Why a Trump Victory and an Old Italian Bank May Cause a Market Crash
Let’s start with Trump; I’ll get to the Italian bank later. Trump will win on November 8. In a landslide. On November 9, the world will wake up to President Trump. I know you think I’m crazy. The...
View ArticleVIX and NUGT Ride the Trump Train
On Tuesday November 8 the USA elects a new president, and as predicted last week in my post on a Trump election victory we are in for a bumpy ride. The markets still expect a Clinton win, albeit with...
View ArticlePredicted a Trump Victory, Still Lost Money
Wow. Two weeks ago I predicted a Trump Victory, and explained how that could cause a market crash. My reasoning for why Trump would win, when virtually everyone two weeks ago was predicting a Clinton...
View ArticleNothing Happened This Week, so More Thoughts on Trump
The market was somewhat mixed this week, unless you owned the marijuana stocks, which, sadly, I didn’t, so rather than my thoughts on the market, let’s talk Trump. Will Trump have a positive effect on...
View ArticleGold: Two Opposite Views
There are those that believe that gold is poised to take off, and there are those that believe that gold is in a long term bear market, and will go lower. Which view is correct? Gold started 2016 at...
View ArticleGold had a good week, so let’s talk Trump
From a low of $1,180 on Monday morning, gold had a good week, touching $1,225 on Thursday, and holding most of those gains on Friday. Good. So let’s talk Trump. As reader’s of this blog are aware, I...
View ArticleWhy You, and the Market, Should Not Worry About the US Health Care Debate
UPDATE: After I published this post early Saturday morning, Scott Adams wrote this post on Trump and Healthcare, which makes the point much better than I just made it, so feel free to skip my post and...
View ArticleInflection Point 2017
So, where are we at? Are we at an inflection point, a turning point, or will it be more of the same? The general market, as measured by the S&P 500, peaked at the beginning of March, and has faded...
View ArticleWhy 2018 Will Blow Your Mind
If I actually knew what was going to happen in 2018, I would invest accordingly, and I would not jinx it by writing it on this anonymous blog. But since you have taken the time to read, here are my...
View ArticleDow Falls 666, But That’s Not The Real Story
The Dow is down. Could be a story. The memo got released. That could be a story. Or perhaps those are just minor details. Perhaps there is a bigger story. So a guy named Nunes writes a memo, and the...
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