Last week the ECB and Fed did their monthly thing by getting hordes of analysts scurrying around trying to guess what they would do. In the end, nothing much changed. The Fed was forced to bring the Fed Funds...
Last time I asked the big question: Gold is hot – is it time to buy?. And hot on the heels of my blog came this article last Tuesday on seekingalpha.com: Is it time to add gold and silver...
I couldn’t resist this. Hell has frozen over! Yes, the little town of Hell, Michigan is in the grip of the polar vortex (town sign also frozen over). Are you a ‘shoot first, ask questions later’ type of...
I have started to put videos on my Facebook page – tramlinetraders – that are timely and cover important aspects of how I trade using my Tramline Trading methods. These are live in real time as I record them. ...
I do not usually comment on political matters as this is outside of my remit – unless there is a clear market impact as there was on Thursday with the latest Brexit twist. Some cabinet ministers resigned over the...
Last week I saw – and forecast – a major breach in the defences of the Tech Titans – and I was there ahead of the game to advise short positions to Pro Shares members before the dams broke. ...
You don’t see this very often, but soybeans are making global headlines. This very unassuming oil-seed has been thrust into the centre of the US-China trade wars. And guess what? There is a very active futures market in them...
The most famous investor of today has to be Warren Buffett. His acolytes hang on his every word and try desperately to emulate his methods – and with their succes usually falling short in the process. When asked for...
I believe we are very close – finally – to the big swoon in stock indexes most of us have been waiting for (some more patiently than others!) And I will lay out my updated case here, which I...
Many of us have been expecting a stock market crash for some time, but the reports of its death have been greatly exaggerated – at least since February. While I believe that scenario will come to pass, in the...
In a previous post The Oil Price is Suddenly Hot News – Has it Topped?, I pointed to the manic extreme bullish posture of hedge funds in the crude oil bubble which was waiting for the pin to arrive. ...
Last time, I explained at length why your views are not nearly as important in forecasting the price path as that of the other traders. Unless you have more funds available than hedge funds, central banks and governments put...