Tag Archives: (XLE)

The Market Outlook for the Week Ahead, or The View from the Andes

I  am writing this to you from a $13 a day dive hotel walking distance from Cusco airport in Peru. I am returning from another bucket list item, climbing Machu Picchu, which, 500 years ago, was a royal Inca retreat. I was headed back to Lima to complete my research on the lithium mines here […]

February 17, 2026

Global Market Comments February 17, 2026 Fiat Lux Featured Trade: (MARKET OUTLOOK FOR THE WEEK AHEAD, or ABANDON SHIP!), (SPY), (EEM), (EWZ), (XLP), (XLU), (XLRE), (XLE), (XHB), (XLB, (CRM), (XLF), (LSTR), (JBHT), (XLY), (JNJ), (CL), (O), (NEE), (SCHD)

2026 Annual Asset Class Review

I am once again writing this report from a first-class sleeping cabin on Amtrak’s legendary California Zephyr. By day, I have a comfortable seat next to a panoramic window. At night, they fold into two bunk beds, a single and a double. There is a shower, but only Houdini could navigate it. Not made for […]

November 14, 2025

Global Market Comments November 14, 2025 Fiat Lux   Featured Trade: (NOVEMBER 12 BIWEEKLY STRATEGY WEBINAR Q&A), (SLV), (SMR), (CCJ), (USO), (XLE), (XOM), (OXY), (UNG), (TSLA), GDX), (B), (NEM), (WPM), (PPLT), (ARKK), MU)