Does that mean the bull is back?
Last week we’d harped on about how the bear is here and things were looking dire. We got it wrong. Does that mean the bull is back?
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The bear is here!
We’re going to start off this weeks post by telling our readers the same thing we’ve been telling our clients for over a year now. Be careful, trade smaller, trade less often, protect your capital. The market is wild and will likely stay wild for a while. Trust us, taking chunky losses is scary and will almost certainly lead to you losing the opportunity to make the big trades when they finally come around. Be patient and conservative. The bear is here and is not taking prisoners.
Short-term bullish trends have broken
Another week of painfully low volume markets locally, and nothing but a slow sideways grind in the offshore world. This current environment continues to reinforce our bearish view. Markets are feeling a little like they are about to test some key support levels as the current short-term bullish trends have broken. Let’s look at some charts and get a feel for what to expect next week.
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When good charts go bad
Markets started pulling back a little last week and we’re likely to see that momentum carry for a few more weeks. Next week is likely to be dominated by inflation and interest rates as focus on CPI and PPI reports could influence sentiment.
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It’s tough to be a bear
Lat week did not go as expected. We’d thought that after the FOMC rate decision on Wednesday, that the market would come under some pressure. Instead, the market rallied its face off for two days and only showed some weakness on Friday. Granted, the Friday weakness has us feeling a little pessimistic going into next week, but it is tough to be a bear at the moment
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To squeeze or not to squeeze
Last week we saw a bit of a squeeze from most global markets while China takes a break for Lunar New Year. We expect much the same this week, although in the second half fortunes could change as U.S. data and the FOMC interest rate decision could turn the tide. So, to squeeze or not to squeeze… that is the question?
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Buy Bitcoin
Well, well, well… the world is once again laughing at bitcoin and I am once again advocating that it is time to buy bitcoin. Sadly, this week I do not have much time to write this as our wonderful power utility has made my life rather challenging this Sunday and it is already well past 9pm, so I encourage you to look through the previous posts I’ve done about bitcoin and crypto’s and have a read
Nothing but shorts
Well, another very difficult week is behind us and to be honest we think there are many more difficult weeks ahead over the next few months. The realities of a global recession are starting to ‘hit home’ so to speak and global equity markets are not happy. Although we are seeing nothing but shorts in the shorter-term, we do think the most important message to get across in difficult times such as these is two-fold:
Options-led squeeze
Markets bounced pretty hard last week on the back of an options-led squeeze, and it’s fairly likely that we see more of the same in the coming week.
Welcome to winter
Ok, ok, spring just started here in South Africa… but in the northern hemisphere winter is fast approaching and looking at all the charts, economic indicators and just general happenings in the conflict with Russia… let’s just say that things are looking pretty dire. Welcome to winter northern hemisphere, I hope you are ready for a cold one.
