Published in July 28th, 2011
BarroMetrics Views: The US Debt Crisis III
In the current debate on possible US Default, I have not heard anyone mention the US Constitution.
Now I am not a Constitutional expert so I could well be wrong on this issue but as I see it, if there is a deadlock in Congress, the President has the power […]
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Published in July 27th, 2011
BarroMetrics Views: The US Debt Crisis II
A short blog.
I thought I had said all I could say on this subject until Obama came on National TV yesterday. It reminded me of someone, who having borrrowed to the hilt and is unable to repay the loan, says to the bank:
“I have a wife and truckload of […]
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Published in July 25th, 2011
BarroMetrics Views: The US Debt Crisis
Today’s post is a reproduction of this week’s weekly newsletter (the newsletter is currently closed to new subscriptions). I reproduce here because I see the events now occurring as possible harbingers that my long-held view (that we are repeating the 1966 to 1982 stagflation scenario) is incorrect. While I still […]
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Published in July 22nd, 2011
BarroMetrics Views: S&P July 22 2011
It’s been the usual tough time for me in July and August.
My cycles were looking for a strong July and weak August. While that may still be on the cards, the current price action suggests that the correction is over.
Figure 1, 12-M Swing (yearly trend) shows the negative development buy […]
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Published in July 19th, 2011
BarroMetrics Views: Larry Summers and The European Crisis
Firstly my apologies for a somewhat mixed publication recent. My aim is to publish at least a short blog Monday to Friday. This goal has been derailed, mainly due to rather difficult problem involving a crashed hard disk and restoration of my data files. Add to this the […]
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Published in July 15th, 2011
BarroMetrics Views: The ANTS Philosophy
Jim Rohn recently wrote about the ANTS Philosophy. The tenets
Ants Never Quit
Ants Think Winter All Summer. Ants gather food in the middle of Summer for Winter
Ants Think Summer All Winter. Ants think: “This won’t last long - we’ll soon be out of here”
Ants will gather as much as they can during […]
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Published in July 12th, 2011
BarroMetrics Views: QE III?
We live in interesting times. The market seems to coming to grips with the reality that the FED may not be able to sustain the stock market.
At time of writing, the ESU1 continues to slip. We saw a close on July 11 of 1318.50. Today’s low is 1295.2 and is currently at […]
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Published in July 11th, 2011
BarroMetrics Views: Context and Trading
I received a couple of e-mails that made a valid point about the different results I was seeing in the quant studies by Sentiment Trader and Quantifiable Edges on the one hand, and Market History on the other. Since both subscribed to the three publications, they were in a better position […]
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Published in July 8th, 2011
BarroMetrics Views: The S&P and QE
Earlier in the year, my overnight trades went into ‘ebb state’. Normally reliable change in trend patterns continually failed. It was not until I realized that QE II had fostered a belief that the FED would and could prevent a sustained stock market sell-off that my trading results recovered from […]
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Published in July 7th, 2011
BarroMetrics Views: Quant Studies
As a visual, discretionary trader, quant studies are not my forte. But that doesn’t mean I can’t outsource the expertise. I have found Rob Hanna’s Quantifiable Edges to be by far the best (at least so far as I am concerned). His blog is well worth reading. (My link will take you […]
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