Jack the Pipper

I’m in beautiful Vancouver, Canada, with Black Swan Capital’s marketing guru David Newman; we are attending Michael Campbell’s World Outlook Conference.

We always watch inter-market correlations. We believe it helps determine capital flows which helps with timing investments and trades

All governments are masters of deception; they prey on our stupidity and nationalism. They are excellent at making us believe their “classic pearls of idiocy.”

I was listening to a major bank FX analyst this morning react to China’s latest 25 basis point rate hike.

It is funny how central banks continue to carry so much gravitas among investors and traders. Perhaps never have central bankers – particularly the Fed – ever [seemingly] lacked so much credibility in the public eye. Maybe it’s the fact that these power brokers have the markets and the economy by the b@||$ – we are at their mercy.

I recently read about waivers being granted that allow select recipients to avoid Obamacare mandates.

We entered the year expecting the dollar to find support on two primary drivers that is the mother’s milk for currencies

You know how you just roll right on through stop signs with nary a hesitation … when you’re in residential areas, parking lots, or anytime you’re the only vehicle around.

It is interesting how rising prices encourage us to buy and falling prices encourage us to sell when it comes to stocks and bonds and other financial assets.

Continued pressure on housing will continue to pressure state and local governments as tax revenues fall further…