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Rock band REM sang a truly great song called “It’s the end of the world (as we know it)”. Many […]

The VIX (often called the “fear index”) has moved from the status of being suppressed for most of last year […]

Humans are myopic by nature. Market participants move in tandem through waves of cautious optimism, to irrational buying exuberance, to […]

As you know, materialized capital gains must be claimed, and losses, if any, can be materialized to offset claimable capital […]

Above is a chart of gold that I’ve kept on my screens for a while. The triangle breakout that […]

Eric Parnell, a US Portfolio Manager, wrote an interesting article in Seeking Alpha recently. Here is the link to his […]

I’ve referred to the market over the past few years as a “stealth” market. That is, one that sees money […]

I noted a while back that I went long oil. Here is my closing paragraph on the blog- which outlined […]

Despite any neartermed clear and present danger (thank you, Harrison Ford) that I’ve covered in this blog of late, I […]

I get questions about healthcare on my BNN shows and on this blog. Is the sector due to rally? The […]

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