Commodity Trading & Trend Following

Some times a picture is more than words. This picture courtesy of Charles Hugh Smith says it all! When there is a crisis in the past Trend followers have benefited. Time will tell if this will be the case now. This year for trend followers has been tough to say the least. As I told [...]

Everyone seems to want to know when they can pick up all the bargains in the market. Seems that risk is a forgotten word.There are those that think that this is simply a BEAR Market rally. There have to be reactions and markets do not go down forever. The truth is only time will tell. The fact is the Dow rose 39.51 points, or 0.5%, to 8017.59, its highest close since Feb. 9. The Nasdaq has risen 25% during its four-week winning streak.

The innocence and knowledge of a child is sometimes much more clearer than our insights. My young daughter asked me what comes after a Trillion dollars. My son answered a Zillion. I had to interject and add that does not exist ( yet). Maybe U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner will invite a new number the way he is going.

Take out your feelings on Ben with the bernanke squeeze doll.

Nouriel Roubini and Nassim Taleb (”Dr Doom and the Black Swan”) discuss the crisis –and what to do about it.

In less than twenty-four hours the price of Gold climbed $65 and the price of Silver $1.20. Considering the announcement by the Fed, one has to wonder why the moves were not bigger. The Fed stated it is going to ג€œincrease the sizeג€ of its balance sheet, that means it is going to put the printing presses on full octane, maximum performance. What this really means that in approx 6 months or so there will be an additional $1,050,000,000 in circulation. The ABCs of economics are when this happens Inflation raises it’s ugly head.

The US & UK on the brink of a Debt Disaster?