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It's confidence week - is confidence weak?

posted by Nica 215 days ago in Technical, Fundamental, Daily made popular 215 days ago

I wasn't sure how I wanted to spin the word 'confidence' around today - there are so many ways. So let's just spin them all ...

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Aussie premium precariously perched on the edge of a copper

posted by Nica 219 days ago in Technical, Fundamental, Daily made popular 219 days ago

I keep thinking that any day now the Australian dollar will take a very deep dirt nap. My pecking away has been rewarded at times, but my big spot FX bets (those based on max confidence moments), have proven painful to my trading account.

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Our Wave View is Scary - 5,100 on the Dow

posted by Nica 225 days ago in Technical, Fundamental made popular 225 days ago

It didn't matter which market we were watching - currencies, commodities, stocks - they had become oversold after a plunge throughout the month of September.

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You're invited to the Freedom and Solidarity party today.

posted by Nica 228 days ago in Technical, Fundamental, Daily made popular 228 days ago

The European Financial Stability Fund (EFSF) has been in the news. Maybe you've heard about it.

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Being right and acting right....Did I say "long term?"

posted by Nica 229 days ago in Technical, Fundamental, Daily made popular 229 days ago

I hope I mentioned the word "long-term" several times when I sent you the long-term dollar index chart last week with my best guest attached for a dollar rally. Mr. Greenie is getting smoked today.

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Dollar Wins in a Global Deflation

posted by Nica 232 days ago in Technical, Fundamental, Daily made popular 232 days ago

I am a big believer in the idea MAJOR global macro events are catalysts that produce long-term trend changes in markets (granted the gift of hindsight helps us see this

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Financial Times in cahoots with the PPT?

posted by Nica 233 days ago in Technical, Fundamental, Daily

Well, that was awfully convenient. Did you notice the Dow rally 4% in the last 45 minutes of trading yesterday?

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Deck chair shuffling on the Titanic! The Great Carnac Speaks

posted by Nica 239 days ago in Technical, Fundamental, Daily made popular 239 days ago

I channeled with Carnac the Magnificent late last night (Shirley MacLaine was nice enough to let me sit in on her session). Who else I thought is better positioned to make sense of what is going on in Europe.

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There's gold in them there hills...Mr. Hedge Fund Manager

posted by Nica 242 days ago in Technical, Fundamental, Daily made popular 242 days ago

This won't be your usual Monday morning quarterbacking on gold (as we will likely see on CNBC this morning; which I won't be watching).

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This is the 21st century, which is why we should bail out

posted by Nica 247 days ago in Technical, Fundamental, Daily

You see it a lot in historic and fictional boxing matches - underdogs who come away victorious because they are able to outlast an opponent as he wears himself down. Let me make a quick comparison using this underdog/prizefighter analogy ...

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You just got EcoFin'd!

posted by Nica 250 days ago in Technical, Fundamental, Daily made popular 250 days ago

After this weekend's bust in Poland, more and more analysts are becoming skeptical of a practical resolution to the eurozone's problems.

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Speaking of the euro? Here's something interesting ...

posted by Nica 255 days ago in Technical, Fundamental, Daily

The audience may not even care about your trading recommendations (success or failure); they just want information they can share at a cocktail party that will make them sound interesting.

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