MAD HEDGE DICTIONARY OF TRADING SLANG)
Global Market Comments August 18, 2025 Fiat Lux Featured Trade: (MARKET OUTLOOK FOR THE WEEK AHEAD, or CLUELESS), (NVDA), (MSFT), (BAC), (DHI), (LEN), (KBH), (PHM), (GLD), (B), (NEM), (AEM), (NFLX), (FCX), (TSLA), (SPY), ($VIX), (CATL)
