Tag - inflation

October 2022

An exhausting journey

Back in July 2021  and May 2021, I wrote :  "I believe that COVID 19 has unleashed the full power of the BTFD mind set. It is so powerful that it could become an unprecedent FOMO (Fear of Missing Out) wave. A race which could push indices with relative...

August 2022

Liquidity Technology Behaviour and Market Structure

2022 first half has been quite harsh to many investors.  Inflation readings are high with Bonds and Equities prices punishing most.  One of the great frustration  has been the lack of true volatility explosion.  In fact equity volatility, VIX has been quite stable. The black line is the 6 months...

April 2022

Portfolio Navigation

In the analytical process of  my portfolio approach I highlight these five interconnected points. To simplify! In a strong trend, each tends to confirm the behavior of the other. Ex: strong bull trend will show a great majority of stock trending higher (homogeneity & breadth), Credit spreads  compressing,  general optimism,...

March 2022

Charts & Thoughts for the Road – Gold & Commo 2022-03

Obs: if you click on the charts you get a wide picture I like to use the PRING Inflation and Deflation index. Deflation-sensitive stocks include industry groups such as banks, insurers utilities and so forth. These equities tend to outperform when economic conditions are either weak or in the early phase...

December 2021

In the Name of Greed, Fear, Liquidity and… Resilience?

I have focused most of my stock market comments on the US stock market.  Why? Since the GFC of 2008 which originated in the USA;  money managers and investors had to do one choice. Allocate 100% of their equity exposure to the US stock market, in particular to the Nasdaq...

October 2021

The “Flation” debate is running hot but will it cool sooner than expected?

The unprecedent COVID fiscal impulses are behind the hot "flation" debate. Expectations are getting more anchored which is, in my view, the principal headache for the FED. Google Trend provides us with a good "anxiety" snaphot of the situation.  Bear in mind that inflation is a lagging indicator and...

July 2021

Precious Metal update

You may have come across some info in regard to the  Basel III potential impact on Gold price.  Here is an article  by Mathew Piepenberg via GoldSwitzerland.com, which covers pretty well the changes.  The way I look at it is that physical gold price will probably become the main...

April 2021

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Food for thoughts

Following-up on my   December 6th, 2020 post , there was a link about a great work done by Christopher Cole from Artemis Capital (The Allegory of hte Hawk and the Serpent). Here is a great interview he made last year with Danielle DiMartino https://youtu.be/SkfgEZtJ9LA  

February 2021

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Gold inflation & Co

Back in  July and August 2020, I had published  updates on the yellow metal since Silver had broken an important resistance. Here is an update of GOLD/ZROZ (US treasury 30 year zero coupon bonds) or..future long term cash! (Above chart) GDX (Gold Miners)/ZROZ. Precious metal investors (Gold Bugs) have been a bit...

October 2020