Author: Ranier Krieg

I am suitably impressed! (Last night..) 15:00h Wall Street time must have been the DARKEST HOUR in the midst of panic and screams to run for cover. Financial markets had been falling unnervingly for only 3 days, yet sentiment...

Model Portfolios since inception in October 2009 to September 22nd, 2011. Model Portfolios will be updated monthly or when a significant change has happened.The latest data typically is always at least three days old, due to the...

Some people applaud the FED for not announcing another QE. While acknowledging that there are limits to what a central bank can do, they are preparing us for tougher times ahead in the markets. Not a bad idea if you know you...

When most people bet on one outcome only, it is often the wrong one! Currency traders, carry traders, bond fund managers and commodity traders were all banking on a forever weakening USD. Indeed, they sought to reassure and...

“… keep in mind that the dominant trend remains persistently bearish. That is the bias. In a bear market, surprises come to the downside. Typically, there is no safe place to hide in a Dow Theory Primary Tide Bear...

When I open my inbox it is inevitably filled up with messages commenting on past events, facts and figures that are out of date, and old conclusions that have become irrelevant. We have to accept that it is the nature of...

DAX – UPTREND TILL JULY & SUBSEQUENT FALL It all started to fall apart yesterday afternoon. Ze BigBoyz were selling, and selling hard, with the DAX losing 4% in thefirst hours of trade. The DAX is of course the biggest...

As I was revisiting longer term charts in an effort to find answers to current shortcomings, a few things stand out that somehow do not receive a lot of attention, although they SHOULD. I am always astounded how little merit is...

This telling comment comes from Christeen Skinner, a UK based financial Astrologer. But it could have come from any serious market observer. The last few week’s market action did not just take novice traders by surprise....

I rarely refer to other publications as a means to explain better, i.e. simpler, more eloquent, better researched because it is not often I find someone’s work to be totally in line with a visionary investment process of...