Good Friday morning all. November went out like a lion….big 331 point move higher in the Dow Jones (DJ), with a solid recovery move higher in the nasdaq, which was destroyed on Wednesday. Exactly what we want to see….as stock market bulls.
Read MoreGood Wednesday Afternoon all. I'd like to wish everyone in the US a very happy Thanksgiving. Markets are closed tomorrow and open for just a 1/2 day on Friday. Yours truly will be back with you first thing Friday morning (at the latest).
Read MoreGood Friday Morning all. A big recovery day in the markets yesterday, with 1% to 1.5% moves higher across the board in the Dow Jones, S&P 500, Nasdaq and Russell 2000. As we’ve covered here often, in powerful equity bull markets like the one we are in today (globally) corrections are short-lived, quickly reversed …
Read MoreGood Wednesday morning all. Today marks the 1 year anniversary of the election of #45, President Donald Trump. Love him or not, here are the bottom line investment results since 11/8/16. S&P 500: +21% Dow Jones: +28% Nasdaq: +30%
Read MoreInsider Trading and Financial Anomalies Surrounding the Las Vegas Attack October 7, 2017 Note: With this report, I make no claim to specific knowledge of any wrongdoing or improprieties. Instead, this report includes trading patterns, news releases and/or public record SEC filings.
Read MoreAs the markets continue to ride the wall of worry higher, hitting fresh all time high after fresh all time high, the VRA Portfolio is not only participating, but once again, beating Mr. Market at its own game. Here are the numbers for 2017:
Read MoreJust a brief update and many, many thanks for your prayers and well wishes. We continue to be among the very, very fortunate...our home is dry and we are safe...but the number of our fellow Houstonians/Texans that cannot say the same is just staggering.
Read MoreVRA Update: The Stars Are Lining up Perfectly for Precious Metals and Miners. Aug 10, 2017 Good Thursday morning all. First this morning, a couple of important VRA reminders...for both our LT Subscribers and especially our newbies. My investing style is hyper aggressive...if you're looking for safe, mutual fund type returns, I am probably not your guy.
Read MoreMy love affair with gold and silver...precious metals...goes back to when I was about 16. I listened in on a meeting with my father and a financial advisor as the advisor convinced my father to buy gold at $800/ounce. As you can see in the chart below, gold then proceeded to drop to $290/ounce over just the next couple of years.
Read MoreVRA Update: Dow Theory BIG Buy Signal. Investor Sentiment Buy Signals Continue. The markets continue to flash buy signal after buy signal as FED Chair Yellen hints loudly that we may see only modest rate hikes going forward...looks like someone is trying to keep their job (her term ends early 2018 and the inside word is that Trump is looking to replace her).
Read MoreThe Trump-mania bull market continues with no signs of slowing down. The VRA has been bullish on US markets since early 2013 and my LT targets remain in place...Dow Jones 25,000 on the low side...but what's more likely is a massive blow-off rally phase that sees the DJ top 30,000. All before the end of Trumps (first) term.
Read MoreAs our bubble bull market continues, we see some incredibly interesting chart developments for gold/miners and the continued rollover in the reflation trade, as this time evidenced by the mini-crash that's occurring in the financials.
Read MoreBefore we get to the VRA Trading & Investing System Analysis, some observations on "The Bubble" we are witness to today...a bubble that mankind has never seen the likes of...and that just a decade ago would have been too bizarre to turn into a book or movie...
Read MoreBecause pattern/trend analysis is such an important investing concept for active (and passive) investors, it's time that we address the politlcal elephant in the room...the possibility that the Donald Trump of the campaign trail may not be the same Donald Trump that we now have as President. The possibility that a pattern change is occuring...
Read MoreAll week long, the markets have rallied back off of opening losses...just as we expected...with solid moves higher off of 21 dma, 50dma and 100 dma. Nothing about this market says "sell". Remember, April is historically the strongest month for stocks, with a 1.9% average gain going back to 1950…
Read MoreI predicted that 2017 would be my best year ever. Looks like another of my predictions is coming true. But here’s what makes it that much sweeter…I so love destroying Wall Street’s shell game! My “Stock of the Century”, following a most important news release, has just rocketed 285% higher...in just the last 30 days…
Read MoreIn My 31 Years, This Will Be My Best Year Ever. Come and Join Us! Hi, it’s Kip again. I’ll keep this very brief…2017 will be my best year ever in beating the markets. If you’re serious about making more money with your investing than you’ve ever experienced, take 2 minutes and keep reading.
Read MoreWhile short term overbought, everything that I see is confirming that the 3 month highs we're seeing right now in precious metals are only just the beginning. The planets appear to be aligned for us. In just the last 2 months the VRA has total gains of more than 370% in our VRA Core Portfolio mining stocks.
Read MorePlease accept my just finished book as my free gift to you. “Becoming Wealthy in the Age of Trump” is the follow-up to my 2011 book and will show you exactly how the US and global economies will react to President Trump’s policy of “America First”. (Hint: it won’t be all smooth sailing).
Read MoreHope everyone had a very Merry Christmas and that you have an even better New Year and 2017. This past Friday I wrote the last word of my second book. Waves of relief! "CrashProof Prosperity 2.0, Becoming Wealthy in the Age of Trump" should be out of final edits this week.
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Good Friday morning.
I have posted this VRA Letter each 9/11 since 2006 (updated only with relevant facts), when my research and due diligence made it no longer possible to remain silent.
Today marks a somber 25 years since September 11, 2001.
Good Thursday morning. In chart after chart we see the same thing; following recent ATH’s in each of our major indexes, significant coiling has been taking place underneath the surface. “Coiling” represents the markets waiting on a near term catalyst(s) that will either extend the primary trend (higher), or potentially signal further consolidation may be required first.
Good Friday morning. Before we get to today’s Letter, there is one important point to remember: we are still extraordinarily early in this bull market. The permabears that like to fear monger us into being tempted to remove money from the markets should be actively ignored and avoided…
Good Friday morning. Breaking: the jobs report for April is in and it’s another beat to the upside. 117,000 jobs were created, beating the estimate of 65,000, with private payrolls almost doubling previous estimates. The unemployment rate stays unchanged at 4.3%. For a comp, take a look north at our neighbor Canada, which just reported a miserable unemployment rate of 6.9%…
Good Thursday morning. We’re seeing important technical and fundamental…and yes, contrarian indicators that point to a near-term “sharp” move higher in the markets and a continuation of this generational bull market. Our call from Monday was that the Monday lows would be THE lows and on a closing basis…
Good Thursday morning.
For our newer VRA readers, welcome….it’s great having you with us. We encourage you to stay locked in over the months and years to come, as we continue on our mission to “Crush Mr. Market”.
Good Thursday morning.
Brief recap of where things stand with the VRA Investing System. Based on the lessons learned from my mentors (Ted Parson, Underwood Neuhaus and Michael Metz, Oppenheimer) I’ve spent the last 40 years building the VRA System. The VRA Investing System is made up of 12 screens, 70% fundamental and 30% technical. ..
Good Thursday morning. Following yesterdays strong jobs data and solid open we had a mid-day shakeout that took the markets from 1% higher to 1% lower, in fairly short order…
Good Thursday morning. We’d like to welcome our new VRA Readers that have joined us recently, many of which have come to us through our TV work with Wayne Allyn Root, Grant Stinchfield and Charles Payne, three American patriots that we are proud to call friends…
Good Thursday afternoon. I was going to do a deep dive on yesterday’s Fed meeting and presser with J Powell, but frankly, it’s not worth our time and energy…
Good Thursday morning. Breaking: Final Q3 GDP is in with growth of 4.4% vs estimates of 4.3%. Beginning last summer we were the first strategists in America (that we are aware of) that began forecasting GDP growth would surpass 5% by Q3 2026. With the Atlanta Fed’s Q4 GDPNow estimate of 5.4% growth, it looks like the Trump Economic Miracle will beat our GDP estimates to the punch.
Good Thursday morning. As we’ve covered extensively over the last 3 years, we have entered a “structural” bull market that will carry US stocks sharply higher through at least 2030. The Roaring 2020’s combined with our "Big 3”…
Good Thursday morning. Before we get to the latest market moving news, here are our full year returns for 2025, and what you can expect from the VRA in 2026.
Good Friday morning. Over the last couple of weeks we’ve talked about the reasons for this short term liquidity-led shakeout, including yesterdays massive intraday reversal which began exactly as (fired) Fed Governor Lisa Cook was giving a speech where she warned extensively of a “sharp market reversal” (In no way do I believe this was a coincidence). However, what’s more important this morning is covering where we are and what comes next.
Good Friday morning. Heads up: I’m scheduled to be on ‘Making Money with Charles Payne’ in the 2PM EST hour. Hope you can join us.
Market Update…
Good Friday morning. Today we’ll cover some of the “chinks in the armor, of this market, then we’ll get to the government shutdown, and finally we will wrap the week with the markets and economy…
Heads up; I’m scheduled to be on Fox Business “Making Money with Charles Payne” in the 2PM EST hour. Hope you can join in (I’ll post the exact time on X).
Personal note: I wanted to take a second to say thank you for being here with us…
Good Friday morning. We have a few VRA Quick Hitters for you this AM:
1.) 2025 Returns: Broad Market & VRA Portfolio…
I have posted this VRA Letter each 9/11 since 2006 (updated only with relevant facts), when my research and due diligence made it no longer possible to remain silent…
Good Thursday morning. As we came into Q2 earnings reports we explained why Wall Street was being far too pessimistic. As you read these excellent Q2 earnings below, featuring earnings growth for the S&P 500 of 11.8%, remember that Wall Street was forecasting growth of just 4.9% (vs our estimates 8–10% growth).
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