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Stock Market Overview for Week of March 28, 2022

US stocks are climbing a wall of worry, yet again. Even amidst the most consequential global crisis in decades in the Russia-Ukraine war, stocks are still rising, even to the point of being at pre-invasion levels after this week’s price action.  At the technical level, you couldn’t tell that the entire global economy is being […]

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This Fed Meeting Changed Everything

The March 2022 Federal Reserve meeting represents a massive shift in the Fed’s approach to monetary policy and inflation. For several months, Jay Powell has been flirting with hawkishness, but it’s been all talk. He’d say what everyone wants to hear but refuse to raise rates or taper the Fed’s balance sheet.  Market participants have […]

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The Nickel Short Squeeze: What Happened?

The Russia and Ukraine crisis have created countless second and third-order effects in markets that it’s dizzying. Last week, we saw the nickel market come to a complete halt and shut its doors for over a week in response to a violent short squeeze. In short, Russia is the world’s third largest nickel producer and […]

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Market Overview for Week of March 14, 2022

It was a very eventful week. We can’t possibly get to everything and still keep things brief. Keep in mind the Stalin quote – “there are decades where nothing happens; and there are weeks where decades happen.” when trading these markets.  The Russia/Ukraine war is still going strong with the Russian troops just nine miles […]

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Why The Stock Market Closes

Why The Stock Market Closes

  A stock market or a stock exchange is a physical place or digital platform where day traders and other types of investors buy or sell stocks or shares of publicly listed companies. The Frankfurt Stock Exchange, founded in the late sixteenth century, is the world’s oldest stock market. A stock or a share represents […]

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Stock Market Overview For Week of March 7, 2022

It was another week with a VIX above 30, whipsaw price action in the US indexes and relentless bullishness in crude oil. This is all of course a direct result of the uncertainty created by the volatile situation in Ukraine.  Before we move onto the situation in Ukraine, let’s take a look at what markets […]

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Why Is Everyone Suddenly Bullish On Energy?

  Energy, after several years of underperformance and overall decreased mainstream relevance in the financial markets, is making a big return. And following the price action driven by the Russia/Ukraine conflict, the sentiment around it seems to have gotten considerably more bullish.  And the ETF flows into the primary crude oil ETF (USO) confirm this: […]

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