Author Archives: The Phoenix

The stock market is pretty scary these days, isn’t it? Anyone who is bullish on stocks… or thinks they are cheap and worth buying, keeps getting wrecked. It’s not entirely their fault; the non-stop interventions by “someone” keep making it appear … Continue reading →

The manipulations in the stock market are getting ridiculous. “Someone” forced stocks higher on Friday. The S&P 500 rose 55 points in just 24 minutes started at 3:10PM. And when that didn’t do the job and sellers returned, the market … Continue reading →

The Fed is NOT coming to rescue stocks this time. For decades, investors have been conditioned to “buy the dip” because the Fed invariably steps in to prop up the stock market whenever a collapse begins in earnest. The Fed … Continue reading →

As I keep warning, the Mother of All Collapses is coming to the markets. We’ve already detailed just how insane this Everything Bubble is. Options trading volume (a sign of speculation) was exponentially higher than it was during the Tech … Continue reading →

By Graham Summers, MBA As I mentioned yesterday, the Mother of All Collapses is Coming And if you think the Fed is coming to the rescue stocks this time, you’re sadly mistaken. Historically the Fed “saves the day” by intervening in … Continue reading →

The mother of all collapses is coming. The Fed claims it can tackle inflation without triggering a crisis. Good luck with that! The Fed triggered a crisis with the Tech Bubble (a bubble in a single stock market sector) and … Continue reading →

The market is now in very serious trouble. The bond market is NOT calming down. Last week the yield on the all-important 10-Year U.S. Treasury (the most important bond in the world) spiked to new highs for this bull run. … Continue reading →

By Graham Summers, MBA All eyes are on the Fed today. Thus far the bond market doesn’t believe the Fed is serious about tackling inflation. Why would it? The Fed printed another $55 billion after its QE program supposedly ended… and has … Continue reading →

By Graham Summers, MBA Yesterday I noted that the bond market is crashing.  By quick way of review: 1)    The Fed is horribly behind the curve on inflation. This has resulted in Treasury yields spiking as Treasury bonds collapse. 2)    … Continue reading →

The bond market is blowing up. As I outlined several weeks agothe financial system is now experiencing its first coordinated central bank tightening in over a decade. The reason for this tightening is inflation. Inflation is a global phenomenon. Once … Continue reading →

By Graham Summers, MBA The market is once again on thin ice. The S&P 500 cannot even maintain its 50-day moving average (DMA). And this is despite the Fed pumping $55 billion into the financial system in the last month. … Continue reading →

By Graham Summers, MBA The Fed released its meeting minutes from March yesterday. The highlights are: 1)    The Fed will likely begin raising rates by 0.5%, instead of 0.25% sometime this year. 2)   The Fed will begin shrinking its balance … Continue reading →

By Graham Summers, MBA The single most important rule in investing is “don’t fight the Fed.” The Fed is the single most powerful entity in the financial system. And as we discovered in 2020, there is almost no limit to … Continue reading →

By Graham Summers, MBA The bond market is telling us that the Fed is in very serious trouble. Bonds are quite complicated, so I’m going to do my best to keep things very simple here. The Fed ended its Quantitative Easing … Continue reading →