Nature Erodes; The Market Corrodes

Mish Schneider | November 1, 2016

What’s the difference between a cavernous hole in a mountain made by Mother Nature and a cavernous hole in the market made by understandable jitters?

A hole made by Mother Nature occurs over hundreds of thousands of years. Erosion.

A …


What Does "Shake it Up" Mean for Your Money?

Mish Schneider | October 31, 2016

These Native American women with closed eyes and opened mouths hold their empty vessels out in prayer. The golden cloths attached to each one’s sleeve is the visual plea to Mother Earth to fill the empty vessels with bounty.

We …


A Giant Rat: The Market's Unexpected Trick or Treater

Mish Schneider | October 28, 2016

Part of the Meow Wolf Art Installation

Last Thursday night, we saw vampire bats overhead as we thought about the possibility of stagflation-the terror and awe of it.

Early Friday, a better than expected GDP of 2.9% helped boost the …


Stagflation: Terror and Awe

Mish Schneider | October 27, 2016

I suspect most of you have never looked up to see a throng of vampire bats overhead. Please imagine if you will, what emotions that sight might evoke. Terror? Awe? Both?

Now substitute bats flying overhead with the image of …


Market's Fighting for Its Life Inside a Thriller

Mish Schneider | October 26, 2016

Today, maybe not so much a Thriller, but definitely a market action Chiller. Or as the song goes, “…share a killer, diller
Chiller Thriller here tonight.”

Typical index, sector and group relationships swayed further from their norms. Nonetheless, none of …


6 Simple Strategies To Trade the Wolf's Meow

Mish Schneider | October 25, 2016

Art Installation in Santa Fe, NM

How many of you are as weary as I am of trying to find yet another creative way of saying the same thing each day about the market?

Oh, for those of you new …


Trading the Market Without an Authorized Guide

Mish Schneider | October 24, 2016

Baffling, as beyond this sign is a shear 600 foot drop into the canyon below. Doesn’t that make you wonder what sort of authorized guide they recommend visitors follow?

Not so different than the market action. Speculators feel prohibited from …


Is The Bull Market’s Tide Coming In or Going Out?

Geoff Bysshe | October 23, 2016

In Mish’s last report she highlighted the equal and opposite forces working among market sectors which has resulted in a market becoming so tightly consolidated that it has not closed more than 1% outside of the 1-day range set over …


The Market's Equal and Opposing Forces

Mish Schneider | October 20, 2016

Artist: James P. Mulligan

Do you feel like that Aspen tree, trying to establish roots as either a bull or a bear?

Not so easy when choked by opposing forces competing for the same earth.

Newton’s third law states that …


A Solar-Powered Glow-In-The-Dark Market Rallysaurus

Mish Schneider | October 19, 2016

Outside, perhaps we do see a double rainbow (yesterday’s commentary).

Inside, though, a solar powered glow-in-the-dark Rallysaurus has resurrected.

On September 25th, nearly a month ago I asked, “Have sustainable or renewable energy instruments finally bottomed?”

Today, First Solar’s price …