2016 Market Recap #RandholmCo

December 30, 2016 12:39 pm / Published in Brazil, Brexit, China, EUR/USD, Europe, GBP, Germany, Greece, IBEX, Italy, JAPAN, Middle East, Nasdaq, Nasdaq and NYSE, NIKKEI, Performance, Russia, SP500, Spain, SPX, STOXX, TURKEY, USD, USD/EUR, VXX
Here is some data to carry forward to 2017 with just a few trading hours left this year, The UK Referendum and the US Elections were two events that created  short term spikes in volatility. However, the real impact will be measure in years. GOLD in various currencies (1980 to Nov-end 2016) WORLD Indexes YTD

$China puts more pressure than $Greece

July 8, 2015 9:44 am / Published in China, Europe, Germany, Greece
Overnight Shanghai plunged another 5.9%.  Now the Shanghai has plunged 32% since mid-June. On the other hand, Greece promised to implement pension and tax reforms as early as next week as the first step to securing a three-year rescue loan to cover debt obligations, according to a letter requesting the funding from European partners on Wednesday.

$World $Indexes – positive

July 1, 2015 10:09 am / Published in Greece, Nasdaq, Nasdaq and NYSE, RUT, SP500, USA, USD/EUR
Not adding extra hedges to the portfolio now seems like it was the right decision. On the other hard the Jun performance was affected. After the confirmation of Greece not paying the FMI the world markets are taking a step forwards recovering the losses from Monday. The question now is: will it last? We will

Closed Commetary $Greece

June 30, 2015 7:04 pm / Published in Credit, Greece
Hopes for a deal to keep Greece in the euro zone pushed stocks higher despite looming default fears that weighed on the euro. Treasury yields edged higher. Bets for strong summer demand helped oil recover earlier losses and gold slipped.

$SPX – Second day Down 1.32% from Monday’s high

June 25, 2015 7:03 pm / Published in Greece, Nasdaq, SP500, SPX, SPY, USA, VIX
Based on my algos there is a 78% chance we trade to 2090 with in the next 3 business days. Thus there is room for another -1% trading day in SPX. On the other hand Nasdaq is stronger and Russell 2000 won’t perform better than SPX on the down day. $VIX is back to the