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Good old Chuck, too much is apparently not nearly enough. Chuck wants ZIRP-infinity stating that Ms. Yellen should “be careful” about raising interest rates.
Here’s what Sen. Charles Schumer wants to tell Janet Yellen on Tuesday
He ostensibly thinks that a lack of job growth is the “overwhelming problem” facing the economy. I think Chuck’s straw man is starting to come apart at the seams as the hay that stuffs it pops out in an embarrassing display. (more…)
I was asked to show off my newest family member yesterday on TastyTrade – – he seems to be taking fame in stride.
I’ve had a few questions about the candle stat I’ve been looking at and answered those on twitter yesterday. Only two of the reversals made a lower low at the hit of the lower band and all went on soon to make new highs. This isn’t a particularly bearish stat on the bigger picture, it is just striking that all three of the past instances of these candles going back to 1993 all then hit the daily upper band on SPY in 5 to 7 days after this rare candlestick, and then plunged to the lower band in the two to three days after that. Will that repeat again here? Who can say? I’ll be watching to see whether it does with interest though, and if it does, it should set up a decent buying opportunity there. (more…)
Well, today was one of those days that just felt draining. The main culprit, of course, was gold, in which I had (past tense) a big long position. This is now one ugly graph. The wrenching thing is that, as of Friday, gold looked poised to have a hell of a great week starting today. Umm, nope.
