Weekly Memorandum 3/15/2021
Beware the Ides of March! Today is the day that Roman senators, led by Brutus and Cassius, assassinated Julius Caesar, which sparked the...
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Stocks were up to continue the bull market, but Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Litecoin were too.
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Tesla, Netflix, Amazon, Google, Facebook, and Apple were all up during the trading day.
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Ioannis Achilleus
- Feb 4, 2021
- 4 min
So You Want To Be A Trader?
The past couple weeks has seen a new influx of retail traders into the stock market, largely stemming from the Gamestop and AMC manias. I...
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Ioannis Achilleus
- Oct 19, 2020
- 1 min
Weekly Memorandum 10/19/2020
Stocks were modestly higher to start the week, although they already gave back most of their gains since the opening bell. Last week was...
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Ioannis Achilleus
- Sep 28, 2020
- 2 min
Weekly Memorandum 9/28/2020
Equities are up nicely after forming what may have been an important pre-election bottom last week. We are still looking for...
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Ioannis Achilleus
- Aug 17, 2020
- 2 min
Weekly Memorandum 8/17/2020
Equities continue to consolidate near their highs, which is bullish. The divergence between the major indices remains a concern in the...
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Ioannis Achilleus
- Jul 20, 2020
- 2 min
Weekly Memorandum 7/20/2020
The big-mover on Monday was Silver, which is now close to exceeding its 2016 high. This is one of the biggest breakouts on the cusp of...
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Ioannis Achilleus
- Jul 6, 2020
- 2 min
Weekly Memorandum 7/6/2020
In good old patriotic fashion, equities are up very nicely to start the week after the Independence Day holiday. The Nasdaq is trading...
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Ioannis Achilleus
- May 26, 2020
- 1 min
Weekly Memorandum 5/26/2020
Equities are set to gap up following the Memorial Day holiday and shortened trading week. The Nasdaq is just over 200 points away from...
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Ioannis Achilleus
- May 11, 2020
- 2 min
Weekly Memorandum 5/11/2020
Stocks are coming off another week of gains, but are down early this morning in pre-market trading. The previous week made it seem like...
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Ioannis Achilleus
- Apr 27, 2020
- 2 min
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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Ioannis Achilleus
- Apr 23, 2020
- 2 min
QE, but for Commodities
Obviously, this sounds crazy at face value, but Quantitative Easing for bonds was deemed crazy when it first began. But now, QE is...
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Ioannis Achilleus
- Apr 16, 2020
- 3 min
"Muh Free Market"
It just doesn't exist. It never has, it never will. Does that mean markets are rigged? Perhaps, but not necessarily. The better answer...
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Ioannis Achilleus
- Apr 13, 2020
- 2 min
Weekly Memorandum 4/13/2020
Futures are basically flat from Sunday's overnight session, as we come off the previous shortened trading week due to Easter. The most...
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Ioannis Achilleus
- Apr 6, 2020
- 2 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, 2020
- 2 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, 2020
- 4 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, 2020
- 2 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 19, 2020
- 3 min
It's a New Decade, and Economic Globalization is Dead on Arrival
We are not even three months into the new decade, and the existing economic order that has been in place since 1971 is on the verge of...
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Ioannis Achilleus
- Mar 12, 2020
- 3 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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