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Commodities have been on the ropes for more than a month. As for commodity stocks, they’ve been under pressure since...

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Buying bonds is finally becoming an attractive proposition again.

For months, we’ve noted the lack of confirmation from intermarket ratios such as...

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The US dollar and interest rates are still two of the most important charts out there. You’re probably tired of hearing it, but their future direction impacts the entire marketplace.

And...

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Sellers are in the driver's seat when it comes to commodities these days.

Besides natural gas and...

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It’s inescapable. If you haven’t read it in the news, seen it on Twitter, or heard it from a co-worker, here’s the scoop…

The euro has tumbled to parity with the dollar for the first...

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Don’t let the numbers fool you.

Despite positive returns at the index level for Q2, commodities have been in full retreat for the past month or more. We broke the damage down in...

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The US dollar has answered any and all questions about its strength over the past few months.

During Tuesday's session...

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So far, 2022 has been a historic year. That theme intensified during the second quarter, which is now in the books.

The bond market is working on one of its worst...

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No one likes a bear market, except for the bears of course.

They haze the uninitiated, test market veterans, and remind everyone that assets can go to zero.

Not fun for most!

...

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In almost every market environment, there are assets we want to buy and assets we want to sell. That holds even when we think the only option is to sell.

Recently, the strong buys have...

Dr. Copper is in the hot seat again this week!

I know we just covered copper and the copper/gold ratio. But this is a major development, so let’s dive in a little deeper....

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Bonds are off to their worst start in the past 40 years, possibly ever! 

It’s not even close. 

As we near the end of Q2, the US Treasury Bond ETF $TLT is...

From the desk of Steven Strazza @Sstrazza and Ian Culley @IanCulley

Whatever we’re looking for, the market has it.

If we’re searching for large topping patterns and strong downtrends, there’s plenty to go around, especially in...

From the desk of Steven Strazza @Sstrazza and Ian Culley @Ianculley

One of the most important risk ratios and easily the biggest snooze fest from the past year is finally starting to move. 

That’s right – after going nowhere for...

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Now that inflation is no longer transitory and we’ve officially entered bear market territory, "...

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King Dollar is reasserting its reign at the expense of major global currencies and risk assets.

What started as...

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Don’t fight trends. It never ends well.

Learning to go with the flow often comes with age and experience. Lucky for us, we have plenty of both at All Star Charts...

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The Japanese yen continues to be front and center, as the safe-haven currency can't seem to find its footing.

In a market where risk assets are struggling to...

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The Japanese yen continues to slide.

In early April, we highlighted the multi-year base in the USD/JPY cross. We were anticipating a significant breakout...

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Momentum thrusts abound.

The other day on Twitter Spaces, JC made the point that we hadn’t seen many bullish thrusts this year. He was right. There have been a...

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Back in January, the big story was the yield on the 10-year US Treasury note printing new multi-year...

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The US dollar is on the ropes as global currencies bounce back.

After failing to hold its...

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Nobody likes inflation.

The costs of day-to-day necessities rise. Long-forgotten and...