Fed Not QE Update

by Lee Adler • February 21, 2020

The amount of Fed Not QE outstanding has reached a new record of $548 billion as of February 20. That number will continue to increase as the Fed continues buying Treasuries outright, regardless of the fact that the TOMO (Temporary Open Market Operations) Repo component is shrinking. This post is an excerpt from Bonds Could…

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Ambiguity? Deal With It!

by Lee Adler • February 14, 2020

Stock Market Trading Setup for Friday, February 14, 2020 Hourly ES S&P 500 Futures Chart Setups don’t get much more ambiguous, and fraught with 2 way potential, than this. OK, it’s more upside than downside potential today. An upside breakout through 3390 would target 3415. A break of 3372, on the other hand, would only…

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Ewww!!! What’s That Red Stuff?

by Lee Adler • February 13, 2020

Stock Market Trading Setup for Thursday February 13, 2020 I have been beset with brainfarts lately. Must be old age settin in. Bad enough when you let em loose in the sofa cushions, but in headlines on your own website? Ohgawd, how embarrassing! Did I get the date right in the headline today? I have…

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Les Dents de La Mer, AKA Jaws! Stock Market Trading Setup for Wednesday, February 12, 2020

by Lee Adler • February 12, 2020

The Great White shark is closing its jaws. Bears have been eaten and digested already. Now it’s the bulls’ turn. I’m not saying that the market sharks will now eat the bulls. Just that it’s their turn. But it’s been their turn before and they just passed gas and kept going. Liquidity moves markets! Follow…

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Kah Plowy! Stock Market Trading Setup for Tuesday, February 11, 2020

by Lee Adler • February 11, 2020

Kah PLOWY! That’s what they used to say in the funnies when I was a kid. Many of you reading this have no clue what the funnies were. But that’s ok! Because the charts know all and tell all, just like my old Ouija board. Or was that my Magic 8 Ball? Oh what the…

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How To Trade This Pregnant Market Depends On What Comes Out – Stock Market Trading Setup for Monday, February 10, 2020

by Lee Adler • February 10, 2020

This morning’s hourly chart of the ES futures looks a lot like yesterday’s. But boy is this thing pregnant. The question is, with what? A little bit lower here and bears gonna get some action today. But if this sucker peeks out above 3329, it’s gonna blow. As in sky high. 20 hour momentum is…

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Japan’s factory output rebounds in September- Recovery or False Dawn – CNBC Video

by Newswires • October 30, 2013 • 0 Comments

Paul Gambles, Managing Partner, MBMG International dismisses September’s industrial output data, and stresses the importance of reducing national debt.

via Japan’s factory output rebounds in September.