When it comes to investing, there are two critical “bedrocks” we need to keep in mind. These two facts are why 95% of my favorite high-income investments, closed-end funds (CEFs), have made investors money over the last decade.

With inflation nearly down to target levels while signs of economic slowing mount, the Fed can afford to start reversing its exceptional monetary tightening.

I believe the Fed will cut by 0.25% and they should cut by 0.25%. I vehemently disagree with those who believe a 0.50% cut is warranted, especially with stocks near all-time highs and the economy weakening but not weak.

Emini and Nasdaq are bullish overall on the 60min, with a bearish range on the tick charts…Put those 2 clues together and it’s easy to see why this Slingshot Breakout is my favorite trade tomorrow morning!

At the close of the final trading day before the Fed’s long-awaited interest rate cut, market indexes finished flat for the day. While the Dow slipped incrementally, -0.04%, the S&P 500 wound up on the other side of that ledger.

I have 33% of my account in cash reserves, and I won’t deploy it until Thursday morning, once the FOMC insanity is done. In the meanwhile, here are my eight bearish positions in my secondary account:

Goldman Sachs tracking 2.8%.

The retail sales numbers were a bit stronger, but they didn’t shake the prevailing 50 bp cut narrative—the Fed’s guidance is still shrouded in uncertainty, and traders are bracing for what comes next.

In this video, Ira Epstein reviews the activity in the Financial Markets after the day that just ended, Tuesday, September 17.

And this stock market winning streak comes after a 4 day sell-off, and just just a couple of weeks later, the market have finished off an 8 day winning streak.

In the past I have mentioned the potential for an irregular "b" wave within the Minor 4th wave corrections. With that in mind, I take the time to update that potential and how it most definitely is where attention should be paid.

The USD/CAD pair trades in positive territory for a fourth consecutive day near 1.3600 during the early Asian session on Wednesday.

Silver price consolidates for the second straight day, prints back-to-back doji’s a sign that neither buyers nor sellers control the grey’s metal price action.

EUR/USD halted a near-term bullish recovery on Tuesday, easing off of bullish pressure and chalking in an indecision pattern just above 1.1100 as Fiber traders buckle down for the wait to Wednesday’s appearance from the Fed.

Despite the latest University of Michigan’s consumer confidence index nearing 2008 recession lows, the share of savings allocated to equities remains aggressively above 40%.

​​​​​​​According to mainstream economics, interest rates are the price of money, but the Austrian school says differently.

Local realtor/MLS reports suggest that the existing single-family home sales price last month was up 3.5% from last August.

Hindalco Industries is progressing higher within Minute Wave ((iii)) of Minor Wave 5 Grey against 595 mark.

The ultimate source of value for common stocks is the earnings of corporations.

The new category of single stock covered-call ETFs now has two sponsors offering competing funds covering the same underlying stocks.