The Summer of .75

Check out my replay of the MARKET SURVIVAL SUMMIT and learn how to trade in a bear market. Don’t forget your survival gear! Elsewhere, the Fed is now leaking rate hikes. Somehow the powers that be decided to let the market know what was up ahead of time like an old fashion gossip network. Spill […]

The Calm AFTER the Storm

Yo Pit Crazies, There was a wicked good storm here in Maine on Monday. On Tuesday, the skies were blue and the ground was lush.  The birds and the fisherman were out working the channel. It’s the same story after every storm since humans could speak. Including financial storms. The Fed will speak today after […]

The Fed Meets Again

Yo Pit Crazies, Monday was another day that the market decided it will have to go on without artificially low rates provided by the Federal Reserve. The EU is also in the same boat – and the implications are real. Stocks have to grow without stimmy checks, reckless government spending and now Fed intervention. (Those […]

The CPI number was a doozie

Yo Pit Crazies, This week’s CPI number was big. 40-year inflation big. And digging into the number, a lot of the inflation was oil related and in industries that rely on oil, like agriculture, construction, etc. The selloff started in the S&P 500 on Thursday afternoon and did not stop until the closing bell on […]

Did Someone Leak the CPI number?

Many moons ago we had the Deepwater Horizon leak. It was terrible. Recently, we had the Supreme Court leak. Gosh only knows about that. Now we have the CPI leak. Or was it just the fact that the European Central Bank is facing the reality of 10 years of easy money and starting to raise […]

Is 2022 the Year of Chinese Equities?

Yo Pit Crazies, On a brighter note, things are turning around in China. The lockdowns are coming to an end and life is returning to normal. So will the CCP ease up on business and go back to being the Wild East for growth. Frank Gregory, my partner in Capitol Gains thinks so. And his […]

Air Out of Vol Balloon Too Early?

Yo Pit Crazies, It has been a while since we’ve seen a full contango curve and 3 weeks since the VIX has been in the 23 handle. I traded there yesterday.. Yet Vol Man has questions … What is it in the Edge Hunter Vol Dashboard that puzzles him? You must click through to find […]