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A complete archive of Mercenary Trader 's articles, including current analysis & opinion - Page 2
A complete archive of Mercenary Trader 's articles, including current analysis & opinion - Page 2
China's Debt Bomb: Still Stealth Candidate For Top 2015 Gray Swan Event
By Mercenary Trader - Feb 15, 2015
“There will undoubtedly be a long series of cuts before China sweats out its hangover from a $26 trillion credit boom…” ~ Ambrose Evans-Pritchard, UK Telegrap
“Basically,...
Lessons From The EUR/CHF Stunner
By Mercenary Trader - Jan 16, 2015
The latest move in the euro / Swiss franc (EUR/CHF) is absolutely gigantic. For a major currency pair to move 25% in a single session is mind-blowing.To get a sense of how crazy that is, check out the...
Let Them Eat iPads
By Mercenary Trader - Nov 16, 2014
Many sacred cows have been slaughtered these past few years. Beliefs held as obvious, incontrovertible even, were crushed to dust.Take, for example, the notion that the United States was due to...
Inflation Already Happened
By Mercenary Trader - Oct 19, 2014
“Risk of Deflation Feeds Global Fears,” says the WSJ in today’s links.
“World economy so damaged it may need permanent QE,” says the UK Telegraph.
European inflation is...
No Soft Landing Ahead
By Mercenary Trader - Oct 12, 2014
“When stocks are this pricey, history tells us that prices swirl downwards in a continuous whirlpool that usually lasts about a year and goes to extremes.”That’s the opening sentence...
Large-Cap Breakout Failure is Ominous For Bulls
By Mercenary Trader - May 16, 2014
Help me Obi Wan Kenobi — you’re my only hope.” - Princess Leia in Star WarsWith the ominous divergence between small caps and large caps, a large-cap breakout was perhaps “the...
Central Banks Are No Cure For Legislative Incompetence
By Mercenary Trader - May 09, 2014
There is an old joke about a drunk on his hands and knees beneath a streetlight. A cop asks what he is doing. “Lost my keys,” says the drunk. “You lost them here?” asks the...
Why The Bear Market For High Beta Stocks Will Continue
By Mercenary Trader - May 07, 2014
This article is a friendly wake-up call of sorts for investors in high-beta social media, cloud, biotech and e-commerce plays. You know, the stuff with triple-digit P/E ratios (if profits even...
Repeat After Me: Boring Is The New Sexy
By Mercenary Trader - May 02, 2014
For what seemed like forever we had “Mr. Miyagi” markets. Instead of “wax on, wax off” it was “risk on, risk off” with everything slamming in one direction or...
Herbalife: Advantage Ackman?
By Mercenary Trader - May 01, 2014
In January 2013 we wrote about “Lessons in Hubris from the Herbalife Spectacle.” This was around the time Bill Ackman was grandly pounding the table for Herbalife LTD (NYSE:HLF) as a...