Gold is still considered a volatile market, but since 1982 much of gold’s volatility disappeared. What happened? I blame this post-1982 volatility quiescence on the “policymakers”,...
I really believe the economy, and the financial system which supports market valuations in the stock and bond markets, is pregnant with counter-party risk (=) pending...
Holders of debt benefit when yields go down, as the price of debt then rises. So, debt owners; pension funds, and insurance companies want to hedge...
How is today’s (November 2022) yield curve compared to the historical extremes seen since August 1971? From the perspective of seeing the Fed Funds Rate inverting...
What is surprising is seeing the Dow Jones daily volatility’s 200D M/A hit 1.00% on Friday, as the general perception of the stock market remains bullish. ...
At this week’s close, everyone is talking about Thursday’s miracle turnaround. For myself, I’m thinking Monday wasn’t all that far from September 30th bear market low,...
The Dow Jones’ 8-count close the week at a 3, or three of the past eight days were Dow Jones 2% days. The Dow Jones’ 200-count...
Markets don’t like being oversold. So, I expect we may see a bounce in the Dow Jones in the coming weeks. But, should we actually see a bounce...
The Dow Jones is down by 12.21% since August 19th, as its step sum is down 6 steps. The bulls are still in the market, fighting for...
It wasn’t just the Dow Jones having problems this week for BEV values for the major market indexes I follow. From Monday’s BEV values, come Friday,...