Paying attention to the media and all the fearmongering around the debt ceiling, we can see the results to both the futures and stock markets.
I want to take a rare U-turn from technical signals (after this week focusing on …
An AI image to illustrate that while Monday, Granddad Russell (IWM) was offering a helping hand to his wife Granny Retail (XRT) , today, they both looked more vulnerable.
Just as the S&P 500 failed to clear its 23-month moving …
Just look at the March lows in Granddad Russell 2000 (IWM).
Now look at the March lows in Granny Retail (XRT).
So who is right?
IWM has moved up for the March lows and to start the week, took the …
We started out this year thinking that the economy stagnates, and inflation has a second wave or a super-cycle.
At this point, with 5 months into the year, the recent economic stats still support that our economy is contracting.
But …
Hello Gaugers. Hope the sun shone favorably on you this past week and you were able to lock in some profits following our investment strategies.
Last week we shared with you a number of dark clouds casting a shadow on …
This week I wrote a Daily on USO, the US Oil Fund.
Plus, I did a video for CMC Markets on those 2 commodities plus on Dollar pairs with Yen, Euro, British Pound.
I wrap the video up with a …
The four ratio indicators track key intermarket relationships which identify risk on/off market conditions.
These four indicators can be used together to confirm or identify the strength of the core risk on/off indicator which is the S&P 500 v. Utilities.…
Most associate lithium with EV usage.
The largest holding in the ETF basket (LIT) is Albemarle Corp. (ALB). The U.S. based company is not purely a lithium business as they also produce chemicals related to petroleum refining and consumer electronics.…
USO, US Oil Fund the ETF, invests primarily in futures contracts for light, sweet crude oil, other types of crude oil, diesel-heating oil, gasoline, natural gas, and other petroleum-based fuels.
Essentially, the top 6 holdings are crude oil futures from …
However, hope is not a strategy.
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The market has been extremely quiet these past few …
Watch Out! Last Week Was Different.
Space Stock (SATL) Takes Off, and Energy Stocks Fall.
April 5, 2026
