SIM Article: Foreign Trade Is THE Canary In The Coal Mine
See It Market published my article on February 24th: Foreign Trade Is THE Canary In The Coal Mine Friendly Sidebar: It’s easy to subscribe to my Free Fishing Stories/Blog. You are also invited to Come Fish With Me! Thanks for reading and Happy Trading, Samantha LaDuc info@LaDucTrading.com
SIM Article: Growth Prospects Have Bulls Running: What Could Go Wrong?
See It Market published my article February 23, “Growth Prospects Have Bulls Running: What Could Go Wrong?” The bullish case for 2017 is the World According To Trump; the bearish is a Market Priced for Perfection. Friendly Sidebar: It’s easy to subscribe to my Free Fishing Stories/Blog. You are also invited to Come Fish With Me! Thanks […]
Anatomy of a Trade: Yen Short (FXY GLD GDX TLT)
Much attention of late has been focused, with good reason, on rising yields, falling bond prices and the collapse in the Japanese Yen and Gold. So many assets are correlated that as a strategic technical analyst I look for macro themes to show themselves in intermarket chart analysis so I can more confidently basket trade, […]
S&P Bulls and Bond Bears Pin Hopes to 1946
Higher Rates Can Be Bullish Interest rates follow very long term cycles. Above highlights a 35 year (1946-1981) bond market, but unlike our most recent 35 year (1981-2016) bond market, they were in a rising rate environment (for more than a blip on a chart). From a low of 2% to a high of 16%, yields were rising […]
Bond Weary
S&P Bulls and Bond Bears Pin Hopes to 1946 Interest rates follow very long term cycles. Above highlights a 35 year (1946-1981) bond market–but unlike our most recent 35 year (1981-2016) bond market, they were in a rising rate environment (for more than a blip on a chart). From a low of 2% to a high of […]
Election Results? #BTD or #NotDoneYet
An election–whether waiting on the results or dealing with the aftermath–can make anyone feel afloat in a paper boat on choppy water, small umbrella to protect from the swelling wave. A lot is at stake–both for our nation and for our market. I would not dare to predict the outcome of the hotly contested race […]
Pre-Election Results: Oversold Support But Not Really
The entire world awaits the results of the U.S. Presidential Election. Unprecedented angst and uncertainty. And risk. As of Nov 5th, SPX was pricing in a 68% chance for a 33 point move by Nov 9th, the day after the election. That’s a ~$66 expected move in either direction–about $2162 to $2030. And that’s not even counting […]