Just How Much Wider Can the Gap Between Europe and Trump Get?

Just How Much Wider Can the Gap Between Europe and Trump Get?

Before diving into last week’s market mayhem, I have to say: “America First” is starting to look a lot like “America on its own.” Most folks in Europe – egged on by our ever-progressive press – are firmly anti-Trump. And honestly, even I, someone who shares plenty of...
And Just Like That, Everything Turned to Shit

And Just Like That, Everything Turned to Shit

I’ve explained before that I don’t like trading when it comes to war scenarios, and it looks like a lot of other people have rushed to take their remaining risk off the table – unless, of course, they’re dyed-in-the-wool, Gung-ho oil speculators. Last week, before the...
A Week That Made Me Sit Back

A Week That Made Me Sit Back

If we’re honest, this wasn’t a dramatic week. It was one of those weeks that makes you lean back in your chair and think rather than jump up and trade. Nothing blew up. Nothing melted up. But I could feel the tone shifting slightly. And when tone shifts, I pay...