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Who remembers the 1980s British TV series Tales of the Unexpected? They were stories with an unexpected twist at the end – and the stock market story of 2017 could well have been one of them! This Year of the Unexpected finished with shares coming
I have been describing a whole slew of sentiment indicators here from the COT, AAII surveys, Investors Intelligence surveys, DSI surveys and all are saying the same thing loud and clear – bullish mania is extreme. Of course, these indicators are no magic timing indicators
One of my favourite hobbies is to scan the MSM for extreme headlines – and find a reason to bet against it. Recent action in GBP/USD has once again highlighted how profitable my hobby really is. As we all knew before the Brexit vote on
I have just read a fascinating article about Joseph Goebbels’ personal secretary (Frau Pomsel) and her life at the very heart of the Nazi regime. She was in Hitler’s bunker in 1945 when both Hitler and Goebbels committed suicide as the Russians knocked on their