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VRA Letter: The Roaring 2020’s Meets The 4th Industrial Revolution. VRA Portfolio AI/tech Buy Recs. Latest From Dan Ives, Bryan Rich and Rich Ross.
Good Friday morning. Yesterday after the close both Google and Microsoft announced big Q1 earnings beats, sending their shares higher by 12% and 4%. It’s all about the innovation revolution. Google grew revenues by 15% and net income by 57%. Microsoft grew revenues by 17% and net income by 20%, with both investing record amounts back […]
VRA Letter: GDP Miss and Inflationary Hit. Semis Leading Higher. Tesla’s Musk Vs Zuck; This is How You AI. VRA 10-Bagger News; Snowline Gold, Xtract
Good Thursday afternoon. The US economy continued growing in Q1, albeit at a slower pace, as inflationary concerns push back rate cut hopes into Q4. GDP grew at a 1.6% annual rate in Q1. This lagged the 2.4% growth rate projected by economists. This mornings report also showed that inflation was higher than expected. Excluding food and energy prices, […]
VRA Letter: Out of Office
Good Thursday morning. We’re out of the office in meetings this morning. Please join us for our VRA Investing Podcast after the close. Until next time, thanks again for reading. Kip Please join us each day after the market closes for our Daily VRA Investing Podcast! @ https://vraletter.com/podcasts/ And check Out Our Latest (now daily podcast!) Videos on Rumble... Continue […]
VRA Letter: Alert: Bought SOXL. Tesla Q1 Earnings; The Future is Arriving. Interview with Wayne Root.
Good Wednesday morning. VRA Alert: yesterday we added a new position in SOXL (3 x Semi EFT), taking us to 150% long SOXL. We bought SOXL @ $34.25. The VRA Portfolio in your VRA Members Site will be updated later today to reflect this. We are aggressively long the semis because we see this is “that" bull market […]
VRA Alert: Buy SOXL. Tesla; Update on our VRA 10-Bagger, with Earnings After the Close.
Good Tuesday afternoon. We look to be getting confirmation that the pause in our new generational bull market may already be over, with strong gains across the board, led by the semis (+2.5%) followed by Nasdaq +1.75%, both of which are leading the broad markets higher. Again, textbook bull market action. And check out these […]
VRA Letter: The Root Reaction, Tonight at 10EST. SOXL; We’re Close. Bitcoin; Halving Completed, Demand Surge is Next. Latest From Rich Ross and Bryan Rich.
Good Tuesday morning. Heads up: I'll be on "The Root Reaction" tonight at 10 PM EST. Waynes new show on Real Americas Voice is the talk of the network…and there’s no truer conservative or stronger American Patriot than Wayne. Really looking forward to being on and hope you can join us! VRA Pre-Alert: we’re very close to taking […]
VRA Letter: VRA Pre-Alert. Prepare to Add to SOXL Position Size.
Good Monday morning. We have an important “pre-alert” this morning, where we’ll soon be taking action on an additional VRA Portfolio position. If futures were not solidly higher in pre-market trading we would be taking action now. Regardless, we’ll be taking action soon. We will be putting on an "additional position" in SOXL (3 x […]
VRA Letter: Members Only Podcast
Good Friday morning. VRA Members Podcast this AM. Listen here: Vertical Research Advisory · VRA Members Only Podcast 4.19.24 Topics: 1) Israel retaliates against Irans retaliation. Gold and oil reverse lower (tell). 2) Bear trap? Hammer candles overnight in S&P 500 and Nasdaq (bullish tell…high probability, bullish reversal signals). 3) Xtract One […]
VRA Letter: Webinar with Snowline Gold @ 3:30 EST. ARK’s Chief Futurist; Massive Tech Disruption & Growth. Tesla’s Biggest Bulls Are Buying. Bull Market in Early Innings.
Good Thursday morning. Heads up; today at 3:30 EST VRA 10-bagger Snowline Gold (SNWGF) is hosting a webinar with a deep dive into their gold discovery in the Yukon. You can register below. We believe this is one of the most exciting new gold co’s and potential world class discoveries of the last two decades. If at all possible you’ll […]
VRA Letter: Excellent Setup Unfolding Into Tech Earnings. Bull Market of Bull Markets in Precious Metals/Miners. Investing in a Future with AI, Robots and Spaceships, Today at 4PM EST.
Good Wednesday morning. We’ve dedicated much of the last weeks Letters to the “war risks” and corresponding action in the broad markets. We’re now just a few days away from Q1 tech earnings kicking off in style, with high profile names Tesla (next Tuesday), META (Wednesday) and Alphabet, Amazon, Intel and Microsoft set to report next Thursday. We see […]
VRA Letter: Deeply Oversold. Another “Buy the Dip” Opportunity, as the Roaring 2020’s Rolls On. Latest From Yardeni and Ross. Tesla, Absolutely a Buy.
Good Tuesday morning. We continue to believe that this market weakness is being driven by “war risks”…it’s showing up in all of our data. Assuming that this passes, as we expect, we’ll once again be off to the races. This is “that” bull market. First, some stats, to give you an idea of how fast we’ve given […]
VRA Letter: “When the Bullets Fly, Stocks Are a Buy”. VRA Market & Portfolio Update. Bitcoin Buying Opp. The Roaring 2020’s and the Power of a “Structural” Bull Market.
Good Monday morning. “When the bullets fly, stocks are a buy”. Our message from Fridays Letter looks to be playing out this AM, with Dow futures +300, following Irans attack against Israel over the weekend. After having my eyes opened with 9/11, the Patriot Act, Iraq WMD’s and the two senseless wars that followed…not to mention […]
VRA Letter: Q1 Earnings; JPM hit. Fox Business. Yardeni; No Rate Cuts in 2024. “Bubbly Action” and Irrational Exuberance. Own the Miners. Bitcoin Flashing Buy Signals.
Good Friday morning. Breaking; JP Morgan reported earnings and while beating estimates, the shares are lower by 3.5%, taking the broad markets with it. Two thoughts; 1) who cares. We’ve avoided bank stocks for a decade and 2o) especially with bank earnings, trusting the first move after earnings reports has not been a reliable indicator. […]
VRA Letter: “Making Money” with Charles Payne. Xtract One, Las Vegas. VRA Market update; Protection From Inflation and Global Risks. Latest From Rich Ross.
Good Thursday morning. Heads up; I’m scheduled to be on “Making Money” with Charles Payne today in the 2PM EST hour (Fox Business). Hope you can join us. Just back in late last night from a due diligence trip. Included in my meetings was a visit with CEO Peter Evans and the team from VRA 10-bagger Xtract One […]
VRA Letter: Update from the Road. Market Internals Solid. Golds Move Just Getting Started.
Good Tuesday morning. As those that know me well can attest, one of my least favorite things is being away from home base during the trading week. By watching the markets closely, daily, you develop a feel for the markets. Long time traders will know what I’m talking about. So, whenever I’m on the road […]
VRA Letter: Thoughts From the Road; VRA Investment Themes, Bitcoin Halving, Tesla’s Robotaxi Unveil
Good Monday morning. I’m on the road through Wednesday. I’ll be sending some thoughts from the road until we resume our usual morning letters. The incredible rolling bull market….our new investment theme…is producing an investment environment without a single US broad market index trading at overbought levels on the VRA Investing System. Just an extraordinary […]
VRA Letter: Another Solid Jobs Report. Direct Evidence of the Roaring 2020’s Continues to Build. The Embarrassing Talking Heads of the Fed. Bitcoin Update.
Good Friday morning. Heads up; I'll be away next Monday - Wednesday on a due diligence trip so our morning letters may turn into mid-day letters. I do plan to get something out each day, even if brief, and of course our entire team is always watching the markets and our positions. Breaking: this morning we got the […]
VRA Letter: We Love the Permabears. Tyler’s TV/radio Interview. The Semis; Still Flashing Big Buy Signals. A BIG “Tell” in the Miners. Tesla; Must Own Stock.
Good Thursday morning. Yesterday we talked about the “return of the bears” following a whole 1.5 days of selling pressure. Their permabear folly would be entertaining if there weren’t good people being impacted by their unending negativity towards this generational bull market. We continue to witness textbook (early) bull market action. This is exactly the investor sentiment you want […]
VRA Letter: The Incredible Rolling Bull Market. Watch Tyler and I on TV Today. No, This is NOT like 2008. Gold Tops $2300. Latest From Rich Ross.
Good Wednesday morning. Heads up; Tyler and I are scheduled to be on air today. Tyler will be on radio/tv with Wayne Allyn Root at 7:30 EST (watch/listen via multiple options at rootforamerica.com or https://frankspeech.com/live/watch-lindell-tv2-live-247) and I’ll be on Charles Paynes show in the 2PM EST hour (Fox Business). Hope you can join us! VRA Market Update We’ve barely had a […]
VRA Letter: Why We Own Precious Metals, Miners and Energy. Semis Still Leading. Buy Tesla, VRA 10-Bagger.
Good Tuesday morning. We kicked off Q2 trading yesterday with a shift in investor sentiment, as oil and gold continue to power higher on geopolitical tensions following the Israeli attack on the Iranian consulate in Syria. This morning Iran vowed revenge for the attacks. Dow futures are lower by 300 points to start the day. Golds […]
VRA Letter: Interview with Wayne Allyn Root. VRA Market Update; Important Week as the Roaring 2020’s Gathers Steam. Keep Buying Small Caps. Phenomenal Smart Money Set-ups.
Good Monday morning. Heads up; here’s my interview from Saturday on Real Americas Voice with our great friend Wayne Allyn Root (following Dr Ben Carson) talking Roaring 2020’s, generational bull market, gold & bitcoin (blockchain, tokenization, financial engineering). And a huge congrats to Wayne for his new nightly show “The Root Reaction”, also on Real Americas […]
VRA Letter: Members Only Podcast
Good Thursday morning. Members Only Podcast. Heads up: I’ll be on Real Americas Voice with our great friend Wayne Allyn Root, Saturday at Noon EST. Hope you can join us. Podcast Link: Vertical Research Advisory · VRA Members Only Podcast 3.28.24 Topics: - Market Update - April Front-running - VRA Investing System - perfection - […]
VRA Letter: Must-Watch Bitcoin Debate, as the Next Acceleration Cycle Nears. April Front-Running is Underway. VRA Smart Money Set-ups.
Good Wednesday morning. With a 3-day weekend approaching, I highly recommend watching/sharing this video on bitcoin vs fiat currency (and yes, gold), a video that we first shared with you in 2019...just as Bitcoin had imploded from near $20,000 to as low as $3200. When Michael Saylor (Founder, MacroStrategy $MSTR), which now owns 1% of all […]
VRA Alert: Enter Stop Loss Order on DJT
Good Tuesday morning. As covered in this mornings letter we want to enter a “stop loss” order on our position in DJT (Trump Media) in order to protect our gains while letting our profits run. Alert: enter a "GTC stop loss order” to sell your DJT shares at $65.00/share. Should we get stopped out at this price […]
VRA Letter: The Extraordinary Set-up For US Equities Continues. Latest From Rich Ross; Super Bull. VRA Portfolio Notes; Tesla, Bitcoin, Trump Media (DJT), Gold Miners, Falcon. Avoid Permabears.
Good Tuesday morning. The extraordinary set-up for US equities continues, as we’re now 3 trading days away from having 5 straight months of gains. You have to go back to post WW2 to find a 5 month period that beats this markets performance. It also bodes incredibly well for the rest of the year, as […]
VRA Letter: VRA Strategy & Portfolio Update for a Generational Bull Market.
Good Monday morning. We recommend saving this VRA Letter, as it contains our investing/strategy approach along with our specific portfolio recommendations for the "generational bull market” that’s underway today. VRA Investing Approach - Controlled Aggression From my early days on Wall Street, when I fell in love with growth stocks, my investing approach has been […]
VRA Letter: 11/12 VRA Investing System Screens are Bullish. Heads up on Small Caps. Xtract One, DHS Approvals Nearing. DWAC = DJT. ARK White Paper; Welcome to the Great Acceleration.
Good Friday morning. Yesterday marked the 20th ATH in the S&P 500 this year. Bull markets “start" at ATHs (thanks Ted). And now we’re seeing true broadening take place as 801 stocks hit a 52 week high today vs just 72 new lows (NYSE, Nasdaq). Garlic strong. In addition, not only did we get ATH’s in S&P […]
VRA Letter: VRA Members Only Podcast
Good Thursday morning. I recommend you listen before the open. Action items included. 21 minutes LINK: Vertical Research Advisory · VRA Members Only Podcast 3.21.24 Topics: 1) J Powell just gave the markets, economy and investors a huge green light. We’re in a melt-up market. Roaring 2020’s. Dot-com #2. Stay locked in. 2) VRA Investing […]
VRA Letter: VRA Tech Insider; NVDA and AI Boom Just Beginning. Fed Day Meets Generational Bull Market. Bernstein; BTC is Going to $150k.
Good Wednesday morning. After Nvidia’s developer conference kicked off on Monday I asked VRA VIP and long-time tech insider “EM” if he would be share his thoughts with us. As you read this, know that EM has his been extraordinarily bullish on the space for years, especially NVDA, and has never wavered; he’s not at […]
VRA Letter: No Fed Rate Cut…So What? We’re (still) Turning Japanese. NVDA and the Birth of a New Industrial Revolution. Latest Bitcoin Shakeout.
Good Tuesday morning. The March Fed meeting kicks off today, with FOMC statement and Powell presser tomorrow afternoon. From the start of ‘24 we’ve said the Fed would cut rates at the March meeting. That’s not going to happen tomorrow….the US economy is simply too strong. The question is; does it even matter, if this is the next 1995-2000 […]
VRA Letter: Big Week; Fed Meeting and Nvidia Developer Conference. Stay Locked In. Bitcoin; Halving in 32 Days.
Good Monday morning. Heads up; Parabolic Options Program #19 is open and our first two positions are in place. If you didn’t receive the launch email and have an interest, just reply back to this Letter. Futures are solidly higher this AM in advance of a busy week featuring Tue/Wed Fed meeting and the highly-anticipated, high-profile Nvidia […]
VRA Letter: Keep Ignoring the Permabears. Bitcoin; Keep Buying Dips. Tesla; Keep Betting on Elon. Gold Miners Must Be Owned.
Good Friday morning. VRA Quick hitters this AM: 1) The markets fell rather sharply following yesterdays PPI data, before putting in another solid smart money hour with the generals leading the way higher. Textbook shakeouts…textbook bull market action. On his podcast yesterday Tyler explained this in detail, along with why we view most all government data […]
VRA Letter: Out of Office
Good Thursday morning. We’re out of the office in meetings this morning. Please join us for our VRA Investing Podcast after the close. Until next time, thanks again for reading. Kip Please join us each day after the market closes for our Daily VRA Investing Podcast! @ https://vraletter.com/podcasts/ And check Out Our Latest (now daily podcast!) Videos on Rumble... Continue […]
VRA Letter: Bears Are on the Run. Bitcoin Tops $73K. Gold Miners Ready to Run. China & Energy Stocks Are Back. VRA Portfolio; Avg Gain of 91.36%
Good Wednesday morning. Tyler covered this topic in some detail on his podcast yesterday and it’s a topic that smart money investors tend to understand well. Following yesterdays CPI data, which the financial media called “hot”, US equity markets quickly flipped from losses to outsized gains, featuring another strong smart money hour with the semis […]
VRA Letter: Parabolic Options #19. “Warm” CPI Data. VRA 2024 Forecasts. Bitcoin Akin to Legal Insider Trading, As it Surpasses Silver in Market Cap. $1 million BTC.
Good Tuesday morning. Heads up; we’ll be launching Parabolic Options Program #19 on Thursday. Please look for those details via email. This mornings CPI report came in “warm” compared to economists forecasts, with 3.2% y/y inflation while the core rate came in at 3.8% y/y, but the markets are saying “hold my beer”, with futures reversing solidly higher on the news. The […]
VRA Letter: VRA Macro Update. Our 2024 Forecasts Remain Intact. Buy Tesla. Bitcoin Primer; BTC Must Be Owned.
Good Monday morning. Heads up; in addition to both Barrons and The Economist putting pictures of bulls on their weekend covers (contrarian indicator), on Friday we saw a sizably bearish "outside day” in market leader Nvidia, which resulted in a sharp reversal lower in both NVDA and SMH ...from ATH’s…taking NVDA down 5.5% and sending SMH […]
VRA Letter: Fed Friendly Jobs Report. Interest Rate Derivatives Pointing to Rate Cuts; Keep Buying Gold, Miners, Semis/Tech, Small Caps & Bitcoin. Semis (still) Flashing Buy Signals. X1
Good Friday morning. I’m out of the office this morning so this will be a bit brief. If we don’t have a follow-up VRA Letter today, please join us for our VRA Investing Podcast after the close. This mornings jobs report may have seemed hot at first glance but the markets sure aren’t taking it […]
VRA Letter: “The Big Bribe” Continues to Play Out. Phenomenal Smart Money Setups; Semis, Precious Metals/Miners, Bitcoin and Small Caps. 10-Bagger
Good Thursday morning. After spending more than a year writing “The Big Bribe” Tyler and I published it just prior to the 10/13/22 bear market lows. We forecast a boom time in America, with the Roaring 2020’s as the theme. Laughter followed. We were among the only stock market bulls at the time…and no one was […]
VRA Letter: Stellar Internals Point to (much) Higher Prices. Bitcoin; Buy the Dip in Advance of $100K+. Gold Also Hits ATH; Massive Move Higher
Good Wednesday morning. VRA quick hitters this AM. 1) If a picture is worth a thousand words, check out yesterdays internals and see what it tells you...knowing that the Dow Jones fell 404 points (-1.04%) and Nasdaq dropped an even larger 267 points (-1.65%). With declines this large, the internals should have been horrendous across the […]
VRA Letter: Charles Payne, Smart Money TV. Keep Buying Dips. Bitcoin Nears ATH’s. Gold Closes at ATH’s with the Miners Beginning to Lead.
Good Tuesday morning. Outside of watching early morning Bloomberg over green tea and agave, Charles Payne’s “Making Money” is the only financial MSM I watch. Smart money TV. Following "coronavirus insanity" and launch of the “plandemic", CNBC’s propaganda became unwatchable. When the “great fade” Jim Cramer said “every American should be forcibly vaccinated, using the US military […]
VRA Letter: Signs of the Roaring 2020’s Abound. Fox Business Interview with Charles Payne. Bitcoins Parabolic Move Higher into the April Halving
Good Monday morning. Heads up; I’ll be on Charles Payne’s excellent show “Making Money” today in the 2PM EST hour. Please join us on Fox Business! We kick off a fresh week with a bull market that’s just now hitting all-time highs. Yes, we are short-term overbought but know this; since 1950, when the S&P 500 has gained […]
VRA Letter: More Friendly Inflation Data with Incomes Soaring. Must Own Small Caps (TNA). Textbook Bull Market Action. Bitcoins Ramp Higher Continues.
Good Friday morning. Vanguard, the money management behemoth with more than $7 trillion in assets under management, saw their long-running CEO Tim Buckley announce his resignation yesterday (effective by year end). Buckley….who detests Bitcoin/cryptos…is almost certainly stepping down for costing Vanguard and their clients untold billions in fees and profits from the Bitcoin revolution. Vanguard, second only […]
VRA Letter: More Friendly Inflation Data with Incomes Soaring. Must Own Small Caps (TNA). Textbook Bull Market Action. Bitcoins Ramp Higher Continues.
Good Thursday morning. This mornings inflation data (core PCE deflator) is known to be the Fed’s preferred inflation gauge and we have more good news, meaning broad disinflation continues to build. The year/year core price index rose 2.8%, which met economist estimates, allaying the fears of many that inflation was making a dangerous comeback. It is […]
VRA Letter: Members Only Podcast
Good Wednesday morning. VRA Members podcast this AM. Topics: 1) Bitcoins parabolic move continues. $60,600 last. It’s increasingly likely (IMO) that BTC will break $100K into the April halving (even as its trading at extreme OB levels). Keep buying BTC (or BTC ETF: ARKB) and Galaxy Digital (BRKHF). The coming demand surge is going to […]
VRA Letter: Analytics Flashing (Big) Buy Signals. Bitcoin Goes Parabolic; Nearing 100% Gains. The Roaring 2020’s. Alert: Stopped out of UVXY. Dow
Good Tuesday morning. These short term mini-pauses have done wonders for the overbought readings on our VRA Investing System. Today, even as our markets are just off of all-time highs, those overbought readings are gone. This market still has room to run, especially small caps, where investors just plowed more money this group than at any point […]
VRA Letter: Company-Making Flow Rates for VRA 10-Bagger Falcon Oil & Gas.
Good Monday morning. Our focus this morning is on VRA 10-bagger Falcon Oil & Gas (FOLGF), which will host their online presentation later this morning to discuss the company-making results of the SS1H well in the Beetaloo Basin, Australia, which we can now begin to refer to as a “commercial” discovery. In London trading, Falcon […]
VRA Letter: Textbook “Roaring 2020’s” Bull Market Action Continues. Deja Vu. Semis Continue to Lead. Falcon Oil & Gas and Tamboran Investor Webcasts (Sunday)
Good Friday morning. Yesterday produced fresh all-time highs in the S&P 500, Dow Jones, Semis (SMH), Nasdaq 100 and 4/11 S&P 500 sectors. We continue to witness textbook (early) bull market action, with brief consolidations and rotations, followed by accelerating gains. And remember, we’ve yet to even hit all-time highs in full Nasdaq (close) and […]
VRA Letter: Nvidia Posts Another Stunning Quarter. Alert: UVXY Stop Loss. Interview with WAR, Own Bitcoin. Falcon Oil & Gas. Xtract One/Evolv.
Good Thursday morning. The AI "king of the hill” did it again yesterday with Nvidia posting (another) quarter with absolutely stunning growth. NVDA Bottom Line, as Tyler outlined in his podcast yesterday: - Earned $5.16/sh, beating already sky-high estimates of $4.64/sh. - Revenue also came in above expectations, totaling $22.1 billion vs forecasts for $20.5 billion. - Record data center […]
VRA Alert: Bought UVXY. Nvidia Earnings & VRA Portfolio Game Plan. Interesting Internals Point to “Textbook” Consolidation.
Good Wednesday afternoon. VRA Alert: We bought UVXY (3 x lev Volatility ETF) @ $7.83. This is a trade only and we will keep stops in the 15% range (meaning if UVXY falls to $6.65 we will sell). Question from VRA Member Nathan about this hedge: Question: What percentage of hedge do you put on your portfolio? […]
VRA Alert: Buy UVXY. Interview with WAR @ 3PM EST. Market Update. Portfolio Notes; Small Caps/TNA. Palantir. Bitcoin.
Good Wednesday morning. I’ll be on Real Americas Voice TV today in the 3PM EST hour today with our great friend Wayne Allyn Root. The primary topic is Bitcoin and how to profit from what we expect will be a major move higher with the BTC halving in approx 60 days. Please join us. VRA […]
VRA Letter: Some Consolidation. BTC Halving and What It Means. Reminders of the Roaring 2020’s. Palantir, Falcon Oil & Gas.
Good Tuesday morning. Futures are slightly lower this morning, as last weeks (small) losses/consolidation helped to work off the broad markets overbought conditions. All eyes are on Nvidia earnings, which will be announced tomorrow after the close. Will the NVDA report be a “buy the rumor, sell the news” event, as so many are talking […]
VRA Letter: Xtract One Zoom. Breadth Breaks Out. Small Caps Ready to Go. Massive BTC Buying. NVDA Heads Up. DWAC/TMTG.
Good Friday morning. Thanks to everyone that joined our Members only Zoom last night with Xtract One CEO (XTRAF) CEO Peter Evans. Below, I’ve included a segment from the interview where Peter lists their largest clients with comments. "We landed Madison Square Garden last year. After testing us 24 times and all the others, and […]
VRA Letter: 8PM EST Zoom with X1. Strong Rally with Small Caps Leading. Tesla +5%. Latest From Rich Ross.
Good Thursday afternoon. Here’s the Zoom link for our 8PM EST meeting with Xtract One Tech CEO Peter Evans: Please click the link below to join the webinar: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82457549416?pwd=s3mnbOq445W5QaDN9vAyLUefGSw1SQ.jDeroYyvSwuHm1At Thanks for your questions. If you have a question, please email us. VRA Market Update With 30 minutes to go in todays trading the Dow Jones is […]
VRA Letter: X1 Zoom Meeting Tonight at 8PM EST. Rally into 2/21 NVDA Earnings. DWAC up 30% this AM. Trump Media Merger IS Happening. BTC Front-Running
Good Thursday morning. Another day with Quick Hitters. There’s a lot going on with VRA Portfolio positions, as this market continues to look very much like the 1995-2000 melt-up. 1) We have our Members Only Zoom meeting tonight at 8PM EST with VRA 10-bagger Xtract One Tech (XTRAF) and CEO Peter Evans. We’ll email you Zoom link later […]
VRA Letter: Quick Hitters; The Fed Bought it and They Broke It. Bitcoin as Flight to Safety Trade. Buy Energy Stocks. VRA Macro Call.
Good Wednesday morning. Quick hitters this AM. 1) We got a small miss on CPI data and the markets fell out of bed, with small caps and regional banks down 4% with big banks down 3%. Folks, that’s called “illiquidity”. Post QE, the Fed IS our system, as the buyers of first and last resort. AKA […]
VRA Letter: January CPI Inflation; 3.1%. VRA Macro Call; Keep Buying (overbought) Dips. Quick Hitters; Bitcoin Breaks $50K. Small Caps. Gold Miners.
Good Tuesday morning. January CPI data is out with a .4% m/m increase in the headline number (3.1% inflation y/y) with core inflation coming in at .04% m/m (3.9% inflation y/y). Futures are lower (Dow Jones -340 points) on the news as rate cut hopes in March drop to a 17% probability. J Powell and […]
VRA Letter: Xtract One Zoom Meeting. VRA Market Update: Overbought But Surging Semis Remain THE Tell. Definition of a Structural Bull Market.
Good Monday morning. Throughout this week we will focus much of our attention on our VRA 10-baggers, where we recommend investors continue to use monthly dollar-cost averaging to add to your positions. Heads up: On Thursday night we will have a VRA Members Only Zoom meeting at 8PM EST with VRA 10-bagger Xtract One Tech […]
VRA Letter: VRA Members Only Podcast
Good Friday morning. We have a number of VRA Portfolio holdings to update on this AM, via VRA Members Podcast. Topics/Holdings: 1) S&P 500 hitting 5000 is a big deal, as we hit begin to extreme overbought readings on our broad markets. 2) Record holdings in money market accounts combined with a generational bull market […]
VRA Letter: Evidence Builds of a “Generational” Bull Market. China is Exporting Deflation to the World. Palantir; Accumulation Underway in Advance of Addition to S&P 500.
Good Thursday morning. Another reminder that we’ve entered a structural bull market of size and scope is approaching, as the S&P 500 came within a fraction of a point of hitting 5000 for the first time (4,999.89) powered by a solid earnings season and featuring stunning reports from leading tech co’s. In our view, bears that continue to fight this new bull […]
VRA Letter: Textbook Bull Market Action Continues. Palantir Soars 31% on Earnings, Giving us Gains of 83%. The Latest From Bryan Rich; Similarities to the 1995-2000 Melt-up.
Good Wednesday morning. Long time VRA Members may remember that from the end of the bear market (10/13/22) we’ve written often about the “action” of this market and the fact that it’s largely been “textbook bull market action”. We saw this repeating pattern again yesterday, as both the semis and Nasdaq opened sharply lower (losses […]
VRA Letter: The Semis; “Can’t Stop, Won’t Stop”. VRA Quick Hitters: PLTR, KWEB, TSLA.
Good Tuesday morning. Back to back days with weak internals, as the markets look to be consolidating gains from ATH's.Our major indexes are coming off of heavily overbought levels but with room to run before hitting extreme overbought levels. Last weeks shakeout, prior to MSFT and META earnings, relieved some of our overbought conditions. The VRA […]
VRA Letter: Stunning Growth from Megacap Tech Will Filter Throughout the US Economy. Semis Continue to Lead Higher. VRA Investing & Trading Points.
Good Monday morning. Last week marked gains in 13 of the last 14 weeks for our major indices with Fridays ramp high to ATH’s in the S&P 500 and Dow Jones fueled by a stronger than expected jobs report and massive beats on earnings from tech giants Microsoft and Meta. Meta posted its largest-ever one-day jump of 20%, sending it’s market cap […]
VRA Letter: VRA Portfolio News; DWAC +17% on Potential Gamma Squeeze. PLTR +17% on Earnings & AI Guidance
Good Monday afternoon. Developments on two VRA Portfolio positions; DWAC and PLTR, both of which are trading higher by approx 17%. 1) DWAC or soon to be “Trump Media & Technology Group” (which after the SEC approval of the SPAC merger will have a symbol of “TMTG”). DWAC closed up 17% to $47/share on continued excitement […]
VRA Letter: The Roaring 2020’s Powers Ahead. Amazon & Meta Destroy Earnings. Hot January Jobs Data. Latest From Rich Ross.
Good Friday morning. For those wondering exactly what ‘The Roaring 2020’s” might look like, day to day, look no further than the events of the last 18 hours. First, Amazon and Meta absolutely destroyed analyst Q4 earnings estimates, with AMZN jumping 7% after-hours and Meta soaring an astounding 16%. When co’s with market caps of $1.7 […]
VRA Letter: The Worst Fed Chair of My Time…and The Bond Market Agrees. CRE Distress Still Present. PM’s & Miners; Major Move Nearing.
Good Thursday morning. As I explained on my podcast yesterday, J Powell went off script at his presser and likely just made “another" policy mistake, which will be his 5th since taking the appointment to Fed Chair. I repeat; J Powell is the worst Fed Chair of my time. Powell’s off the cuff answer to a late question “It’s […]
VRA Letter: An Overbought Pause in Megacap Tech Will Produce “Buy the Dip” Opportunities. VRA Trading Notes. Get Ready for Fed Rate Cuts. DWAC, FOLGF.
Good Wednesday morning. After the close yesterday megacap tech stocks Microsoft, AMD and Alphabet reported earnings, with GOOLG and AMD selling off 5-6% in after hour trading while MSFT is flat. Trust me when I tell you that no one should be concerned about these “innovation revolution” leaders…or this melt-up bull market...and here’s why: - […]
VRA Letter: Textbook Bull Market Action Continues. “Innovation Revolution” Earnings Today from GOOGL, MSFT, AMD. Must-Read From Bryan Rich. Xtract One
Good Tuesday morning. Another day, another set of all-time highs in the S&P 500 and Dow Jones. Textbook bull market action continues, with the semis leading nasdaq higher and nasdaq leading the rest of the market higher, with solid market internals and another strong smart money hour. Today is crucial, as to Q4 earnings reporting season, […]
VRA Letter: Huge Week Ahead. VRA Investing System & Market Update: Long and Strong. Rich Ross. Interview with Wayne Root. Falcon Oil & Gas.
Good Monday morning. This should be quite the week, one that has the potential (and likely) to be a market moving week, as we start the busiest week for Q4 earnings reports, along with the Fed meeting/Powell presser on Wednesday and multiple economic reports, led by Januarys employment data on Friday. We remain aggressively bullish on […]
VRA Letter: Beginning to Hit Overbought Levels. SOXL Hitting Extreme OB. Tesla Kitchen Sink Quarter As Shares Fall 9%.
Good Thursday morning from Jacksonville, Florida. Note: There may not be a VRA Letter in the AM as we’re in meetings and then catching flights. No podcast until Monday. With the S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 putting in another day of ATH’s (4 in a row) some of our broad markets are beginning to hit […]
VRA Letter: The Melt-Up Picks Up Speed. Fox Biz Interview. RAV Interview, Saturday. Own TSLA, TNA, SOXL. Yes, We Still Like Chinese Tech Stocks; KWEB
Good Wednesday morning. We’ll be on the road to a Florida conference for the rest of the week. While we will not have podcasts until Monday we’ll have our Letters out each day. We own the positions that we recommend, so we always have multiple sets of eyeballs on the markets. We’ll issue a VRA […]
VRA Letter: New Highs Beget New Highs. Fox Business Interview, 2PM EST. The Roaring 2020’s Rolls On, Powered By our “5 Megatrends”. VRA Focus Stocks:
Good Tuesday morning. With the Dow Jones hitting ATH’s (crossing 38,000 for the first time), combined with our VRA leading indicators Semis, Housing and Tech (Nasdaq 100) having also hit ATH's…and now the largest and most important equity index on the planet, the S&P 500, closing at all-time highs again yesterday…that sound you should continue to hear is investor’s […]
VRA Alert: Digital World Acquisition Corp (Trump Media) +69% on SEC Approval Rumors (Prepare to Sell)
Good Monday afternoon. VRA Portfolio holding DWAC (Trump Media) continues its surge, now up 69% on the day as rumors build that the SEC will approve the merger with Trump Media. DWAC has 2.1 million shares sold short with an 8.8 days to cover ratio (as of 12/29/23 report). VRA Alert: when the SEC approval is […]
VRA Letter: The S&P 500 Joins the ATH Party. 10/12 VRA System Screens Bullish, With Room to Run. Quite Possibly the Strangest Thing I’ve Seen in My 38
Good Monday morning. With the Dow Jones, Semis, Nasdaq 100…and now the largest and most important equity index on the planet, the S&P 500, closing at all-time highs on Friday…that sound you hear is investor’s opening their brokerage account and 401k statements over the weekend and realizing their exposure to the stock market is likely too […]
VRA Letter: Investors Are Getting a Second Shot at a “Dot-com-like” Melt-up. Own Small Caps. The Fed Whisperer; Here Comes Deflation. Must-Read on Miners. Falcon Oil & Gas.
Good Friday morning. As if right on cue, the semis and megacap tech stocks surged to ATH’s yesterday, in advance of Q4 tech earnings that kick off in earnest next week. When the semis (SMH), tech (XLK) and Nasdaq 100 (QQQ) are hitting new ATH’s together they’re giving us a crystal-ball road-map for the broader […]
VRA Letter: Semis Surge to Fresh ATH’s on TSM Earnings. The Power of the Roaring 2020’s & Big Bribe Megatrends. Global Liquidity Must-Read. DWAC, FOLGF, XTRAF, PLTR.
Good Thursday morning. All it takes is a 1-2 week shake-out for the permabears (clickbait list-builders) to come out in full force. Rinse and repeat. My guess is the crash-callers are not going to like the earnings report from Taiwan Semiconductor (TSM), which beat estimates and is up 7% in premarket trading, taking SMH (Semi […]
VRA Letter: All-time Highs in Semis Flashing Bull Market Buy Signals. 163% Gains in SOXL. The Feds Hand Will Soon Be Forced. Millennials Powering the Housing Market & Economy.
Good Wednesday morning. Odd trading day yesterday as the semis (SMH) hit another ATH while the broad markets fell .37% (S&P 500) featuring an 85.7% down volume day in NYSE. As we’ve focused on from the 10/13/22 bear market lows, the semis continue to be our most important leading indicator and market tell. We see […]
VRA Letter: Consolidation Will Lead to All-time Highs. Gearing up for Tech Earnings. US Dollar Death Cross. URA Hits 9-Year Highs as Uranium Soars.
Good Tuesday morning. Hope your 3-day weekend in the states was a good one. As the markets consolidate some of their year-end parabolic moves higher, the leaders continued to point to higher prices going forward. From last weeks trading: S&P 500 +1.84% Nasdaq +3% Housing (HGX) +2.5% Semis (SMH) +4.1% (we own and recommend SOXL, […]
VRA Letter: MidEast Attacks Sending PM’s/Miners & Oil Higher. Q4 Earnings Begin. Banks Are Boring but Housing/Mortgages Signal Strength. Gold Mining Stocks, A Clear and Compelling Investment Case
Good Friday morning. US/UK forces have launched a series of strikes against (Iran-aligned) Houthi group in Yemen in response to their attacks on ships in the Red Sea. The attacks may signal a widening in the Israel-Hamas war (seen as a key factor of recent Houthi aggression in the Red Sea). On the news, gold is […]
VRA Letter: December CPI a Slight Upside Beat. Watch How the Markets Handle It (with ATH’s nearing). BTC Approved; C Wood Targets $600k to $1.5 Million. Latest from Rich Ross.
Good Thursday morning. December CPI data is in and its a slight beat to the upside, with 3.4% inflation y/y and with Core CPI matching estimates exactly, coming in at 3.9% y/y. Surprisingly, both energy and rent prices rose a bit more than expected, a likely one month lag to our estimates. Both of these […]
VRA Letter: Early Innings of Innovation Revolution. Has Deflation Arrived? Bitcoin Drama; The SEC Gets Hacked. Uranium is Hot. Xtract One News.
Good Wednesday morning. The yo-yo trading of 2024 continued yesterday, however one constant proved up again; the semis (SMH) and tech (nasdaq) once again reversed sharp opening losses to finish higher on the day. Tell. Our VRA Megatrend forecast remains; the "innovation revolution" will continue to propel markets higher, led by semis and tech. We are in […]
VRA Letter: Textbook Bull Market Action Continues. The Semis and our “Buy the Dip” Methodology. Own Small Caps and Miners. BTC Approval Nearing.
Good Tuesday morning. As we wrote in yesterdays Letter, after hitting extreme overbought on steroids (EOBOS) at the end of 2023, the VRA Investing Systems most overbought readings, our key broad market indexes have quickly fallen into oversold territory. Textbook bull market action. Yesterdays trading saw the semis and tech lead higher, with SMH (Semi ETF) up a […]
VRA Letter: Market Update; Beginning to Hit Oversold. BLS Lies; What Matters Most for Bonds & Stocks. Q4 Earnings. BTC SEC Approval. Tesla, Snowline Gold. Semis Are THE “Tell”.
Good Monday morning. VRA Market Update; after hitting extreme overbought on steroids (EOBOS) at the end of 2023, the VRA Investing Systems most overbought readings, our key broad market indexes have quickly fallen into oversold territory. Textbook bull market action. We continue to key off of semis/tech, which as you’ll see in a moment are once again flashing […]
VRA Letter: Solid December Jobs Report; The Recession Will to Wait (and wait, and wait). Strength of the US Consumer Will Continue to Power the Economy and Markets Higher.
Good Friday morning. This morning we got the December jobs report and surprise, surprise, the long-predicted recession in the US will continue to have to wait. Regardless of what you might hear from mainstream economists and Fed talking heads, know this; consumers continue to benefit greatly from a rock-solid US economy. Estimates for December payrolls […]
VRA Letter: 50.26% Gains for VRA Portfolio in 2023. Key Investing Notes for 2024. Latest From Rich Ross. Buy the Dip in the Miners.
Good Thursday morning. 2023 marked 17/20 years that the VRA has outperformed the markets. The VRA Portfolio finished the year with gains of 50.26%, beating each US equity index (S&P 500, Dow Jones, Nasdaq, Russell 2000) with the Nasdaq as our closest competitor (+43.7%). Our comp each year is the Russell 2000 (similar risk profiles), which […]
VRA Letter: 2024 VRA Playbook. The Roaring 2020’s Will Continue to “Force” Stocks Higher.
Good Wednesday morning. Happy New Year! At this time last year a sharp sell-off into December eliminated 52% of the rally from the October bear market lows. At the same time, as reported by Bloomberg and WSJ, 98% of economists predicted that a recession in 2023 was “inevitable" (a contrarians delight). From those 10/13/22 bear market lows […]
VRA Letter: Expect the Melt-up to Continue as the Roaring 2020’s Picks Up Speed. VRA Focus; Small Caps, Miners & Semis. Tesla Rockets Higher.
Good Thursday morning. Hope everyone had a great Christmas. Couple of notes: 1) This will be our last VRA Letter until January 3rd (next Wednesday, unless something happens in the markets that requires it). 2) I’ll be on Fox Business with Charles Payne today in the 2PM EST hour (not sure of exact time yet). Hope you can join […]
VRA Letter: VRA Year-End VRA Members Podcast
Good Friday morning. Attached is our end of year VRA Members Podcast, with updates on all VRA Portfolio 10-baggers and ETF’s. LINK: Vertical Research Advisory · VRA Member's Only Podcast 12.22.23 We hope you and yours have a very Merry Christmas. We’ll be taking most of next week off. There will be […]
VRA Letter: VRA Holiday Schedule. Shake-out Led by Zero-day Options Trading. Here Comes Santa Claus. Features of New VRA Members Site.
Good Thursday morning. Heads up; over the next week our VRA Letters and VRA Investing Podcasts will be limited as we’re taking time off into year end. Your next VRA Letter (either later today or tomorrow) will be a VRA Members Only Podcast, where we'll cover each of our VRA Portfolio positions, with a focus on VRA 10-Baggers, along […]
VRA Letter: The Anatomy of a Major New Bull Market. Small Caps Blast Off, Now the Miners Are Ready to Go. VGZ, SNWGF. Lost Soldier Zoom.
Good Wednesday morning. Another overbought blast higher yesterday took the Dow and Nasdaq 100 to fresh ATH’s while the S&P 500 keeps inching closer, now less than 1% away. I was on Charles Paynes show two weeks ago where I told Charles we expected a 40% move higher in our favorite index, the small caps, over […]
VRA Letter: VRA Alerts. VRA 10-Baggers. VRA Market Update. Lost Soldier Oil & Gas Zoom Tonight.
Good Tuesday morning. We are making changes in the VRA Portfolio. Barring a year-end surprise, 2023 will mark 17/20 years we have outperformed the market (Russell 2000, our comp index), however we have some positions that no longer belong in the portfolio as VRA 10-baggers. VRA Alerts: The following positions have been downgraded from VRA […]
VRA Letter: VRA “Big Bribe” Megatrends, Inflection Points & Great Reset; Powering Stocks Higher. What to Do With Parabolic Markets? Must Own; Small Caps and Miners.
Good Monday morning. Late last year Tyler and I published our book “The Big Bribe”, where we focused on the 5 Megatrends that would drive "The Roaring 2020’s” and result in the most powerful bull market since the 1995-2000 dotcom melt-up. These medium-long term themes are in the process of playing out now. Our 5 […]
VRA Letter: VRA Alert: 201% Profits in NAIL. Lost Soldier Oil and Gas. New Highs Beget New Highs. Small Caps Still Leading. Tesla, Falcon Oil & Gas, Vista Gold, X1.
Good Friday morning. Yesterday we took profits in NAIL (3 x Housing ETF). VRA Alert: Sold NAIL @ $210.50 Profit of 201% We still like housing a “lot". This bull market in housing is a powerful, long term, structural bull market that will send home prices higher for many years to come. However, we also […]
VRA Alert: Take Profits in NAIL (3 x Housing ETF)
Good Thursday morning. VRA Alert: Enter a market order to sell NAIL (3 x Housing ETF). Last trade $109.00/share. Housing stocks have hit extreme overbought on steroids. Selling NAIL here will result in profits of approximately 190%. We love housing stocks. We were one of the few that did last year. But this is about leveraged ETF discipline…and our VRA […]
VRA Letter: Fed Shocker. Dow Jones Hits ATH. We’re in the Sweet Spot. Fed Telegraphing Begins. Still Pounding the Table on Small Caps & Miners.
Good Thursday morning. VRA Quick Hitters this AM. 1) While we’ve been saying over the last month that “Fed front-running” was clearly underway and that it would cause rates to plummet, and while we wrote yesterday that it was time for the Fed and J Powell to start telegraphing their 2024 rate cuts to the markers, even we […]
VRA Letter: It’s Fed Day. When Will the Fed Start Telegraphing Rate Cuts? All-Time Highs; Textbook (early) Bull Market Action. Gold and Miners; Buy This Dip.
Good Wednesday morning. Today is "Fed Day”. At 2PM EST we’ll get the FOMC statement, followed by J Powells presser at 2:30 EST. There will be no rate hike or cut today. Instead, we’ll be watching/listening for changes to the Fed’s last statement, their infamous dot plot and as always, clues from Powell during his […]
VRA Letter: November CPI Comes in as Expected. VRA Macro Themes Continue to Kick In. A Broadening Market is a Bullish Market. Will Small Caps Keep Leading?
Good Tuesday morning. Heads up: we will be making some VRA Portfolio changes into year end. We want a concentrated portfolio in positions with the highest probability for success. Look for these changes in the coming days. This morning we got the November CPI inflation data and it came in largely in line, with year over year headline […]
VRA Letter: Your New VRA Members Site is Live. VRA Market Update: Solid Jobs Data, Featuring Wage Growth of 4.8%. PSYOP of Negativity. X1 Earnings.
Good Friday morning. Heads up; by now you should have received email notification that your new VRALetter.com site is live (along with your login info). This is your new VRA Members Site. While we still have several features to launch/update, we hope you like what you see. It’s been a one-year project, led by Tyler, Josh and our new […]
VRA Letter: VRA Investing System Update; Keep Buying Strength. VRA Chart Analysis; SMH, HGX, PLTR, GDX, TSLA. Powerful Analytics.
Good Thursday morning. As our leading indexes/sectors continue to work off their extreme overbought readings, lets take a look at some of our leaders from the bear market lows of last October, based on VRA Investing System readings. Today, the VRA System sits at 9/12 screens bullish. Once we hit all-time highs in our major […]
VRA Letter: Added Snowline Gold to VRA Portfolio. VRA Economic & Market Update; The Roaring 2020’s Gains Momentum. VRA Quick Hitters; Falcon, Bitcoin Surges, Rates Plummet, Golds Moment is Here.
Good Wednesday morning. VRA Alert: yesterday we added Snowline Gold (SNWGF) to the VRA Portfolio as a VRA 10-Bagger at $3.60/share. This morning the company reported additional drill results, results that are the best they’ve seen to date on their more than 600,000 acres in the Yukon. Of note, these 3 gram/ton + findings are coming […]
VRA Letter: VRA Alert: Buy Snowline Gold. The Latest From Rich Ross. Fox Business “Making Money” Interview.
Good Tuesday morning. We are adding an additional gold miner to the VRA Portfolio, as a VRA 10-Bagger. VRA Alert: Buy Snowline Gold (market order but do not pay more than $4/share, at this time). US Symbol: SNWGF Canadian Symbol: SGD Market Cap: $470 million (USD, fully diluted) Last Trade: $3.66 We’ve followed Snowline Gold closely over the last year and while […]
VRA Letter: “The Big Bribe” Roaring 2020’s Picks Up Speed. VRA Inflection Points. Powerful Analytics. Gold Hits ATH! Must Own: Small Caps and Miners. Bitcoin Surging Higher.
Good Monday morning. I’m scheduled to be on Fox Business today in the 2PM EST hour with the always locked-in Charles Payne and his long-running show “Making Money”. Hope you can join us. Because we can find (essentially) no one in the financial media talking about these once-in-a-lifetime facts about the US consumer and corresponding strength of […]
VRA Letter: A Phenomenal November. SOXL +53%. NAIL +60%. Next Up: All-Time Highs. Mini-Rotation? Multiple, Significant Technical Buy Signals in PM’s
Good Friday morning. The month of November was nothing short of phenomenal. The Dow Jones finished with an 8.9% gain (breaking its three-month losing streak). The S&P 500 also rose 8.9% in November, while Nasdaq jumped 10.7%. Both of these indexes had their best monthly performance since July 2022. In the VRA Portfolio, two standouts among our ETF’s were SOXL (3 […]
VRA Investment Letter: Facts vs Feelings and the PSYOP of Negativity. The Fed Pivots – VRA Inflection Points Have Arrived.
Good Thursday morning. I’m scheduled to be on Fox Business with Charles Payne this coming Monday. I think that makes 8 appearances this year. Always an honor as Charles is one of the really good guys, with a remarkable background to boot. Cindy and I have a routine that goes back to our investment seminar days with […]
VRA Letter: RIP Charlie Munger. The Fed Pivots – VRA Inflection Points Have Arrived. Next up; Fed Front-Running. Rich Ross. VRA Quick Hitters.
Good Wednesday morning. Charlie Munger, one of the most effective and well-known investors of our era passed away yesterday at the age of 99. Known as the right-hand man of Berkshire Hathaways head, Warren Buffett, Munger helped take Berkshire from a basic textile manufacturer to an investment empire worth almost $800 billion. Legend. RIP Charlie. The Fed Pivots […]
VRA Letter: Investor Sentiment is Flipping. US Economy Just Keeps Rocking. VRA 10 Bagger News; Xtract One Tech, Falcon Oil and Gas.
Good Tuesday morning. Along with major US indexes and leading sectors either at, or declining slightly from our most overbought designation, multiple sentiment surveys are beginning to flash stretched levels of optimism. Bears are flipping to bulls. - The Fear and Greed Index is at 65 (greed), up from 21 (extreme fear) one month ago. […]
VRA Letter: Extreme Overbought (short-term) But Still Headed Higher. VRA Market and Economic Update; Underestimate The Roaring 2020’s at Your Own Peril. Must Own; Precious Metals & Miners.
Good Monday morning. Hoping everyone in the states had a good Thanksgiving. Wall Street is coming off the fourth straight winning week for all three major averages, as stocks have rallied sharply from the 5% peak in 10-year year yields from late October (4.44% this AM), as disinflation continues to build and as the US […]
VRA Letter: Nvidia Crushes Earnings as the AI/Innovation Boom Powers the Roaring 2020’s. Our 5 “Big Bribe” Megatrends. Lost Soldier Zoom at 7PM EST. Latest From Rich Ross. X1 News.
Good Wednesday morning. US markets will be closed tomorrow for Thanksgiving with a half day of trading in Fridays session. There will be no VRA Letter on Friday. This evening at 7PM EST we will have a brief Zoom meeting with Lost Soldier Oil and Gas to celebrate their Wyoming discovery and award of a Yates decision by the […]
VRA Letter: All-Time Highs in Semis & Tech. NVDA Reports at the Close. VRA Analysis on “Extreme Overbought” Readings. Famed Economist Ed Yardeni: “Roaring 2020’s”
Good Tuesday morning. Another solid day yesterday, featuring good internals and a slew of new 52 week highs and yes...all-time highs beginning to kick in. Leading the markets higher, as has been the case since the birth of QE in 2008/2009, were the semis and tech. Yesterday we saw all-time highs in SMH (Semi ETF) and XLK (tech ETF). Housing stocks (HGX) are less than 1% from ATH. […]
VRA Letter: Roaring 2020’s Bull Market Picks Up Speed. ATH’s Underway. 3 Week Gains of 60% in SOXL & NAIL. VRA Inflection Points Have Arrived. Buy Small Caps! Lost Soldier Oil and Gas; “We Got Gas”.
Good Monday morning. Big news out of Wyoming from Lost Solider Oil and Gas. We’ll cover at the end of this mornings letter, but following yesterdays flow test here’s a direct quote from LSOG President Steve Richards, who spent 37 years in leadership with Schlumberger: “this is the largest discovery in the Western US in at least 20 years”. VRA Market Update US equity […]
VRA Letter: Bullish Set-up Remains. A Rising Tide Lifts All Boats; Buy Small Caps. Economic Slowdown & “Whiff of Deflation”. The Chips Act; Kudos! ERX, DWAC.
Good Friday morning. To repeat a long-term theme of ours from the 10/13/22 bear market lows, “buy the dip” remains one of the smartest of smart-money strategies for this young bull market. This particular market…featuring bullish seasonality and near-term moves to all-time highs that will force shorts to cover and money managers to “finally” embrace this bull market...has the feel of one where the dips will be short-lived. I think […]
VRA Letter: Markets & VRA Leading Sectors Nearing All-time Highs. New Highs Beget New Highs. Small Caps on the Verge of Major Move Higher. Xtract One.
Good Thursday morning. In addition to the myriad of reasons we’ve been aggressively bullish from the 10/13/22 bear market lows, Tuesdays trading gave us another reason to continue “buying dips”. 94% of all stocks traded on NYSE rose in price and 92% traded on an “uptick” (buyers swamping sellers), a rarely seen event that resulted in a […]
VRA Letter: Welcome to the Melt-Up. Two Weeks; SOXL +58%. NAIL +74%. Deflation Nation. USD Bear Market. Next Up: VRA Discipline. Beetaloo Webinar. Permabear Warning.
VRA Letter: Welcome to the Melt-Up. Two Weeks; SOXL +58%. NAIL +74%. Deflation Nation. USD Bear Market. Next Up: VRA Discipline. Beetaloo Webinar. Permabear Warning. November 15, 2023 Good Wednesday morning. Now this is a proper short squeeze. Welcome to the melt-up, featuring an 89.997 upside volume day in NYSE and better than 10:1 advance […]
VRA Letter: Excellent CPI Report. Our “Disinflation” & “Great Reset” Themes Playing Out. Equity & Bond Markets Ramping. USD; Bear Market Resumes. Housing: Rip-Roaring Bull Market
VRA Letter: Excellent CPI Report. Our "Disinflation" & "Great Reset" Themes Playing Out. Equity & Bond Markets Ramping. USD; Bear Market Resumes. Housing: Rip-Roaring Bull Market November 14, 2023 Good Tuesday morning. Octobers closely watched CPI report is out and its a solid beat. Disinflation continues to build, an important macro theme of ours over the […]
VRA Letter: Led By Semis & Housing, Significant Technical Breakouts Abound. Dan Ives: “A New Tech Bull Market is Underway. A Tidal Wave of AI Spending.” Keep Buying Dips.
VRA Letter: Led By Semis & Housing, Significant Technical Breakouts Abound. Dan Ives: "A New Tech Bull Market is Underway. A Tidal Wave of AI Spending." Keep Buying Dips. November 13, 2023 Good Monday morning. Following what has been a near-parabolic move higher from the 10/27 lows, strength in the semiconductors has now led […]
VRA Letter: Important Week Ahead, Featuring FOMC & Powell Presser. Rate Cuts Are Nearing. Yardeni: The Roaring 2020’s. VRA Focus; Equity Rally Continues & Precious Metals/Miners
Good Monday morning. We have an important week ahead for economic data, with the focus on Wednesdays FOMC statement followed by Powells presser. Here’s whats on tap for the week: - CPI/Core CPI (Nov.) - Tuesday - PPI/Core PPI (Nov.) - Wednesday - FOMC interest-rate decision - Wednesday - Fed Chair Powells presser - Wednesday - U.S. retail sales […]
VRA Letter: Lost Soldier. Angry Permabears at Remarkable Economic Strength. VRA Market Keys. PM’s/miners. Bitcoin Breakout to $100,000.
VRA Letter: VRA Quick Hitters November 10, 2023 Good Friday morning. 1) Yesterdays trading…a reversal lower from another solid open…saw stocks drop, ending the longest winning streaks for the S&P 500 and Nasdaq in two years. The S&P 500 snapped an eight-day run of sharp gains, while tech-heavy Nasdaq ended a nine-day string of […]
VRA Letter: Lost Soldier. Angry Permabears at Remarkable Economic Strength. VRA Market Keys. PM’s/miners. Bitcoin Breakout to $100,000.
VRA Letter: Lost Soldier. Angry Permabears at Remarkable Economic Strength. VRA Market Keys. PM's/miners. Bitcoin Breakout to $100,000. November 09, 2023 Good Thursday morning. Just got off the phone with Denny Migl, PE at Lost Soldier Oil and Gas, from their site two hours out of Casper, Wyoming. They’re 510 feet away from total […]
VRA Letter: Parabolic Move Higher; Next Up. The “Stunning” Reality of US Economic Health. Latest From Rich Ross. Buy Energy Stocks. Xtract One; Guidance of 400% Growth & Truth About Evolv Tech.
VRA Letter: Parabolic Move Higher; Next Up. The "Stunning" Reality of US Economic Health. Latest From Rich Ross. Buy Energy Stocks. Xtract One; Guidance of 400% Growth & Truth About Evolv Tech. November 08, 2023 Good Wednesday morning. Following the parabolic move higher in each major US equity index from the 10/27 lows…just as […]
VRA Letter: US Markets Headed Much Higher, Into Year End & 2024. Chinese Tech Stocks; Buy KWEB. VRA 10-Baggers Palantir, Falcon. Bitcoin Breakout.
VRA Letter: US Markets Headed Much Higher, Into Year End & 2024. Chinese Tech Stocks; Buy KWEB. VRA 10-Baggers Palantir, Falcon. Bitcoin Breakout. November 07, 2023 Good Tuesday afternoon. In addition to Q3 GDP of 4.9%, corporate earnings have been solid, even in the face of a 5.5% Fed Funds Rate and mortgage rates […]
VRA Letter: Multiple, Significant Technical & Fundamental Buy Signals for Stocks & Bonds. Lost Soldier Oil & Gas Update: Video & Drilling Report.
VRA Letter: Multiple, Significant Technical & Fundamental Buy Signals for Stocks & Bonds. Lost Soldier Oil & Gas Update: Video & Drilling Report. November 06, 2023 Good Monday morning. We’ve been pounding the table to ‘back up the truck” over the last two weeks. With clear confirmation from our VRA System leading indicators, the […]
VRA Letter: October Jobs Data; Fed Friendly and Bond Bullish. VRA Quick Hitters: SOXL, NAIL, TNA (BUY!), PLTR, TSLA. From 1985; the Year I Became a Stockbroker.
VRA Letter: October Jobs Data; Fed Friendly and Bond Bullish. VRA Quick Hitters: SOXL, NAIL, TNA (BUY!), PLTR, TSLA. From 1985; the Year I Became a Stockbroker. November 03, 2023 Good Friday morning. On the heels of a rather monster move higher in stocks yesterday, featuring a highly bullish 88.8% up-volume day in NYSE […]
VRA Letter: Fed Day! Two Charts That Matter; TLT & SMH. Central Banks Love Gold. Latest From Rich Ross.
VRA Letter: Fed Day! Two Charts That Matter; TLT & SMH. Central Banks Love Gold. Latest From Rich Ross. November 01, 2023 Good Thursday morning. Heads up; VRA 10-bagger Palantir (PLTR) reported earnings this AM and crushed both top/bottom line while also raising estimates going forward. Palantir is one of our top “AI/innovation” plays, […]
VRA Letter: Fed Day! Two Charts That Matter; TLT & SMH. Central Banks Love Gold. Latest From Rich Ross.
VRA Letter: Fed Day! Two Charts That Matter; TLT & SMH. Central Banks Love Gold. Latest From Rich Ross. November 01, 2023 Good Wednesday morning. All eyes are on the Fed today, as they deliver their latest interest rate decision (2PM EST for Fed Statement followed by Powell presser at 2:30). The Fed will […]
VRA Letter: Consumers & Corps Flashing Strong Financials. Markets at Extreme Oversold as We Enter Strongest Period of Year. Best Buying Opportunity Since 10/13/22 Lows.
VRA Letter: Consumers & Corps Flashing Strong Financials. Markets at Extreme Oversold as We Enter Strongest Period of Year. Best Buying Opportunity Since 10/13/22 Lows. October 31, 2023 Good Tuesday morning. Heads up; I’ll be on “Making Money” with Charles Payne on Fox Business today in the 2PM EST hour. Hope you can join us […]
VRA Letter: Back at mid-day
VRA Letter: Back at mid-day October 30, 2023 Good Monday morning. We’ll be back at mid-day with our letter. Until next time, thanks again for reading. Kip Please join us each day after the market closes for our Daily VRA Investing Podcast! Sign up for email alerts @ vrainsider.com/podcast And check Out Our Latest (now […]
VRA Letter: VRA Quick Hitters. Lost Soldier Trip. Black Swan Risks. Action in Tech Stocks. Best 6 Months of Year. Rich Ross. STA. Utility Stocks Flashing Peak Rates.
VRA Letter: VRA Quick Hitters. Lost Soldier Trip. Black Swan Risks. Action in Tech Stocks. Best 6 Months of Year. Rich Ross. STA. Utility Stocks Flashing Peak Rates. October 27, 2023 Good Friday morning. Quick hitters this AM. 1) Really looking forward to seeing many of you in Casper, Wyoming over the weekend for […]
VRA Letter: Third Quarter GDP Soared 4.9% With Consumers Leading the Way. Hyman on Inflation. VRA Market Update; Semis and Tech. Fear Has Returned as We Enter Best Month of the Year.
VRA Letter: Third Quarter GDP Soared 4.9% With Consumers Leading the Way. Hyman on Inflation. VRA Market Update; Semis and Tech. Fear Has Returned as We Enter Best Month of the Year. October 26, 2023 Good Thursday morning. Third quarter GDP was reported this AM and showed blistering growth in the US economy of […]
VRA Letter: We’ve Entered One of the Strongest Periods of the Year. Core Strengths of the US Economy. Top Follows: Detrick, Rich, TrendSpider. Gold to $3000.
VRA Letter: We've Entered One of the Strongest Periods of the Year. Core Strengths of the US Economy. Top Follows: Detrick, Rich, TrendSpider. Gold to $3000. October 25, 2023 Good Wednesday morning. This morning we’ll take a look at some of our top investment strategists and their calls of the last 24 hours. We […]
VRA Letter: Significant Outside Reversal Days in 2/10Year Bonds & HYG. Rich Ross, Buy Semis/tech, Bonds, Bitcoin & Tesla.
VRA Letter: Significant Outside Reversal Days in 2/10Year Bonds & HYG. Rich Ross, Buy Semis/tech, Bonds, Bitcoin & Tesla. October 24, 2023 Good Tuesday morning. Last Thursday/Friday we focused on the “outside day” that took place in 2 year bonds, as an intraday spike higher in yields was followed by a sharp reversal lower, […]
VRA Letter: Major M&A Activity in Energy. Bullish Supply/Demand Story for Equities. Surge in Rates Continues. Big Earnings Week Ahead. Q3 GDP >4%.
VRA Letter: Major M&A Activity in Energy. Bullish Supply/Demand Story for Equities. Surge in Rates Continues. Big Earnings Week Ahead. Q3 GDP >4%. October 23, 2023 Good Monday morning. Breaking news this morning as another major buyout takes place in the energy patch, with Chevon acquiring Hess for $53 billion. This buyout comes on […]
VRA Letter: VRA Bull Market Macro Themes & Positioning. Energy, Precious Metals/Miners, Bitcoin. Xtract One Earnings & Webinar.
VRA Letter: VRA Bull Market Macro Themes & Positioning. Energy, Precious Metals/Miners, Bitcoin. Xtract One Earnings & Webinar. October 20, 2023 Good Friday morning. Fear is building, everywhere we look. It’s not that we don’t respect the reasons for this fear, its just that we pay attention to what drives markets. Price action, supply/demand, […]
VRA Letter: 36 Year Anniversary of Black Monday. Tesla Earnings, FDS Update. X1 Zoom Today. Lost Soldier Oil and Gas; Wyoming Trip and New Video.
VRA Letter: 36 Year Anniversary of Black Monday. Tesla Earnings, FDS Update. X1 Zoom Today. Lost Soldier Oil and Gas; Wyoming Trip and New Video. October 18, 2023 Good Thursday morning. Yesterdays trading forces me to take back most everything positive I said from Tuesdays trading. Weak internals, weak smart money hour, with semis/tech […]
VRA Letter: VRA Quick Hitters
VRA Letter: VRA Quick Hitters October 18, 2023 Good Wednesday morning. VRA Quick Hitters this AM. 1) Like 9/11, the financial crisis and the plandemic, I view what’s happening in the middle east with (enormous) skepticism. They needed W Bush as President for 9/11, the Patriot Act and the two senseless wars that followed. The […]
VRA Letter: Lost Soldier Oil and Gas. VRA Market Update. Strong Internals Are a Tell. Atlanta Fed Estimate for Q3 Growth Now at 5.4%.
VRA Letter: Lost Soldier Oil and Gas. VRA Market Update. Strong Internals Are a Tell. Atlanta Fed Estimate for Q3 Growth Now at 5.4%. October 17, 2023 Good Tuesday afternoon. Heads up; Lost Soldier Oil and Gas tells us that the investor trip to Wyoming (October 27-29) has more than 100 people attending, meaning all […]
VRA Letter: Our “Wall of Worry” Bull Market. Q3 Earnings Will Lead Higher. VRA 10-Baggers; Tesla, Falcon Oil and Gas, Xtract One Tech.
VRA Letter: Our "Wall of Worry" Bull Market. Q3 Earnings Will Lead Higher. VRA 10-Baggers; Tesla, Falcon Oil and Gas, Xtract One Tech. October 16, 2023 Good Monday morning. While we didn’t care for Fridays action, which saw the semis and nasdaq lead the market lower (with losses of 2.5% and 1.3%), even in light […]
VRA Letter: Happy Birthday to Our New Bull Market. Year 2 Higher 100% of the Time. Banks Kicking Off Q3 with Big Beats. Precious Metals/Miners Jumping. Palantir up 182% in 2023.
Good Friday morning. One year ago today our equity markets had a top 3 capitulation event of my career, marking the end of the bear market (our 3rd in 5 years) and ultimately the birth of a new bull market. Happy Birthday Mr. Bull Market. Here’s what I wrote 1 year ago: From our 10/14/22 VRA Letter "This […]
VRA Letter: Tells Pointing to a Sharp Move Higher. VRA Inflection Points Have Arrived. VRA 10-Baggers; X1, Falcon Oil and Gas.
Good Thursday morning. This mornings CPI report came in slightly above estimates with September prices paid for consumers rising .04% month/month vs estimates of .03%. Year over year, core CPI came in at 4.1% vs estimates of 4.1%. Equity futures have fallen slightly on the news while bond yields (10 yr) are essentially unchanged. Here’s […]
VRA Letter: VRA Inflection Points Have Arrived. Q3 Earnings Should Crush. Bond Market Flashing Major Buy Signals.
Good Wednesday morning. As we’ve covered from last Fridays sharp reversal higher in stocks (on the hot jobs data), once bond yields began to crater...joined by multiple and significant bullish outside reversal days in key indexes and sectors...the reversals and mini-capitulations we’ve seen look very similar to last Octobers bear market bottom. Year two of […]
VRA Letter: Back Up the Truck. Set-Ups That Say “Buy Now”. STA and Rich Ross; Its Time to Buy Aggressively. Palantir News.
Good Tuesday morning. The best buying opportunities of my career have come from the set-ups that are in place today: 1) We’re still in the first year of a new bull market. One of the best smart money plays over the past year has been “buy the dip”. We’re buying this one too. 2) Sentiment […]
VRA Letter: Global Uncertainty Often Marks Reversals. Significant Bullish Outside Reversal Days. Semis Are Leading Higher. Xtract One Tech Update.
Good Monday morning. Following Hamas attacks against Israel over the weekend global equity markets are (slightly) lower, with bond yields falling, gold +1% and oil higher by 3.8%. Welcome to another October surprise. Frankly I’m surprised US/global equity markets haven’t been hit more than they have on this news but what’s become a common reaction […]
VRA Letter: Deflationary Signals Abound. Fear is Out in Full Force. Bull Markets Climb a Wall of Worry. Lost Soldier Zoom at 7PM EST.
Good Thursday morning. Our October-phobia "wall of worry" is quickly being constructed, as fear levels rise. Mini-capitulation events have already kicked in, which are now reverberating throughout the commodity space. Oil joined the “deflationary" sell-off yesterday, one that has previously featured sharp moves lower in gold, silver, copper, plus 80-90% of agricultural commodities. This is […]
VRA Letter: LSOG Zoom. The Fed’s 5th Major Policy Error Under J Powell is Nearing Its End. Major Inflection Points. Hats Off to Matt Gaetz.
Good Wednesday morning. Heads up; tomorrow night we’ll be joined by Lost Soldier Oil and Gas leadership team (from Europe) for a private Zoom call at 7PM EST. CEO Marc Bruner and President Steve Richards will update us on their massive new discovery in Wyoming, in advance of the next well that’s being drilled in roughly […]
VRA Letter: Disinflation is Officially Here. Rising Yields Will Serve as Demand Destruction. VRA Trading Notes. Xtract One Tech News
Good Tuesday morning. Yields continue to rise, even in the face of new inflation reports that tell us the Fed is nearing their 2% inflation target. In fact, they are likely already there. First, Friday's report on core PCE (the Fed’s favorite inflation report) came in with a monthly change of just .14%. Annualized this […]
VRA Letter: Seasonality; Nearing Q4 Move Higher. Front-running? Semis Are Leading. Yardeni: Strong Q3 Earnings Will Lead Market Higher. Must-own; Energy Stocks.
Good Monday morning. We’re officially out of August/September seasonal weakness where our major indices experienced losses in the 4-7% range. With October-phobia underway, we’ll learn soon enough if the lows are in or if we’re going to have a mini-capitulation event prior to what we continue to expect will be a strong rally into year […]
VRA Letter: Q4, Strongest Quarter of the Year. Pervasive Negativity; A Contrarians Delight. Seven Indicators Screaming “Buy the Dip”
Good Friday morning. Heads up; I’m scheduled to be on Charles Payne’s “Making Money” on Fox Business today in the 2PM EST hour. Hope you can join us! As we wrote yesterday: "At minimum, we’re looking for a multi-day move higher to kick in. We’re about to enter both a new month and new quarter, […]
VRA Letter: VRA Quick Hitters
Good Thursday morning. VRA Quick Hitters this AM. 1) Parabolic Options Program #18 is underway. We have 2 targets in mind and will be sending out first alert later today. if you did not receive the Parabolic launch email yesterday just reply back and we’ll get it out to you. 2) If you didn’t get a chance […]
VRA Letter: A “Back up the Truck” Moment is Nearing. Best Buying Opp Since the 10/13/22 Lows. Sentiment, Seasonality and Technicals Confirming.
Good Wednesday morning. We entered September with the view that it would likely be a rocky month. With 3 trading days left in the month Nasdaq is down nearly 7%, while the S&P 500 and Dow Jones have lost 5.2% and 3.4% However, we are nearing the best buying opportunity for stocks since the 10/13/22 bear market capitulation and corresponding birth […]
VRA Letter: Near Term Weakness Will Lead to an Extraordinary Buying Opportunity. Charts That Tell us Everything. This is Nothing Like 2008. Falcon Oil & Gas.
Good Monday morning. While we have the worst week of the year in our rear view mirror, October-phobia is directly ahead and there’s no shortage of news that will have the attention of investors this week, including; the ongoing and building autoworkers' strike, a possible government shutdown, the resumption of student loan repayments, higher energy […]
VRA Investment Update: Soaring Transportation and Housing Industries; It’s Boom Time.
Good Thursday morning. So I’m working out this morning when Delta Airlines reported earnings…a record beating quarter for both revenue and earnings…which included the statement that they are ordering a massive number of new planes to keep up with soaring travel demand…
Multi-year Breakout in Precious Metals and Miners.
The Train has left the Station for Precious Metals and Miners. Gold, silver…and most especially the miners…had major moves higher. VRA holdings in this group up a combined 140%+ in the last 3 days, but folks, this move looks to be only just beginning.
Bears Are Capitulating, Perma Bears Getting Smoked. My Day with CNBC and Twitter
Good Thursday morning all. The bears have started to capitulate. We see it in short covering and we see it in the data (put / call ration, collapsing VIX Index, volume and internals). Capitulation is a process ... this market melt-up could continue for an extended period. We'll know …
In Memory of Karl Bessey
This past Sunday my phone/email started lighting up, with people asking if I had heard that Karl Bessey had passed away. I was, I remain, in shock. I have heard from a great many that feel the same way. Please allow me a few minutes to honor my friend.
Insider Trading and Financial Anomalies Surrounding the Las Vegas Attack
Insider 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.
VRA Alert: My “Stock of the Century” Just Soared 285% in 30 Days.
I 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…but […]
In 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. In just the last 2 months (from December 20th to today), my VRA Core Portfolio (which contains […]
Becoming Wealthy in the Age of Trump. My FREE Gift to You…
Please 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). Your copy […]
VRA Alert: Patterns Tend to Repeat. This Pattern Made VRA Clients….
The Exact Pattern That Made Us 837% is Here Again (plus 2,119% since 01/14) Here’s the link…it will only be up for 72 Hours http://vrainsider.com/vrasales Kip Herriage Editor/Publisher VRA (2003)... Continue reading your article and start your free 14-day trial with VRA. Start Free Trial Already have an account? Sign in.
VRA FLASH: BREXIT WINS! This Is What Happens Next
As it turns out, Mohammed Ali is not the only one that can shock the world. Our faith in the "possible" has been restored...maybe the little guy DOES have a shot, after all. As I live tweeted the emerging victory for #Leave, with each city reporting their vote totals, it began to become more and […]
VRA ALERT: THE FIX IS IN
There's an old saying that you've no doubt heard before; "if it walks like a duck and if it quacks like a duck...then...it's a duck." After mentioning this distinct possibility here in the VRA more than a few times, its time for me to call this particular duck out...folks, the FIX IS IN. We've all […]
VRA ALERT: Crash-Bear Market: Stage One Underway
MUST READ ALERT: STAY FROSTY! Good Wednesday morning all. The world is in turmoil this morning...yes, again...for another morning. I don't like this anymore than you do, but if the world is going to falter and falter hard, we owe it to ourselves, our families, and friends and our businesses, to make sure we survive...and yes, thrive. Everything […]
VRA CRASH ALERT: THIS E.L.F.E. JUST MISSED IN 2008. WE MAY NOW BE JUST HOURS AWAY…
VRA CRASH ALERT: THIS E.L.F.E. JUST MISSED IN 2008. WE MAY BE JUST HOURS AWAY FROM..."A DIRECT HIT" (note from Kip: Predicting the exact day/week of a crash is never easy, never simple. However, beginning on Monday of this week (12/7) I issued my first 3 Crash Alerts since 2008, when the Dow Jones lost […]
Class Warfare, Pandering – Success is the Fresh Target
If you watched the debate last night, you likely saw what I saw. The level of class warfare was astounding...even for this group of populist, vote panderers. Success was under attack...and it looks to only get worse. Here's the deal; if you've worked hard your entire life to make something of yourself, and after 20-30 […]
Must Read For Anyone That Loves America
I rarely re-print anyone's work in whole cloth, but in my view, literally every American should read this. Excellent work WAR...you're speaking exactly to the angst in America. And yes, Trump should hire you as his only PR guy and speechwriter. Just one man's views... Kip This Should be Trump's Answer When Asked "Is Obama […]
VRA Alert: Market Reversal Likely – Ugly Technicals, Pullback Coming
Good Friday morning all. The FED's news came in with a bang and went out with a whimper...now it's time for a correction from the near 1300 point move higher in the Dow since 8/24. Important Point: I am not looking for a retest move to those 8/24 lows. However, I would not be surprised […]
VRA Letter: 9/11/01. 21 Years Later, Still Surrounded By the Lies of the Official Story
Good Sunday. I have posted this VRA Letter each 9/11 since 2006 (updated with relevant information/facts), when my research and due diligence made it no longer possible to remain silent. Today marks a somber 21 years since 9/11/01.
VRA Must Read: If the Market Crashes, The FED Will Have Blood on Their Hands
VRA Must Read: If the Market Crashes, The FED Will Have Blood on Their Hands Must Read for All Active Investors...For These Two Reasons: 1) If the Market Crashes, the FED Will Have Blood on Their Hands 2) Regardless of What Happens, THIS is the Exact Environment the VRA Was Made For...We'll Continue to Beat […]
VRA Profits Continue to Roll In. + 510% Net Gains in Last Two Months & 1900% Total in Last Two Years
Aug 27, 2015 Without question, these last couple of weeks have been incredibly difficult for the average investor, both here and globally. Most emerging markets have losses of 30% to 50% off of their annual highs, and in the US, we've just experienced our first "true correction" in 4 1/2 years, with the major indices […]
This Market Feels Different – Not in a Good Way. Plus, One Last Email
(From Thursday's VRA Update). Good Thursday afternoon all. As I type, the markets have taken another turn for the worse, with the Dow off close to 100 points, joining the S&P 500 in the .50% loss range for the day. Most of this week it's been the tech heavy NASDAQ that's been hit hard....following disappointing […]
Profits Booked: Important Portfolio Comments & Your Emails
Since June 29th, or just over 3 weeks, the VRA has booked fresh profits of 236%...not a bad 3 weeks, but now, it's time to look forward. Where is the market headed next, and where will our future profits come from? To answer a couple of emails that have already come in, NO....I am not […]
Fresh Gains of 300% – Next Up
My apologies on the previous update that was sent out on Monday. As you may have noticed, parts were incomplete...this update includes full kipherriage.com commenatary and game plan. Thanks for your patience. Kip In the VRA's 12 year history, last week may have been our best. We've actually had a week with larger profits (400%+ […]
1500% Gains In 18 Months – Here’s What Happens Next
1500% Gains In 18 Months - Here’s What Happens Next 1558% to be exact…this is the “net” gain of all Buy/Sell VRA Recommendations since the beginning of 2014. If another investment advisory has done better, we have yet to find it (every buy/sell documented). Regardless of how busy you may be, take a few minutes […]
VRA Alert: Make Sure You are Positioned – Major Cycle Reversal
Corporate earnings are coming in, and the early read for me is “surprisingly solid”. And remember folks, this is the quarter where a combination of bad weather and a strong US Dollar (USD) were supposed to hit companies and hit them hard. There is one area where hits from a strong USD have been felt. […]
VRA CYCLE ALERT: 488% in Profits – By May 1st
Over the past 14 months the VRA Trading & Investing System has produced more than 1200% in profits for Subscribers. Now…the best is yet to come. “Kip, if I had known that your last 8 recommendations were going to more than quadruple the size of my brokerage account, I would have invested MUCH more than […]
The Cartels – Real Life Matrix
Starting at 6 am each morning I look over my investing notes and the latest indicators from the VRA Trading and Investing System. This morning, my notes reminded me that 2015 is a “pre-election year” and that historically, this year is the strongest of all or the stock market. It’s just one of about ten […]
Given Up On the Stock Market? Most Have – And That’s a BIG Retirement Mistake
While close to 70% of the public has sworn off investing in stocks, contrarians are riding stocks to record highs. My job is to show you how to beat Wall Street at its own game...and it's really not hard when you know the game better than they do. The question you need to ask yourself […]
Massive European Bailout On The Way & Dow 24,000??
Will Greece and Lehman Brothers Share the Same Fate?? As I tweeted (@kherriage) last week, letting Greece leave the eurozone would be like the FED allowing Lehman Brothers to go bankrupt in September, 2008...oh wait...that actually happened (and we know the economic carnage that followed). While recognizing that anything is possible, I've been on record […]
70% of the Public Has Given Up on Stocks. 1234% in Profits Makes This Mistake Clear.
1234% in Profits – How VRA Subscribers Turned $10,000 into $123,400 – In 12 Months I've seen it all in my 30 years in the investment industry. And what I know today...February 15, 2015...is that the vast majority of stock market investors are sick and tied of watching the Elite 1% run their scams and […]
VRA Global Economic and Investment Call, Hosted by Kip Herriage
VRA Global Economic and Investment Call, Hosted by Kip Herriage Thursday Night (2/5/15) @ 9PM EST! Conference Line: (712) 775-7085 Access Code: 876826# What’s the difference between the smart money 1%, versus the 99%...aka, the average person, struggling just to get by? Access to THE TRUTH…and the Opportunity to Profit From it. Everywhere you look, uncertainty is […]
Financial Frankenstein is On the Prowl
The ECB just announced their own version of US style QE, and the news is big….USD $1.4 trillion in QE between now and September 2016. As I’ve been predicting, “the ECB will surpass $1 trillion in QE before all is said and done”…and low and behold, they went big right out of the gate. You […]
VRA Ebola Update: Exact Steps to Take and Participate in 375% Returns
Before we get to this most important Ebola update, let's take a quick look at exactly what the VRA predicted 3 weeks ago (Sept. 19th), as the VRA was the ONLY Wall Street expert or Investment Newsletter to call the EXACT top in the stock market…and did so within 5 minutes of the all-time high. […]
VRAletter.com Update: Emerging Risks Surround the Planet – Action Steps to Take Now
This weeks reversal higher in the markets came on the heels of even more money printing news out of China. I cover this in more depth later in this update as well, but here’s the gist of it; The Central Bank of China (PBOC) announced another newer and even better round of quantitative easing (QE), this […]
All is Fine – Tech is Great – No Need to Worry & WAR’s New Book
Jul 07, 2014 It’s an incredibly special time in the US and niche-specific parts of the globe. That is, IF you are among the 1% that is closely connected to major money center banks, investment houses, and/or governments around the world. The “money cartels” control literally 90% of all paper money in circulation, and unfortunately, […]
Short, short notice….Please join ME this Thursday (now) @ 11 AM EST!
Happy Thursday morning to all you over achieving, type A, RHINOS! Each morning we host our VL Launch call and WMI Charge Call…..but this morning is gonna be a bit different. I’d love to have you join me. Surprises and Opportunities…..Plus MONEY….just in case you are the greedy businessperson type and needed that extra little PUSH :) […]
1000 Point Drop Coming – Time for 200% Plus Returns Once Again!
Hi Kip, Thanks for the recommendations! I only had a little in my account - about $45. I started with the VIX trade and made enough there to upgrade to your gold mining rec. It has turned into more than a thousand dollars right now. Yea! You are my hero! KK Kip, I was skeptical, as other newsletters have […]
Janet Yellen is Ben Bernanke on Steroids, with a Lobotomy
Now that Helicopter Ben is gone, in order to figure out exactly how this new FED will continue to manipulate the financial markets, we need to know more about new FED Chair Janet Yellen. First, her background is as an Ivy league left wing liberal, and for many reading this, you may already know everything […]
2014 – INFLATION HEADED OUR WAY – TIME FOR 1000% PROFITS
Important update from the Wall Street source that I refer to as "top secret", along with important recommendations for all VRA Subscribers. As you will see below, top secret is looking for a year filled with massive spikes in inflation...and as any informed consumer knows, it has already started. As I've been reporting, we should […]
Wall Street Was Shocked by the Fed’s Decision – The VRA Predicted It
Last Wednesday, the Federal Reserve…that criminal cabal of international bankers and global purveyor of monetary/financial/personal wealth destruction…shocked the so-called experts of Wall Street by continuing their shell game of Quantitative Easing (QE). The FED is moving forward with their unprecedented level of fiat money printing, rather than announcing a “tapering” of their $85 billion/month government […]
The Truth About The Obama Economy – It’s Not the Legacy He Hoped For
With the out of control PR that we see in politics it's sometimes hard to separate the truth from the noise, and this is certainly the case when it comes to the truth about the economy. Determining whether or not we have seen an economic recovery (and how strong) under the Obama Presidency often depends […]
Twilight Zone Ponzi Scheme, Falcon News, Economic, Market and Precious Metals Update
Lots to cover in our ongoing, real-life Twilight Zone. The reality is that we now live in a Globalized, Central Bank Ponzi Scheme, Fiat Currency Counterfeiting, Tulip Bulb Mania, Cartel Controlled World…and the end-game is going to be ugly…on steroids. The question, as always, is one of timing. First, a positive note. It was incredible […]
Hurricane Sandy…Presidential Election…It’s Still The Economy…Stupid
We were told well in advance that Hurricane Sandy would be a once in a lifetime storm, and in a major rarity, forecasters actually underestimated a storm. Katrina, Part Two It’s hard to find the words for what we are witnessing, but for me, it sure brings back memories from August 2005. Few were prepared for what […]
First they ignore you…then they ridicule you…then they fight you…then you win
First they ignore you...then they ridicule you...then they fight you...then you win Mohatma Gandhi This classic Gandhi quote from more than 70 years ago likely resonates with many of your reading this. We are taught from kindergarten on that we should raise our hand before speaking, that we should act with the rest of the group, and that the majority view […]
Long Term, Independent Thinking – Living Life on Your Terms
I have not always been a long term, independent minded, macro thinker and investor. In my early years on Wall Street, I followed the actions of a senior investment advisor who was an options specialist. He placed anywhere from 1000-5000 options orders DAILY, and his technical analysis was minute by minute, and many times second […]
Number 14 is Sure to be Number 1!
Houston, TX (October 30, 2011) – Wealth Masters International proudly announces details on their 14th m2 Wealth Conference in Maui, December 5-8. The event also marks a significant birthday celebration for WMI, kicking off their 8th year in business. In addition, it will be the world’s first glimpse of PURE, a company focused on life-changing […]
European Bailout Package Announced – $1.3 Quadrillion Derivatives Implosion May Be Next
European Bailout Package Announced - $1.3 Quadrillion Derivatives Implosion May Be Next The announcement from the EU has been made, with the initial size of Europes bailout package announced as $1.7 Trillion USD. Details? What details! As I write this (at 3:30 am cst), the stock markets seem to like the news, with Dow futures up […]
Behind it All – The Crime Against Humanity
Know this; the poverty that’s invading the world is due primarily to one single event…the implementation of fiat currency as a monetary medium of exchange. I have been writing and educating about this most important issue for a decade, and if the 99% of the worlds population that have no clue about the truth of […]
CRASHPROOF PROSPERITY
“As we enter the most perilous financial times of the past 70 years, everyone is looking for answers; Who is to blame for this? How bad will It get? What should I do now? Does the government really know what they’re doing? Instinctively, we all knew this house of cards would come crashing down at […]
Wealth Transfer Alert!
It was March 2005 and we were in the recording studio working on the first edition of our m1 Masters Program. I prefer not to use a script when working on projects like this, so when I get going its pretty much free flow and one take. After recording for about 45 minutes I stopped […]
Meltdown Approaching – Repeat of 2008 on the Way – While We Make 50% in One Month!
Remember what happened in 2008? I hope so, because it’s about to happen again. In March of 2008, Bear Stearns gave us a hint of the crash that was to come. Just one year earlier the stock had traded as high as $170/share…but by March 08 it came crashing down to near insolvency before getting a […]
CrashProof Prosperity; Becoming Wealthy in the Age of Risk – Now Available!
NEW BOOK MAKES WALL STREET NERVOUS AS FORMER INSIDER REVEALS ECONOMIC SURVIVAL SECRETS Sugar Land, TX (February 16, 2011) – A new book called Crashproof Prosperity by former Wall Street insider Kip Herriage shows the average citizen things they were NEVER MEANT TO SEE behind the veil of the Federal Reserve, corrupt investment and banking […]
FORMER INSIDER SPILLS WALL STREET SECRETS – MAIN STREET SURVIVAL TACTICS
Sugar Land, TX (December 28, 2010) – On yesterday’s nationally syndicated G. Gordon Liddy radio show, investment expert Kip Herriage revealed why the economy is worse than the government is letting on and what the average American can do now to prepare. Having been a highly successful Wall Street money manager and financial advisor for […]
11th m2 Wealth Conference! Vegas, Nov 14-17
Join us for WMI's 11th m2, Nov 14-17, followed by WMI Marketing Day on the 18th. A conference preview follows. 15-20 World Class Speakers that will help to turn your 101k back into a 401k...wealth creation opportunities usually reserved for the top 1%...and your Membership into the World's Premier Wealth Creation Community. I will also be releasing my new […]
F.E.A.R.
There are 4 emotional stages that 99% of the population must endure when dealing with tough situations. And I would say that 17.5% real unemployment and the greatest level of poverty in close to two decades qualifies as pretty tough. Of course this is just in the US. In Spain, the real unemployment rate is […]
Libertarian National Congressional Committee Announces Addition of Kip Herriage to the Board
LNCC Announces Addition of Economist and CEO Kip Herriage to the Board Wayne Allyn Root, the Chairman of the Libertarian National Congressional Committee (LNCC) announced today the addition of Kip Herriage to the Board of the LNCC. Kip is best known as CEO and Co-Founder of Wealth Masters International, one of the world’s fastest growing […]
Prechter: The Market is Ready for a 1987 Style Crash
I began studying Robert Prechters work in 1986, met him in early 1987, and then saw him predict the 1987 crash just 3 days before it happened. Now, he is saying that the last time the stock market looked like this....was just before that crash in 87. And as I have shared before, his forecast […]
The Crash Has Begun
Here’s the bottom line. The bear market has returned in force and while financial manipulation from global central banks could stem the speed of the decline, make no mistake about it….2010 will likely go down in the history books as the year of the most shocking global financial collapse in history. Could the Federal Reserve, […]
Why Greece Matters & The Greatest Depression Still Awaits
I'm sure that many of you could care less about what is happening 5000 miles away, and might find my updates and warnings over the last year or so about Greece boring and insignificant. But what if I told you that your tax dollars are now going to bail Greece out, and that in the coming days […]
Norway was off the Charts! World Tour Update
Wealth Masters International (WMI) opened up its 2010 World Tour in Oslo, Norway to a packed house of 367 excited Scandinavians (citizens of Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Finland)! Attendees braved the snowy, frigid Norwegian air to hear the WMI story at the historic and classically European Edderkoppen theatre. Among this group were over 150 existing […]
Houston, Tx. …This Saturday
Hope to see you here...time to find out where the next 5 years will take you. details here: http://wmiblog.com/ Kip... Continue reading your article and start your free 14-day trial with VRA. Start Free Trial Already have an account? Sign in.
The Most Important Year of Your Life…
Dear WMI Members and Consultants, First….a very Happy New Year to everyone! It’s incredible realizing that we are wrapping up the company’s 5th year. We’ve gone from having just 10 Members in our first month to over 20,000 (in over 30 countries) as we begin 2010. Back in 2005, Karl and I had no idea […]
How did 2009 turn out for you?
Now...the more important question is; Do you really want 2010 to be better? The reality...the sad reality... is that most people go about setting goals in a way thats guaranteed that they will never achieve them. The majority focus on their past; what they either didn't do, or what they did wrong. Then they go about trying to correct those "mistakes" […]
2010 – The Big Picture
Long time readers know that I preach the importance of individual stock selection. The market can be falling apart but as long as you own solid companies your investments will perform extremely well over the long run. Another way of putting it...It's a market of stocks, not a stock market. Having said that, it is incredibly important to have […]
The Four Days That Will Forever Change Your Life
We’re coming down to the wire…T minus 3 weeks until the Wealth Masters International m2 Wealth Conference, at the gorgeous Paris resort in Las Vegas, November 15-18! And importantly, the final day to reserve your seat is October 30…so read this news release carefully. Over the last two months we’ve been sending a series of […]
How Much Higher?
I've been on the road for a while. A combination of exciting WMI business...next level stuff....to due diligence for WMI m2/m3 conferences, and of course for the VRA. As I've been writing, Dow 10,000 was a certainty, and it doesn't look like this rally is close to being over. There is simply too much strength in the primary […]
Summers Rock!
That’s right…the m2 announcement from yesterday was not a mistake and did not contain typos. We’re giving away not one, but two homes at the m2 Wealth Conference in Las Vegas, November 15-18. Total Value...$150k to 200k…which is probably still too low of an estimate. We will have a full film crew there to capture […]
The Truth Resonates
Hello from Paradise! I'm in the Dom Republic at WMI's Private Wealth Group and this place is beyond gorgeous. What's even more incredible than the scenery however are the WMI Members in attendance. Yes, our WMI family rocks... The title...The Truth Resonates...comes from something that I saw VP Joe Biden say today. He said "we […]
THE NEW NORMAL – WHY ANY RECOVERY WILL BE PAINFULLY SLOW
THE NEW NORMAL - WHY ANY RECOVERY WILL BE PAINFULLY SLOW Think for a second about where our economic growth came from over the last 10 years or so. We know that consumers have been the primary drivers for the US economy. Because we now manufacture and export little of anything (and far less going […]
WMI on Radio…
Wayne Allyn Root, WMI’s Senior Economic Advisor, the 2008 Libertarian Party Vice Presidential nominee, and a regular personality on FOX News and FOX Business, is declaring “W.A.R” on big government beginning June 6, when “W.A.R: The Wayne Allyn Root Show” debuts in the three largest U.S. radio markets. Root hosts a star-studded lineup on these […]
I will be on the Jerry Doyle show today
Hello from New York, where I will be joining guest host Wayne Allyn Root on the Jerry Doyle radio show today. The show is nationally syndicated and is one of the highest rated radio talk shows in America with millions of listeners each day. The show runs from 3-6pm est, and I will be on […]
Is the Recession Over?
April unemployment showed the U.S. losing 539,000 jobs, versus the 600,000 estimate, bringing the unemployment rate to 8.9%. U4, the unemployment rate that includes those that have stopped looking for work and those that are working just part time, now stands at 16%. 8.9% is the worst number in over 25 years, and the only […]
How Much Higher?
Before I get to the market forecast for the week, just a quick reminder that this IS a bear market rally, and once it ends: "Too-big-to-fail" banks like Bank of America andCitigroup, and corporations like Chrysler and General Motors, WILL ultimately be allowed to fail; their shareholders will be essentially wiped out andtheir creditors will […]
Is This the Top?
Google's earnings report after the close of trading showed that while they beat the estimates pretty handily, growth is clearly showing due to a decrease in ad sales. Initially the stock traded over $20 higher to $400 + before ending at $388, up $9 on the day. Many of the key financials closed lower, reversing […]
The Banks Are the Key
Meridith Whitney, another of the top ranked bank analysts, and one that has been dead right on the insolvency issues surrounding the industry over the last couple of years, came on CNBC to say that the first quarter earnings results should not be as bad as some have feared. She went on to say that there […]
Still Headed Higher… Thanks FASB
MARK TO MARKET ACCOUNTING CHANGES Could the wheels be coming off of the bear market rally already? It’s certainly possible, but I think it’s more likely that either late Monday…or certainly sometime on Tuesday we will begin to see the markets head higher again. Here’s why: MARK TO MARKET ACCOUNTING CHANGES! The rally will be […]
This Rally Has Legs
Assuming that the market doesn’t fall apart today (down 120 points now but I think it may even close positive), today will mark the single best week we’ve had in the market since late December and for the first time in a long time I’m seeing some constructive market internals (new highs/lows, advances/declines and up […]
The Rally Continues
While I expect the bear market rally to continue for a short while longer there is no evidence that I can find whatsoever that we have reached a final bottom in this once of a lifetime collapse in equities and the economy. Here’s what you have to remember about bear market rallies; they happen incredibly […]
Bear Market Rally
As I wrote yesterday morning for VRA subscribers, a bear market rally is upon us and it’s obvious even to the most newbie of investors that this one was highly coordinated at both the government and corporate levels. Yes folks, the fix was in for a stock market rally, which tells you that they are very […]
The Reality of it All
One by one, U.S. and global leaders are lining up to talk up their respective schemes to end this once in a lifetime economic collapse. Collectively they are putting on a unified road show to ensure us pawns that the trillions upon trillions being spent on massive, never-before-seen global bailouts will in fact work, and […]
Band Aids and Hope
Unfortunately, this is all that’s holding our fragile economy and financial system together as we enter this most important week of trading. The band aids are the fiscal stimulus programs and government (see taxpayer) funded bailouts of the banking and financial industries. Trillions of our hard-earned tax dollars are being dumped into the economy in […]
Can We Trust These People?
Day after day we hear from one elected/appointed official after another, each telling us that things are under control because they have a “plan”. Mostly it sounds to me like they have a “plan for a plan”, and that in fact, they have little to no experience in actually running a business, having to make […]
Don’t Trust This Market
Following my update, I have included an article from one of the foremost economic analysts of our time, Ambrose Evans-Pritchard. He called the subprime crisis just 6 months before it hit, and this weekend came out with extraordinary comments about the banking and currency crisis hitting Europe and parts of Asia right now. The reasons […]
Rally, But Sell the News
February 4, 2009 MARKET UPDATE This will be a quick but important update. The Obama administration, along with our new Treasury Secretary, will be announcing their financial bailout and fiscal stimulus program early next week…likely on Monday or Tuesday. In light of this, look for the market to trade higher in the short term. […]
WHY WE ARE HEADED MUCH LOWER
Ø No one, and I mean no one, likes Obama’s stimulus package. When you see Democrats struggle to support these socialistic ideals, you know that they are a bad idea. Less than 15% of the stimulus will work its way into the economy in 2009, while the rest will go to support bankrupt social programs…a […]
Planet Bizarro and Merrill Lynch Predicts a Depression
Seinfeld fans will remember the episode where Jerry refers to people that appear to be the exact opposites of George and Kramer as being from “Planet Bizarro”. Planet Bizarro comes from a comic book featuring Superman and Batman. On Planet Bizarro, everything happens exactly opposite to what we are accustomed seeing on Earth. They see […]
GOLD BREAKING OUT!
As I write this, gold is up $40/ounce and is preparing to blow through $900. As you can see on the chart of gold it is also well above the 50 day moving average and has also just cracked its 200 day moving average. If we can close above $900 I look for a fast move back […]
Rally Caps!
Like many of you reading this, I made a lot of money during the Clinton presidency. Love him or hate him, Bill Clinton and his economic team knew how to stimulate the economy, and they knew how to make the stock market go higher, year after year. Under Clinton’s Presidency we saw the best bull […]
GD 2 UPDATE
Quick but important point. Everyone…especially those on CNBC and the so-called expert economists (an oxymoron if I’ve ever heard one)…are saying that we cannot have another Depression because “this time” we saved the banking system, which will prevent another Depression from taking place. Here’s the BIG problem with their argument… We are adding trillions […]
One Last Chance for an Obama Rally
Tomorrow is an historic day in the U.S. Our first black American President will assume the highest office in the land, and what most believe is the highest office in the world. Obama won the Presidency with a decisive mandate for “change that we can believe in” and beginning tomorrow we will begin to find […]
5 Step Plan to Prevent GD 2
Trillions are being spent by the US government on bail out after bail out, yet the economy continues to fade away. We’re quickly seeing the excitement from an Obama presidency dissipate, as leading Democrats (from his own party no less) openly question key components of Obama’s $2 trillion economic stimulus program. As I’ve been writing, […]
Reality Check
On Friday, the December unemployment numbers were released and the official stats showed us losing another 524,000 jobs with unemployment reaching 7.2%. The total losses make 2008 the worst year since 1945, when the US was coming out of WWII. The "real" unemployment number, which includes the under-employed and those that have stopped looking for […]
Why This May Be the Perfect Entry Point for Buying Gold
As the article below spells out, gold has dropped about $40/ounce recently due to annual commodity index rebalancing. This pullback may represent the best opportunity to buy gold for the remainder of the year. Interestingly, our gold stocks continue to rise sharply in price, even in the face of the decline in the commodity itself. […]
CRIMINAL CONFLICTS OF INTEREST
For the last 20 years plus I’ve been amazed by the vast conflicts of interest that exist on Wall Street and in the financial industry. My first wake-up call was watching my first investment firm implode because of its own internal conflicts and mismanagement of an IPO of a mortgage derivatives fund, brought to us […]
Predictions for 2009
“May you live in interesting times” … Ancient Chinese Curse That’s right. This famous Chinese proverb was actually written as a curse, and I’d say that it totally and completely sums up this past year. 2008 just became the worst investment year since the Great Depression, with losses of 35-40% for most major indices. […]
$50 BILLION THAT WILL BE REMEMBERED
When the news broke about the $50 billion Ponzi Scheme that Bernie Madoff engineered over a twenty to thirty year period, I knew the story rang a bell. I went back through my records and found the original Barron’s article in 2001, and written by Erin Arvedlund. Included in her excellent research were quotes from […]
Huge Moves by the FED
The bear market rally continued today, this time thanks to never before seen moves by the US Federal Reserve. They not only dropped the Fed Funds rate by .50%, but also made it very clear in their forward looking comments that they would provide record amounts of liquidity to the markets going forward and that […]
Snow!
It’s snowing here as I write this…actual flurries. We rarely get snow in Houston, so this is a fun time for us. The last time we had snow was Christmas eve, 2004. Prior to that it had been at least 10 years, so I’ll have to ask all of you that live in colder climates […]
Market and Precious Metals Update
As I forecast yesterday, the market had a fairly tough day today, ending down over 240 points. If the auto bailout does not take place…as the market is expecting…we could see a 500-1000 point drop in no time at all. I continue to believe that some type of emergency funding will get completed, but all […]
The Big Picture
It's probably the last thing anyone wants to hear so soon after news of the 533,000 lost jobs lost month (announced on Friday) -- but if history is a guide, it's only going to get worse from here. Details to follow… First, the market rallied 240 points on the much worse than forecast numbers Friday […]
Out of Control
This is the scariest market I have ever seen. How can anyone be expected to trust their investments when the market can drop 300 points in less than 30 minutes? Day after day after day this is happening, and if you’re wondering what the heck is going on….what’s causing this massive, never before seen volatility…here’s […]
UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES
One of the best trades possible is shorting the market whenever Hank Paulson and Ben Bernanke make TV appearances. So, it should be no surprise that the market dropped 670 points (8%) on Monday as BOTH decided to grace us with their presence. The markets message is clear; more government interference is NOT what we […]
Not Like The 1930’s?
Since my latest update (GD 2), I've had several readers comment that it was "too depressing" and asked if things can really get that bad again. Well, for one thing, you've got to remember that the numbers we are getting from the government now cannot be trusted. For example, according to the government, inflation is […]
GD 2
Great Depression 2 I'm writing this from the beautiful Marco Island, Florida, as we prepare for the 7th WMI m2 Wealth Conference. Outside its gorgeous, but inside...watching the stock market...is a totally different environment. Folks,as much as it hurts to write this...as much as I absolutely hate to write this...I believe that the odds are […]
The Next Leg Down
Last Thursday I called for a bear market rally when the Dow was down over 300 points. A huge rally began within 30 minutes and we closed up 550 points for the day. An 850 point move in less than 3 hours….amazing. These kinds of moves used to take several days or even weeks to […]
And….That’s a Bear Market Rally
For those that are brave enough to trade this market, hopefully you’ve been using the advice I’ve provided with both SDS and SSO on my newsletter at www.vraletter.com. When I put out the update “What to Buy for a Bear Market Rally” at about 11 AM the market was down 300 points and began to […]
Fire Hank Paulson Now
The Wall Street Journal says that the original $700 billion bailout will not be enough (surprise surprise) which makes it likely that Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson will be forced to go back before Congress and ask for still more money. Just amazing. Congress has a chance to do the right thing and stop this before […]
Complete Insanity
We bail out AIG, Fannie, Freddie and the banks to save our system from collapse...they are just too big to fail. Now we have to bail out GM, Ford and Chrysler ( I mean Cerebus, the super secretive private equity firm that owns Chrysler) for the same reason. Trust me, it won't end there....and it […]
The Analogy That No One is Talking About
Following the Richard Nixon disgrace of a Presidency, a little known Georgia Govenor became the 39th U.S. President. Out of nowhere, Jimmy Carter came to power in 1976 with a mandate to reform and restore the country's reputation, and hope was seemingly restored. Flash forward 4 years later. In 1980 the U.S. was in one […]
It’s The Economy…Stupid
This now famous line was attributed to George H Bush's mishandling of his re-election bid, when Bill Clinton's victory turned Bush into a one term President. The economy was in the dumps in the year leading up to the election and Bush seemed oblivious to the recession that the country was entering. Just a year […]
President Obama
At the risk of some personal embarrassment, I'll be shocked if Obama loses today. Every poll that I respect has him winning in a landslide, so it looks like we will have a democrat in the office for at least the next 4 years. In my opinion, this is not so much a vote for Obama […]
Our Financial Engine…
Its common knowledge of course that the US no longer makes anything...not really anyway.We import all of that "stuff" now. Soon, we will have the Big 2 instead of the Big 3, and you can pretty much write-off anything that is manufacturing related... So, what's been driving our economy for the last 10 years? Well, […]
The Perp Walk!
This bear market has lots of people scratching their heads, especially the so-called gurus of capitalism and self-proclaimed Masters of the Universe (by the way, this is a great time to go back and read Tom Wolf's classic from the 1980's, The Bonfire of the Vanities, Wolf's semi-fictional work on the lives and mindset of […]
IMPORTANT: Blog Email Verification Needed and Market Update
In order to ensure that you receive an email the moment I post a new blog update, make sure and "verify" your email address via the Aweber email verification process. Everyone that has signed up previously should have gotten this request today. If not, you should simply sign up again. MARKET UPDATE: This morning (and […]
Bear Market Rally
The stock markets around the globe have been absolutely battered. While the US is down over 43%, most foreign markets are off over 50-80% from their highs….just brutal…and amazingly fast. We’re looking at something like $10 trillion in global market losses in just the last couple of months. As I’ve been saying…this is once in […]
Short Term Rally Coming
Just a follow-up to this mornings update. Beginning tomorrow we will begin to see coordinated rate cuts globally, and the US FED will aggressively drop lending rates to approximately 1%....or an all-time low. For those that are traders, you can go long the market. Again, this is not for everyone, but I do expect the […]
Where We Are Right Now…
Right in front of our eyes we are witnessing the most serious threat to our financial system in 70 years, and anyone that tells you that it’s almost over is either guessing or just hoping. I’ll go so far as to say that I believe CNBC will face a huge class action lawsuit in the […]
Greenspan Speaks!
Today, before Congress, God, and everybody, our old buddy Alan Greenspan will be speaking about subprime lending, the debt crisis and the resulting recession. And more specifically, about his role in it. Greenspan, the Federal Reserve Chairman under Bush, Clinton, and then Bush II, is largely responsible for much of the mess we are in....of […]
Remember Budapest, Hungary??
Many of us experienced the inaugural m3 together. No doubt about it…one of the best experiences of a lifetime. Hungary is a truly beautiful country that has rebuilt itself, time and time again, from more wars than most can even remember. That may be happening again soon…however this time it will likely be an economic […]
The Talking Heads
Anyone watching CNBC, and listening to their advice, is getting their heads handed to them in this market. They are doing everything they can to be positive and "talk the market higher" and of course they are dead wrong. This recession is going to be the worst of our lifetime and 99% of the population […]
The Next 3 Years
I woke up this morning to CNBC and more negative earnings results, and thought back to my days as a financial advisor and venture capitalist. Its never been more difficult for the average person to invest in the stock market and don't look for that to change anytime soon. People are waking up to the […]
M2 Wealth Conference
How time flys...the older I get the faster that clock ticks. Remember when you were a kid and it seemed to take forever for that school bell to ring at 3? I guess this means that we just have to take advantage of every waking moment. I like that game plan. I really look forward […]
Just the Third Inning…
As you know from my posts of the last couple of months I believe the stock market is going to be a tough place to be for some time. Bear market rallies can be very powerful, and can even retrace 50% of their losses. However, I very much doubt that this will be the case […]
Opportunity…!
The announcements coming from the US, and global governments, clearly indicate that they will do ANYTHING to avoid a global economic meltdown. This includes “forcing” the largest banks and financial institutions in the US to take billions upon billions of dollars via government equity stakes. There is no doubt that this will ensure that the […]
The real story about how we got in this mess…
Enghadl is one of the best investigative financial journalists out there....You will probably never hear this story elsewhere. http://www.321gold.com/editorials/engdahl/engdahl101008.html ...and I just learned that the next shoe to drop is commercial property. No huge surprise of course, but its been the only thing holding up the remaining banks. There's over $5 trillion in derivatives in […]
What the next 3 years will look like for you and everyone you know…
I’m writing this because I want you to be as prepared as possible for what is coming. The following views are my personal opinions on what I see happening. Confidence in the system has been lost. What we’ve seen so far is just the beginning, and it truly makes me sad to have to write […]