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Bear though I may be, there are two assets whose ascent I will always cheer: bonds and gold. Today, I’m pleased to report both of them are ripping.
Bonds have actually been steadily stomping higher for months, but it’s been so quiet and subtle, no one has really notice. Today, however, is particularly important, since we’ve completed a powerful basing pattern.
Late last week, I bought October 16 2020 puts on the ETF for Brazil, symbol EWZ. In spite of the market strength in the U.S. yesterday and today, this is sinking nicely:
Before he came Lex Luthor, there was a time when Jeff Bezos was a funny, energetic entrepreneur who burst upon the scene the mid-1990s as the Next Big Thing. Here is a surprisingly interesting interview with him from nearly a quarter century ago. Well worth a watch…….particularly since some of the astonishment the interview expresses seems absolutely quaint today:
