This year is turning out to be a show-stopper in many respects: sports or economics or politics or weather, and in some cases, all four. Right now in California, we have the deadliest and probably the most costly wildfire in history still raging. And all that devastation was preceded by three major hurricanes in quick…

One crucial task of the agile trader is keeping up with market-moving news. One little event anywhere in the world can throw gasoline on the hottest bullish fire OR send it plunging like a barrel over Niagara. In fact, in this ever-more-connected world, hot news- good or bad- may be the biggest catalyst for short-term…

In a previous report I discussed the phenomenon that is serving as the primary driver in an explosion in the U.S. stock market. And it is this explosion that I believe will take the Dow on to 30,000 before 2020. That phenomenon is the impending implosion of both the European and Asia markets which is…

Right now, people are betting on how many hard-boiled eggs this market can eat in an hour. The “smart money” and the financial press is spinning 50 as completely impossible. The crowd seems to wholeheartedly agree. Place your bets now. And hint: bet wisely. In previous reports I warned that the excitement among investors over…

Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla Inc. (and of a half dozen other companies) made headlines this week with a prediction that the company will soon be worth as much as Apple. For those not familiar, Apple is the world’s most valuable corporation at roughly $750 billion (yes that’s with a ‘b’). And given the reality…

In recent posts I discussed my projections that the Dow will blow past 20,000 and move on to as much as 30,000 in the near future as foreign investment capital continues to seek shelter in the American markets. I also detailed that major global events will be the most likely triggers that could derail that…

In Part 1 of this blog post I concluded with a lesson to be learned in how bubbles form in markets as small investors begin piling into a rapid growth scenario and that seeing this play out is a good time to back up and take a broader look at what’s going on. Let’s dig…

Some of the smartest data crunchers and financial experts in the world have been among the most profoundly wrong when it comes to predicting what the markets will do in the short and long-term future. That’s because investing is as much about art as it is about science…intuition plus facts. If you are familiar with…

This week the members of the Federal Reserve Board met again to consider the nation’s monetary policy. And after years of multiple rounds of quantitative easing, rumors of a possible interest rate hike are finally more than mere speculation. The Fed’s decision to hike rates by 25 points is considered to be the first of…

In global macro-economics there are a million different things that can occur to profoundly affect exchanges around the world and how investors respond in their buying and selling behavior. In my most recent blog I detailed just a few of them as examples for why I believe the historic, record-setting Trump markets are due for…