Hedge Fund Legends Love Gold Again…Should They?
Add gold to the list of things that remain epic-ly confusing. Watching this metal (and silver and everything else) is like watching paint dry. When will the next big move happen? If you refer back to our last post on…...
Getting Granular: Negative Divergences b/t Price and Momentum in the SPY
Never want to focus too much on posts like this or make them too frequent as it’s often overly myopic to do so, but thought it’d be worthwhile sharing. In the chart below in region (A) the SPY has recently…
Short Yen Trade a Decent Opportunity with Clearly Defined Risk Paramters?
We’ve commented over the past few months one time about the Yen increasingly looking like a decent short opportunity. That said, it wasn’t yet clear the technical set-up was in place to actually execute the trade with any conviction. This…
Did Corn Meet its Maker Today?
Corn and grains in general have had a massive rally this summer due to the heat and lack of precipitation across the U.S. That’s pretty much been the case here in CLE, OH as well – a lot of heat,…
Semis Have Badly Under-Performed the Broader Market for Nearly Two Years; What are the Implications?
The implications of the Philly SOX Index under-performing the broader market severely are similar to other recent posts we’ve made about the Russell 2000’s under-performance vs. the SPX as of late as well as how low the ratio of copper vs. gold…
This Discount Retailer Looks Set to Run
Will reiterate once again – though the site is macro focused always be prepared to pepper in individual, company specific trading opportunities. SBUX, CMG, FOSL (God were we wrong on that one), RIMM, RGR, etc. In the end, we want to…...
Broad European Indices Have Rallied ~15% Since June…Now What?
The chart below shows a very broad European index, the DJ Euro STOXX 600, on a weekly closing basis. The index tested line (2) support in June and since then has rallied nearly 15%. That rally has brought it to…
Repeating Pattern in the Ratio of Copper vs. Gold Suggesting Another Fall 2008 Scenario?
We’ve commented on the ratio of copper vs. gold a few times over the past few months including here and here. The ratio tends to be a good proxy for global economic activity and risk levels. Prior posts have centered around the…
Bond / Stock Ratio Approaching a Level that has Coincided with Equity Tops Since 2007
The chart below plots the ratio of the 10 Yr UST price vs. the SPX in the top pane and the SPX in the bottom pane. When the ratio b/t the two has approached trend-line (1) since 2007, as it is doing…
Time Almost Up for This Consumer Discretionary Company?
The chart below compares the similarities b/t that of TPX and FOSL. The analysis in that chart is similar to the parallels we drew b/t CMG and SBUX to successfully short the latter into its EPS recently. TPX has now retraced…...