The British pound is getting slammed as we near Scotland’s vote for independence, so the U.S. dollar is rising compared to this move.
Many investors are holding their breath even as they hold out plenty of hope looking at the recently announced deal between Apple and IBM.
Fibonacci numbers and ratios can also be found – you guessed it – in the stock market.
With gold trading at roughly $1,300 an ounce, many investors are asking themselves if now is the time to buy gold.
I think that’s the wrong question.
What they should be asking themselves is if they can afford not to buy it right now.
The shellacking the markets took last Thursday is the most powerful warning sign we’ve seen yet that things are not what they seem in the financial markets. For lack of a better term, it’s a bearish omen, despite Monday’s recovery.
If you like bull markets, you better hope Janet Yellen is one of the most talkative Fed Chairs in history.
There’s a very dangerous meme making the rounds.
It goes something like this:
The economy is improving, therefore the Fed’s going to taper… and, when it does, the economy is strong enough to endure the withdrawals that will come with it.
Don’t fall for it.
Today I’m going to show you three charts Obama hoped you’d never see.
Brace yourself.
You’re about to get a very different view of the “recovery” picture that the administration keeps painting for us.
This one, for starters, is accurate.
It also explains why incoming Fed Chair Janet Yellen can’t cut stimulus, which is one of the reasons you have an opportunity to make some money here… especially if you follow my “mid-December plan.” More on that in a minute.
Let’s start with the charts…
The Twitter (NYSE: TWTR) hype machine is in full gear, and the first trades are now indicating $45, up 73% from the $26 pricing last night.
If the stock market were a pinball machine, it would read “tilt.”
I’ve made no bones about my feelings for Facebook Inc (Nasdaq: FB) – that it’s overrated, a flash in the pan, and ultimately doomed.
Yes, the company just knocked the ball off earnings yesterday. And the stock is up 4.86% as I write this. But I really couldn’t care less what happens in the short term. I still can’t get behind its long-term potential.
