Market Overview

The collapse of the Silicon Valley Bank rattled the markets, but the consequences are yet to be felt. In this report, we dive deeper into why we believe this is a systematic problem and why it creates...

Fear, greed and bias reinforcement sell. Reality, at any given time? Not so much. A look at stocks, commodities, inflation, gold and silver through a contrary lens.As I continue to get more...

Inflation trades are fading and gold (NYSE:GLD) is ascending to its rightful place in the disinflationary macro.The favored plan is working out well as we planned the Q4 (2022) – Q1 (2023) rally...

As portfolio managers, this is the question we ask ourselves daily. Since the lows of last October, the technical backdrop has improved markedly, as we discussed last week: “Our most critical...

The Federal Reserve holds its highly anticipated March FOMC policy meeting next week against an increasingly uncertain economic backdrop. The U.S. central bank is widely expected to raise interest...

Market pressures on U.S. banks are now spreading to Europe, where the already troubled Credit Suisse (NYSE:CS) asked the Swiss government for help and got a liquidity boost.Investors are asking the...

While headlines of bank failures and bailouts consume the media, few are contemplating the economic and financial aftershocks that will follow.Hockey great Wayne Gretzky famously commented, “I...

Since projecting the Q4-Q1 broad market rally back in November, we have been managing a macro transition within this rally. Based on the leadership of the Semiconductor sector and Tech, it has been...

With the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank, questions of potential “bank runs” spread among regional banks.“Bank runs” are problematic in today’s financial system due to...

SVB failed due to higher interest rates and a liquidity problem Despite the failure, today's situation is different from 2008, with lower bank leverage, safer investments, and Fed support This, in...

Understandably, a lot of inexperienced traders might struggle to survive, let alone thrive, in this market environment. But paradoxically, it is exactly times like now when some experienced traders...

Over the past week, the financial world has been rocked by the news of Silicon Valley Bank's failure - the largest bank to go under since the 2008 financial crisis.The shock announcement came last...

In this piece, we’re going to run through some of this week’s important data releases and give our initial thoughts on the recent collapse of Silicon Valley Bank.Let’s dive right...

Daylight Savings is bad for your health and bad for trading.Here are 3 ways DST affects trading.