Crude May Continue to Under-Perform Other Risk Assets Such as Equities

The chart below plots the ratio of crude oil vs. the SPX. Earlier this year the ratio broke support line (1) which dated all the way back to 1998 – in effect, crude’s nearly 15 year trend of out-performance vs….

Focusing on the “4th consecutive annual gain” analog in this post. Heading into 4Q12 the analog suggested the potential for an immediate sprint higher for the entirety of the quarter or weakness in its first half, followed by strength in…...

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The chart below reflects the fact that coffee futures sit on 10-year support line (1) dating back to 2002. It also highlights the fact that commercial hedgers, who more often than not tend to get inflection points correct in the…...

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Are Prices Really the Only Thing That Matter?

If so, what are the prices of the two asset classes below suggesting about the likely winner of the upcoming U.S. presidential election? Or, am I reading too much into the tea leaves here?

Here are some background posts on how our thoughts have progressed on the Yen and Nikkei here, here, and as of last week, here. With these posts in mind, we present the Yen and ratio of the DJ Global Index…...

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Despite Today's Decline, Nothing Has Technically Changed with Respect to GOOG

We’ve been favorably disposed to GOOG dating back to early September as this post suggests here. Because we recently had a victory lap post reminding readers that this call had heretofore been the right one, it’s only fair that we point…

We find the set-up in the CAD$ unfavorable, both technically and from a sentiment standpoint. Technically, the FX finds itself facing very stiff resistance region (A) which marks highs dating back to 1972 as well as 2008/2011. At the same…...

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We got to thinking yesterday and came up with the chart below… It plots the ratio of the SPX vs. Nikkei against the 10 Yr UST price since 1998, when things really started going “global” with LTCM, the Russian FX…...

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Here is some background on how we’ve approached this subject in the past here and here. In a nutshell, we’ve been favorably disposed to Euro financials since May and have believed they could out-perform both the broader market and their…...

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Wanted to update this idea/thesis given the nice pop in CREE today. On September 27th we had a post that noted a spread trade opportunity had emerged in the flat panel/LCD space. That post can be found here and the chart…...

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