Your Chances Are, Your Chances Are, Awfully Good

Mish Schneider | June 24, 2017

Last week, the market traded like a golden bull that crooned to keep his head above the fire.

The S&P 500 began the week strong.

The rest of the week, SPY never achieved taking out the highs.

Rather, it sold …

A Market Without a Catalyst on the Other Side of New Highs

Mish Schneider | June 22, 2017

A Steinway without a pianist on the other side of the window.

A Market without a catalyst on the other side of new highs.

Both images leave us longing for the window to open, a pianist to play, and for …

A Market That Gives a Little Less Than It Promised.

Mish Schneider | June 21, 2017

There’s style and design and then there’s short-term versus long-term vision.

The 1950 Studebaker Champion Starlight Coupe exemplified that dilemma.

This Studebaker looked comparatively futuristic at the time. A car long on style and design, the company itself became short-sighted.…

Is the Market a False Hologram We’re Trained to See?

Mish Schneider | June 20, 2017

There’s the market and then there’s a hologram of the market.

A hologram is a 2-dimensional image that contains all the 3-dimensional information of an object.

When viewing a hologram, you can tilt the image and see the orientation of …

The Market Tugs on the Reluctant Investors’ Ear

Mish Schneider | June 19, 2017

Let’s pretend that the black and gray dog (Havanese) represents relunctant investors. That makes the Aussie puppy the market.

He nudges the Havanese to keep buying the market.

After all, the Dow made a new all-time high and the Russell …

Market Walks Complacently by a Torn Down Barbed Wire Fence

Mish Schneider | June 18, 2017

When hiking and you come across torn down barbed wire fence, you might ask yourself:

  • Who tore the fence down?
  • Shall I put a warning sign near the barbed wire to warn others of possible danger?
  • Should I take a
    • …

    Rallysaurus on a Diet-And Not the Paleo Kind

    Mish Schneider | June 15, 2017

    Birds represent the last living dinosaurs.

    Throughout the years, I’ve made multiple references to the Rallysaurus as a bull market mascot.

    As history repeats itself, we now wonder if the Rallysaurus has finally returned to extinction.

    Assuming the answer is …

    Look Both Ways: Interest Rates, Gold and the Market

    Mish Schneider | June 14, 2017

    The photo was taken as we were crossing over Railroad tracks.

    Most of us walk looking down. Perfectly logical to paint a sign on the ground that reminds folks to look UP both ways. Particularly when crossing train tracks.

    This …

    Megatrends From 2016 Still Megatrendy

    Mish Schneider | June 13, 2017

    In December 2015, I distributed to our readers what I considered the Top 10 Megatrends to trade from in 2016 and beyond.

    Here they are in the original form:

  • Climate Change: Solar Energy, Raw Materials at risk, Electric Cars, China
    • …

    Is There a Bullish Case for Gold?

    Mish Schneider | June 12, 2017

    Before I go into gold, some follow up on Semiconductors, NASDAQ, and the other members of the Economic Modern Family.

    Over the weekend, we wrote about sector rotation. The crowded space in tech saw many getting uncomfortable in that crowd.…

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