Notes From the Rabbit Hole http://biiwii.com/wordpress Biiwii.com's Unique Financial Market Perspective Sun, 20 Apr 2014 19:58:17 +0000 en-US hourly 1 NFTRH 287 Out Now http://biiwii.com/wordpress/2014/04/20/nftrh-287-now/ http://biiwii.com/wordpress/2014/04/20/nftrh-287-now/#comments Sun, 20 Apr 2014 14:44:40 +0000 http://biiwii.com/wordpress/?p=23011 We got the market bounce that was anticipated by NFTRH 286.  Now #287 gets about the business of gauging what the bounce will be.  A post here at the site set a target for the NDX up around 3600.  If that comes about, the S&P 500 for one could pop to new highs. Then, there […]

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]]> http://biiwii.com/wordpress/2014/04/19/automatic-stabilizer/feed/ 0 US Stock Market http://biiwii.com/wordpress/2014/04/18/us-stock-market-2/ http://biiwii.com/wordpress/2014/04/18/us-stock-market-2/#comments Fri, 18 Apr 2014 12:41:53 +0000 http://biiwii.com/wordpress/?p=22987 Guest Post by Ino.com U.S. STOCK INDEXES The June NASDAQ 100 closed higher for the third day in a row on Thursday as it consolidated some of the decline off March’s high. Today’s high-range close sets the stage for a steady to higher opening when Monday’s night session begins trading. Stochastics and the RSI are […]

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]]> http://biiwii.com/wordpress/2014/04/18/us-stock-market-2/feed/ 0 Yield Spreads; Gold Bugs Avert Eyes… http://biiwii.com/wordpress/2014/04/17/yield-spreads-gold-bugs-avert-eyes/ http://biiwii.com/wordpress/2014/04/17/yield-spreads-gold-bugs-avert-eyes/#comments Thu, 17 Apr 2014 19:29:33 +0000 http://biiwii.com/wordpress/?p=22982 Better yet, look square at it because this is the market, not ideology, making the rules.  I don’t want to pile on (ref: Tom McClellan’s guest post) but this is extremely gold unfavorable with yields up and short term yields up way more.  Insert here the boiler plate about not taking any one day’s reading […]

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]]> http://biiwii.com/wordpress/2014/04/17/yield-spreads-gold-bugs-avert-eyes/feed/ 0 Gold’s Cycle is in Left Translation http://biiwii.com/wordpress/2014/04/17/golds-cycle-left-translation/ http://biiwii.com/wordpress/2014/04/17/golds-cycle-left-translation/#comments Thu, 17 Apr 2014 17:22:08 +0000 http://biiwii.com/wordpress/?p=22979 Guest Post by Tom McClellan April 17, 2014 On the “blood red moon” day of April 15, gold had an impressive downturn which changed the whole picture for gold prices over the next few months. Viewing one day’s action on its own is a recipe for being misled.  But viewing it in the right context […]

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]]> http://biiwii.com/wordpress/2014/04/17/golds-cycle-left-translation/feed/ 0 Big Pictures: Stocks, Gold and the Miners http://biiwii.com/wordpress/2014/04/17/big-pictures-spx-gold-miners/ http://biiwii.com/wordpress/2014/04/17/big-pictures-spx-gold-miners/#comments Thu, 17 Apr 2014 13:20:05 +0000 http://biiwii.com/wordpress/?p=22950 Ukraine war hype, China demand drop, GOFO mysteries… these are the short term noise inputs on the gold sector. US Treasury bond yield spreads, gold vs. commodities (i.e. the ‘real’ price of gold), gold vs. the stock market… these are some of the fundamental considerations that actually matter and they have taken a hit since […]

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]]> http://biiwii.com/wordpress/2014/04/17/big-pictures-spx-gold-miners/feed/ 0 2014: State of the US Markets http://biiwii.com/wordpress/2014/04/16/2014-state-us-markets/ http://biiwii.com/wordpress/2014/04/16/2014-state-us-markets/#comments Wed, 16 Apr 2014 22:44:30 +0000 http://biiwii.com/wordpress/?p=22941 What better day than today’s predictable hard bounce to present the other side?  If you believe the bounce and want to be a happy bull, just step along from this post.  If you don’t mind considering other opinions or are like me in thinking 2014 stands a better than even chance of being the year […]

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]]> http://biiwii.com/wordpress/2014/04/16/stock-market-notes/feed/ 0 Disgusting Miner View Prompts a Mini Screed http://biiwii.com/wordpress/2014/04/16/disgusting-miner-view-prompts-mini-screed/ http://biiwii.com/wordpress/2014/04/16/disgusting-miner-view-prompts-mini-screed/#comments Wed, 16 Apr 2014 16:04:21 +0000 http://biiwii.com/wordpress/?p=22927 Why am I a short term trader now?  Because the market has instructed me to be that, with a bias toward a bigger macro change in the markets on an intermediate time frame.  An intermediate trader is what I prefer to be, but the market didn’t care about my preferences last time I inquired. NFTRH […]

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