Monthly Archives: December 2016

The momentum driven post election rally has ended. Next up is the US Dollar driven collapse in the markets. Copper called this weeks ago as we noted before. No one listed. It’s now down nearly 10% from its peak and … Continue reading →

Posted on December 30, 2016 by The Phoenix | Comments Off on The Market Has Topped. Next Up the USD Driven Bloodbath

The biggest issue in the financial system… the issue that CNBC is completely avoiding… and 99% of professionals are ignoring is the US DOLLAR. The US Dollar has ripped to 103. This is a truly MASSIVE problem. The Chinese Yuan … Continue reading →

Posted on December 29, 2016 by The Phoenix | Comments Off on Is China About to Demand the US Dollar Lose Reserve Currency Status?

Janet Yellen thinks the US Dollar is a ““cash is not a convenient store of value.” Long-term she is correct. After all, thanks to the Fed, the $USD has lost 95% of its purchasing power over the last 100 odd … Continue reading →

Posted on December 28, 2016 by The Phoenix | Comments Off on The Real Reason Janet Yellen and Her Type Hate Cash

Another ugly signal just hit the markets. One of the most important metrics for global growth is the Australian Dollar. It, like Copper, is VERY closely associated with global growth. Well, the Australian Dollar is CRASHING, having fallen 5% in … Continue reading →

Posted on December 27, 2016 by The Phoenix | Comments Off on Another “Global Growth” Signal Just Turned Ugly

The big theme for 2017 will be Cash… not a pro-deflationary “time to own cash” theme… but a “let’s ban it as quickly as possible” theme. Let’s review. In 2016: Former Secretary of the Treasury, Larry Summers, called for the … Continue reading →

Posted on December 26, 2016 by The Phoenix | Comments Off on The Big Theme for 2017: a Global Cash Ban

The markets have begun to turn. Sure… the broad indexes like the Dow and the S&P 500 are holding up…but beneath this surface, BAD stuff is brewing. Copper, which lead stocks to the upside during this latest rally, has already … Continue reading →

Posted on December 23, 2016 by The Phoenix | Comments Off on The Next Big Move Has Already Begun… But 99% of Investors Missed It.

The market is about to wake up to something bad. That something is the fact that the $USD’s strength is going to crush corporate profits in 1Q17. You see, companies begin to issue guidance for their results during the last … Continue reading →

Posted on December 19, 2016 by The Phoenix | Comments Off on A Fortune 500 CEO Just Issued a Major Warning… But Few Are Listening…

The markets are priming for a major inflection point. I cannot remember a time when investors were more bullish. The Dow is currently more overbought (based on the 14 day relative strength index) than at any point in the last … Continue reading →

Posted on December 16, 2016 by The Phoenix | Comments Off on Stocks Just Triggered a Major “Topping” Signal… Next Up is the Bloodbath

What is Janet Yellen thinking? As the Fed wound down its QE program in 2014, the $USD hit liftoff. It has since hovered in the mid- to upper-‘90s. Throughout this period, anytime the $USD began to move sharply higher one … Continue reading →

Posted on December 15, 2016 by The Phoenix | Comments Off on The Fed is BEGGING China to Crash the Markets.

The big day has finally arrived. The Fed adjourns its two day FOMC meeting today. At 2PM Fed Chair Janet Yellen is expected to announce that the Fed is raising rates again. If the Fed does hike as 100% of … Continue reading →

Posted on December 14, 2016 by The Phoenix | Comments Off on Warning: the Fed Rate Hike Could Trigger a Market Meltdown

Just as we predicted, the Bank of Japan has begun to lose control. Since the November US Presidential election, the Bank of Japan has been aggressively devaluing the Yen. They are doing this to take advantage of the brief window … Continue reading →

Posted on December 13, 2016 by The Phoenix | Comments Off on Is China About to Trigger Another “August 2015”-type Meltdown?

This is getting outright ridiculous. The Bank of Japan is now depreciating the Yen against the $USD on an almost hourly basis. This is the Yen carry trade. And it’s the SINGLE BIGGEST DRIVER OF THE MARKETS TODAY. As you … Continue reading →

Posted on December 12, 2016 by The Phoenix | Comments Off on The Bank of Japan Has Primed the Markets For a Crash

Stocks are going to Crash. This wasn’t the case a mere six weeks ago. But the Bank of Japan has committed one of the most egregious manipulations in history. The Yen/ $USD pair has imploded by over 14% in the … Continue reading →

Posted on December 9, 2016 by The Phoenix | Comments Off on Official Warning: Stocks Are Going to Crash

The “smart money” isn’t buying this rally. Corporate insiders know more about their companies than anyone else. And they are not buying this rally… at all. In fact, they’re using it to dump shares. A total of 3,500 insiders at … Continue reading →

Posted on December 6, 2016 by The Phoenix | Comments Off on The Smartest Money in the Markets Just Broadcasted the Next Big Trade

The Bank of Japan is trying to crash the markets? This is not conspiracy theory. In the last month the BoJ has devalued the Yen 14% against the $USD. By any other measure this is a crash as far as … Continue reading →

Posted on December 5, 2016 by The Phoenix | Comments Off on Warning: Market Crashes Hit When the Most Investors LEAST EXPECT IT

Is Janet Yellen trying to crash stocks to screw Trump? Ever since the $USD began its bull market run in mid-2014, the Fed, lead by Janet Yellen, has intervened whenever the $USD cleared 98. The reason for this was the … Continue reading →

Posted on December 1, 2016 by The Phoenix | Comments Off on Is the Yellen Fed TRYING to Crash Stocks To Hurt Trump?

It is said that history has a sense of irony. The latest US election is not an exception. Consider the following… Donald Trump campaigned aggressively on trade… particularly his opposing of the fact that the US gets taken advantage of … Continue reading →

Posted on December 1, 2016 by The Phoenix | Comments Off on Is Japan About to Implode the $10T $USD Carry Trade?