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With the formidable entry into our capital market by public sector interventionist-directed algorithms that have been designed to position prices where “they” want them to be, the game has changed. The simple application of common sense and learned decision rules to grow capital no longer applies. Bloggers and promoters can

Global connectivity today has reached previously unimaginable levels. Did you know there are more Internet users in Africa today than in North America? Nigeria has more Internet users than California and twice as many as either Texas or New York. world-internet-users-statistics-and-2016-world-population-stats The cost of publishing messages from anybody in the

The world is soon to discover a much higher price of oil, first to $50, then $60, then possibly to $90-$100 or higher. The two year Bear Market in Oil is over or will be as soon as OPEC countries and non-OPEC countries agree to cap production. The meetings are

Much of the discussion this week I believe will come from the International Energy Agency (IEA) meeting Mon-Wed in Algeria. The OPEC oil ministers will have a side meeting there that will likely culminate in an agreement with other major oil producing nations on production limits. While agreed peak production

Occasionally I will read a promotion piece in the marketplace that resonates. That’s not to say I go looking for confirmation of my thinking, but only to review in my mind a particular article’s common sense logic. Recently I came across such an article by Brian Bolan, a Zack’s Research

I have been complaining about how computer algorithms have been destroying the integrity of our capital markets and that our securities regulators seem disinterested or powerless to stop it. The problem has been known for several years; yet the damage continues. It’s now a broken market. The problem I have

Friday was a disaster, but hold that thought. At the New York open on Friday, I made the following pithy comment– USD strength today will likely put a severe dent in people’s wealth. We shall see how the day goes, but for some, particularly those who did not raise cash,

As my readers know, I do not trade ETF’s unless under very special circumstances and then only holding a position a few hours or days. Today I will give you an example that underscores my belief that ETF’s are not investment instruments, but rather a mega billion-dollar tool used by

2016-09-01 Performance and thoughts about it The first day of the month, with the aid of a new adaptive trading strategy for the All Cap Growth accounts and the substantial rebound in the Goldminer benchmarks, resulted in excellent performance for all my accounts. Of course, I’m still ticked by the

As noted a few days ago, the market has turned extremely challenging in that computer algorithms of the big guys — or perhaps from central banks — are forcing traders into changing their trading styles. We must now switch from what had been a good market for swing traders into