Weekly Memorandum 4/27/2020
Equities are up nicely again in the pre-market to start the week after posting small losses last week. Two weeks ago, we stated, "It...
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Equity traders watch for signs of breakout stocks.
Stocks were up to continue the bull market, but Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Litecoin were too.
Tesla, Netflix, Amazon, Google, Facebook, and Apple were all up during the trading day.
Equity traders watch for signs of breakout stocks.
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Ioannis Achilleus
Apr 6, 20202 min
Weekly Memorandum 4/6/2020
Stocks closed down slightly last week, but are up nice in the pre-market to start this week. There definitely are some opportunities...
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Ioannis Achilleus
Mar 30, 20202 min
Weekly Memorandum 3/30/2020
Stocks rebounded nicely last week, although it is still unlikely that we have seen the final lows. The rally was likely due to...
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Ioannis Achilleus
Mar 26, 20204 min
America: One Nation Under Stagflation
With the Federal Reserve launching QE-Infinity, an old group of individuals have resurfaced that we haven't heard from in some time-- the...
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Ioannis Achilleus
Mar 23, 20202 min
Weekly Memorandum 3/23/2020
Equity futures witnessed another limit-down in last night's trading session. But this morning, the Federal Reserve committed to...
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Ioannis Achilleus
Mar 16, 20202 min
Weekly Memorandum 3/16/2020
It is truly incredible how fast markets, and life itself, can change. Not even a month ago, equities were at all-time highs, and things...
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Ioannis Achilleus
Mar 12, 20203 min
A Macro Thesis for Higher Rates Due to the Coronavirus
This headline may seem crazy since bonds are the only asset that have gone up recently. Stocks, gold, silver, oil, bitcoin, and the...
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Ioannis Achilleus
Mar 9, 20202 min
Weekly Memorandum 3/9/2020
The circuit-breakers were activated in futures markets as equity futures opened with a limit down. Panic and hysteria is in the air. ...
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Ioannis Achilleus
Mar 2, 20202 min
Weekly Memorandum 3/2/2020
In just one week, stocks erased all of their gains since October. Although the severity of the selloff was a bit worse than anticipated,...
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Ioannis Achilleus
Feb 27, 20203 min
Intro to Basic Financial Vocabulary
Upon sharing the Mercator Letter recently with friends and family, some responded by saying, "I have no clue what you're talking about,...
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Ioannis Achilleus
Feb 24, 20202 min
Weekly Memorandum 2/24/2020
Equities are down significantly across the board this Monday morning. This is something we warned about in previous weeks. Last week's...
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Ioannis Achilleus
Feb 17, 20202 min
Weekly Memorandum 2/17/2020
U.S. markets are closed on Monday, February 17 in observation of President's Day. Markets overseas are up so far on Monday, in spite of...
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Ioannis Achilleus
Feb 14, 20203 min
King Dollar, Bonds, and Crude Oil
After a very nice, warm, and much-needed vacation, we are back to analyzing global financial markets. It hasn't been that long since our...
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Ioannis Achilleus
Feb 3, 20202 min
Weekly Memorandum 2/3/2020
Both the Dow and the S&P 500 closed down for the month of January, but the Nasdaq closed up. In terms of seasonality, January has served...
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Ioannis Achilleus
Jan 30, 20202 min
What Goes Up Must Come Down
Stocks continue their pull back from all-time highs. It looks like a short-term peak was achieved, which sets up a decline that should...
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Ioannis Achilleus
Jan 27, 20202 min
Weekly Memorandum 1/27/2020
The last week of January is upon us, and it sure has been quite the start to the new decade in terms of world events. In the past two...
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Ioannis Achilleus
Jan 20, 20202 min
Weekly Memorandum 1/20/2020
Equities closed out at or very near to all-time highs again on Friday, as we begin the shortened trading week thanks to the MLK holiday....
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Ioannis Achilleus
Jan 13, 20202 min
Weekly Memorandum 1/13/2020
Equity futures are up slightly to start this new week. Stocks appear slightly overbought in the short-term, and are showing some signs...
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