VRA Investment Update: Shock & Awe. 10/13 Was THE day. Time for a Proper Bear Mkt Rally. Banana Republic.

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Good Friday morning all. “Shock and awe” might be the best way to describe the short covering melt-up yesterday as stocks had their best day since the end of coronavirus insanity.

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VRA Investment Update: Is This The Pivot?

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VRA Investment Update: Is This The Pivot?

The short-covering move higher to start the week marked the best start to a 4th quarter since 1938. The move may have been fueled by short covering and the extreme oversold (on steroid) conditions that we’ve been pointing out.

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VRA Investment Update: The Rubber Band, Stretched Too Far. Semis; Extreme Oversold on Steroids.

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VRA Investment Update: The Rubber Band, Stretched Too Far. Semis; Extreme Oversold on Steroids.

Good Thursday morning all. Following last Friday's jobs report the markets moved sharply higher, only to give up all of its gains and then close lower by 1% across the board on concerns that Russia would cut off European gas supplies (which happened).

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VRA Investment Update: Improvement Under the Hood. 4 VRA Horsemen. Tax Day, Mask Day.

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VRA Investment Update: Improvement Under the Hood. 4 VRA Horsemen. Tax Day, Mask Day.

Good Thursday morning all. As Tyler covered in detail on yesterdays VRA Investing Podcast (sign up for alerts @ vrainsider.com/podcast), something interesting could be brewing to restore our (short term) faith in the markets. Even as Nasdaq (-1.2%), on the back of the Netflix implosion was hit yesterday the internals actually showed improvement.

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VRA Weekly Update: Market Update. Texas Election Lawsuit and Shocking Findings.

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VRA Weekly Update: Market Update. Texas Election Lawsuit and Shocking Findings.

VRA Market Update Our extreme overbought on steroids market finally took a breather this week, led lower by the semis (SMH down another -.9% today). The internals held up well but we would not be adding to new broad market positions here.

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VRA Weekly Update: November Jobs Report Miss. Another Reason We Must Own PMs and Miners. CV Insanity, Vaccine Panacea. Georgia Election Fraud is Blowing Up.

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VRA Weekly Update: November Jobs Report Miss. Another Reason We Must Own PMs and Miners. CV Insanity, Vaccine Panacea. Georgia Election Fraud is Blowing Up.

Good Friday morning all. The November jobs report is out and it’s a mixed bag. Big miss on estimates, with just 245,000 jobs created vs estimate of 469,000 but the unemployment rate fell to 6.7%. Month to month, trying to make sense of any government statistic is a fools errand, but it's the trend that’s worrisome.

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VRA Weekly Update: Record Fund Flows Into Equities, as Sentiment Flashes Greed. A Press Conference Like No Other.

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VRA Weekly Update: Record Fund Flows Into Equities, as Sentiment Flashes Greed. A Press Conference Like No Other.

Good Friday morning all. The public is coming back into equities in a big way, with global retail investors surging over the last 2-weeks to record inflows. At the same time, cash on the sidelines is plummeting as sentiment quickly flips from fear to greed, with short interest in S&P 500 stocks…

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VRA Weekly Update: Election Update. Get Ready for Volatility. Twitter Strikes Again. Ron Klain Knows. Georgia is Key.

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VRA Weekly Update: Election Update. Get Ready for Volatility. Twitter Strikes Again. Ron Klain Knows. Georgia is Key.

Good Thursday morning all. I have so much to say right now that this should really be a VRA Members only podcast. I’m going to do one soon. Some of these sworn affidavits being submitted are almost impossible to believe. Rudy Giuliani got into one last night.

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VRA Update: Strong Jobs Report. Move Higher Continues. Silver is Leading…Great for the Group. Election Update

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VRA Update: Strong Jobs Report. Move Higher Continues. Silver is Leading…Great for the Group. Election Update

Good Friday morning all. Octobers jobs report is out and its a good report. 638,000 jobs added…just a bit on the low side…with the unemployment rate falling to 6.9%, a big beat from the estimate of 7.6%, and a full percentage point lower from Septembers 7.9%. Dow futures were -200…

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VRA Weekly Update: 3rd Quarter GDP Soars 33.1%. Repeating Patterns of the Troubling Variety. Delayed Election Results Increasingly Likely.

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VRA Weekly Update: 3rd Quarter GDP Soars 33.1%. Repeating Patterns of the Troubling Variety. Delayed Election Results Increasingly Likely.

Good Thursday morning all. Big day today. 3rd Quarter GDP came in at a blistering 33.1%, breaking every record known to man. Now we get to find out if its a “buy the rumor sell the news” event. And this is a huge day for earnings, with the biggest of big tech reporting (after the close).

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VRA Special Election Update. The Markets Forecasting a Clear Winner. VRA Debate Analysis.

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VRA Special Election Update. The Markets Forecasting a Clear Winner. VRA Debate Analysis.

Good Friday morning. In this Special VRA Election Update we are focusing on market signals that may be pointing to either a Biden or a Trump win. Observing the action in the markets and key sectors, historically, global investing patterns…

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VRA Weekly Update: Overbought Pullback is Here. Pelosi Blackmail. Election Update.

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VRA Weekly Update: Overbought Pullback is Here. Pelosi Blackmail. Election Update.

Good Thursday morning all. We’re getting the overbought pullback that we’ve been discussing here this week. Yesterdays Internals were mixed to negative with no signs so far that this might get nasty but Dow futures are -330 this am.

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VRA Weekly Update: Trump V Biden, Regardless Who Wins, Markets Keep Moving Higher

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VRA Weekly Update: Trump V Biden, Regardless Who Wins, Markets Keep Moving Higher

Following another sharp move higher yesterday, our melt up move higher forecast continues. We're learning this morning that Mnuchin has raised his stimulus total offer to $1.7 trillion, including another round of $1200 checks and a further bump in PPP,

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