Everyone Bought Energy Today - I Sold It
Blake Young here. Here we go. While every talking head on CNBC was screaming "buy energy" and "load up on defense stocks" after Israel hit Iran this morning, I was doing the opposite. Not because I'm contrarian for the sake of it -- but because the real rotation started weeks ago, and today's headline…
The Smart Way to Play These Mixed Inflation Signals
We've been talking a lot about inflation, and this week gave us even more to chew on in terms of CPI and PPI seeming to show a slowdown - disinflation. The textbooks will tell you that disinflation happens when inflation is still running positive but is compressing and slowing down. The data is a classic…
Why Timing, Not Confirmation, Wins the Trade
Whether you’re well into building a retirement nest-egg, just starting out, or somewhere in between, when it comes to trading your hard-earned capital, timing is everything. Not guessing. Not hoping. Timing. In markets, the difference between success and struggle often comes down to one thing—knowing when. And that’s exactly why we overlay multiple timeframes. This…
Retirement Traders Have an Opportunity in the CPI Data
Alright folks, let’s clear the smoke on this one—the CPI print came in soft, and Wall Street threw a little party. But before you start popping champagne corks, let’s get something straight: this “disinflation” doesn’t mean inflation’s gone. It means inflation’s slower. The car’s still moving, we’ve just eased off the gas a bit. Now,…
Reading the Market's Battle Lines Before the Break
You know what gets me? It’s not just when the market misbehaves,it’s when it whispers its plan, and we choose not to listen. We’re talking about zones, people. Overbought. Oversold. Defense lines on your charts where buyers and sellers dig in, plant flags, and start hurling their strategies at each other like it’s Thermopylae.…
Rain Drops Keep Fallin’ on My Head
Rain Drops Keep Fallin’ on My Head by Blake Young As I alluded to last week, this past weekend I was in Southern Utah and went to Grafton Ghost Town at an extended family reunion. The Grafton Ghost town is not where Butch Cassidy lived but was one of the locations where Butch Cassidy and…
Jobs Miss, Markets Stall, and Consumers Are Looking Shaky
I spent the day watching a fragile market dance on a very thin tightrope. If you’ve been with me for a while, you’ll know how important I think monkey bars are; I use them constantly in selecting my trades. Well, the S&P 500 just rejected the 50% monkey bar level - more on that in…
How Retirement Savers Can Hang Tough in Ridiculous Markets
It’s getting absurd out there. I start my mornings with my shoulders slumped and a groan, not because I dislike trading, but because I know I’m walking into another day where markets swing violently over... a phone call. Not the content of the call, mind you, just the announcement that it might happen. Today, copper…
Bonds Are on the Brink - Here’s the Turning Point
I've been waiting for this moment. Not impatiently, but with the kind of disciplined anticipation that any serious trader understands. Bonds may finally be giving us the signal we've been hunting for, and if the price action confirms what the data hinted at this morning, we could be at the edge of a pivotal…
Retirement Traders: Make Sure You’re Using Monkey Bars the Right Way
I’ll pound the table about this all day: People working and saving toward retirement have to be active traders. If you’re leaving your nest egg at the mercy of a money manager, you could be missing out. I’m not saying you have to be glued to your screen all day, but it’s important to stay…