*Link to WSJ article referenced Investing is getting harder- because we are all slowly understanding that the game is not what we were taught it was. (If it’s not clear to you now that we are not operating under the … Continue reading →

When Guthrum the Viking king was planning for war with England’s Alfred the Great, he would seek the council of his high priest. The priest would divine from the entrails of rabbits wither the gods favored Guthrum on that particular … Continue reading →

Remember those MasterCard commercials? We can learn a lot about investing in stocks from these MasterCard commercials by examining more deeply the contrast between price and value as depicted in the advertisements. Let’s examine some observations and beliefs about price- … Continue reading →

“A Child having taken notice of nothing in the metal he hears called gold, but the bright shining yellow colour, he applies the word gold only to his own idea of that colour, and nothing else; and therefore calls the … Continue reading →

Looking at a weekly chart of the S&P 500, we can see clearly that the market is under distribution- professionals selling into strength. The white arrows show good volume on the breakout that gave traders confidence to keep trying the … Continue reading →

Unfortunately, it looks like the top in Bitcoin is in. Here is a video on the chart. https://youtu.be/GU0wRtHrask

A common theme I perceive while researching hyperinflation‘s of the past, is that normal people had no perception of the imminent collapse of theirs political and economic systems. In the case of the German and Austrian hyper inflations, normal people … Continue reading →

What constitutes stock market leadership? Can leadership be systematically determined? Is the market currently undergoing a leadership transition? We’ve all experienced leadership- like AAPL dragging up the whole market during the QE period. AAPL and the whole FANG complex has … Continue reading →

To end the week, here is a follow up of all the past daily setups. There are some winners and some losers. So the key is still to adhere to stops (10% maximum loss) and keep position sizing constant until … Continue reading →

The idea is to shoot as many setups as you can, trade as many of them as you can, stop out of the ones that don’t work, and eventually you will latch on to some really nice winners.