Time for the first Fed Spread of the year! Usually I share this just with my beloved Gold and Platinum members, but this time I’ll open it up to all. Here are the three component parts:

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Time for the first Fed Spread of the year! Usually I share this just with my beloved Gold and Platinum members, but this time I’ll open it up to all. Here are the three component parts:
I am not seeking to be critical of another analyst (who I actually know nothing about), but instead want to critique the article based on its stated views, using only charts.
I am a chart guy, after all, and so I take notice when analysts use nominal charts in a vacuum to form conclusions (especially alarming ones) rather than using an integrated technical and macro fundamental approach. That’s because I am a chart guy whose technical abilities (in a vacuum) are limited because TA itself is limited.
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