VRA Weekly Blog Update: Bit of VRA History. Quick Notes, VRA 10 Baggers.DJ 50,000 is Coming.

VRA Weekly Blog Update: Bit of VRA History. Quick Notes, VRA 10 Baggers.DJ 50,000 is Coming.

Good Thursday morning all. With 10/12 VRA Investing System Screens bullish and with investors (of all sizes) heavy in cash and heavily bearish, we are gearing up for a major breakout to the upside. If you’re new here, a quick recap. First: We’ve beaten the markets in 15/16 years of the VRA.

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VRA Weekly Blog Update: Lessons of My Mentors. VRA System 10 of 12 Screens Positive. Small Caps Ready to Rock.

VRA Weekly Blog Update: Lessons of My Mentors. VRA System 10 of 12 Screens Positive. Small Caps Ready to Rock.

Good Friday morning all. “It’s not the news of the day that matters, its how the market reacts to the news”. Ted Parsons, circa 1987 (RIP Ted). Ted was my first mentor. As a newbie broker, my cubicle was just outside of his office. Ted was well into his 60’s then. He’d been around the block.

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VRA Weekly Blog Update: Strategy Session Update. VRA and Parabolic, Net Profits of 1321% in 2019. CARA and VGZ.

VRA Weekly Blog Update: Strategy Session Update. VRA and Parabolic, Net Profits of 1321% in 2019. CARA and VGZ.

Good Friday morning all. Getting a very late start in writing. Updates from mgt on both Cara (CARA) and Vista Gold (VGZ) this AM. First, the September jobs report is out and pretty much in line with expectations. 136,000 jobs created with the unemployment rate down to 3.5%, a 50 year low.

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VRA Weekly Blog Update: We Remain Cautious.

VRA Weekly Blog Update: We Remain Cautious.

Good Friday afternoon all, Tyler here with you for today’s update. As Kip mentioned in yesterday’s update the VRA Investing System has been downgraded from 10/12 screens bullish to 9/12 screens bullish. We have been at 10/12 screens bullish since June 19th,

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VRA Weekly Blog Update: Fed Meeting, is profit-taking on the way? AAII Investor Sentiment. The Gold, Silver Criminal Conspiracy.

VRA Weekly Blog Update: Fed Meeting, is profit-taking on the way? AAII Investor Sentiment. The Gold, Silver Criminal Conspiracy.

Fed Meeting, Powell Getting Better! 1/4 point rate cut and presser behind us. All pretty much as expected. Fed Chair Powell did ok. The trading action during and just after the Fed presser is typically sporadic and not always easy to trust. Here’s what we do know; the cut has now taken place.

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VRA Weekly Blog Update: As Expected, September Fireworks. Key Housing Barometers at New Highs. Stunning Sentiment Readings Continue.

VRA Weekly Blog Update: As Expected, September Fireworks. Key Housing Barometers at New Highs. Stunning Sentiment Readings Continue.

Good Thursday morning all. Overnight we learned that US-China trade talks are back on, with mid-level talks beginning this week and the big kahoonas confabbing next month. DJ +443 as I write. Global markets are also in rally mode on the heels of Hong Kong withdrawing plans to enforce their extradition bill,

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Get Ready for a September Melt Up. Thank You, Mr. Treasury Secretary. Stunning Sentiment Readings.

Get Ready for a September Melt Up. Thank You, Mr. Treasury Secretary. Stunning Sentiment Readings.

Roughly 3 hours after yesterdays (second) VRA Update, where we applied Occam’s razor and made our case that global bond markets are screaming at us “there’s not enough debt in the world…interest rates will keep plummeting until you issue more debt”, Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin announced this:

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RECESSION FEARS? Uh….NO. Housing About to Get Hot. Miners, Major Buy Signal.

RECESSION FEARS? Uh….NO. Housing About to Get Hot. Miners, Major Buy Signal.

Over the last few days Tyler and I have fielded a ton of questions, from VRA Members, friends and family, about the 24/7 news coverage about “the coming recession” in the US. How could anyone miss it…the media would love nothing better than to topple Trump,

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Economic Data Points to Acceleration of Growth. We Repeat, No Recession. Capitulation Signals. Interview with WAR.

Economic Data Points to Acceleration of Growth. We Repeat, No Recession. Capitulation Signals. Interview with WAR.

Good Thursday morning all. We’re in the dog days of summer. Low volume sell-offs, like yesterday, during one of the worst months of the year (August). Not even close to a big enough reason to sell. We’re also seeing classic signs of a reversal higher as the TRIN (short term trading index) closed at 3.65.

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VRA Quick Hitters. J Powell is a Mess. Record Gold Purchases by Central Banks.

VRA Quick Hitters. J Powell is a Mess. Record Gold Purchases by Central Banks.

Some quick political/economic hitters to start the day… 1.) The last two nights of Dem debates…holy batshit crazy…what a circus. Judging solely from the feedback of long term moderate D’s, the left has gone completely off the rails. Until we see evidence to the contrary, the US remains a center-right country.

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Energy is Building, We Must Be Long and Strong. My Thoughts on J Powell Testimony.

Energy is Building, We Must Be Long and Strong. My Thoughts on J Powell Testimony.

We are in the early innings of an economic boom. If you’ve been positive on the Trump economy these past 2.5 years you’ve no doubt been called every name in the book. My favorite is when permabear trolls call me a racist bigot Russian puppet…all because I am bullish on the US economy…

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June Jobs Report, Big Beat. VRA Portfolio Update, +31%. VRA, Highly Recommended Reads.

June Jobs Report, Big Beat. VRA Portfolio Update, +31%. VRA, Highly Recommended Reads.

Good Friday morning all. The June jobs report is in and the number is a big beat. 224,000 jobs created with only minor revisions lower over the last 2 months. The bears will tell us that this should send stocks lower, as it removes the odds of a rate cut later this month. Ignore the bears…keep buying our VRA Portfolio buy recs.

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Coordinated Momentum, Liquidity Breakouts Continue. VRA Market and System Update.

Coordinated Momentum, Liquidity Breakouts Continue. VRA Market and System Update.

All eyes are on the G20 and Presidents Trump/Xi meeting on Saturday. Earlier this week, Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin stated that “we’re 90% of the way there”. I wished he had said nothing of the sort. Our view is unchanged. We’ll be surprised if a trade deal is completed…

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Locked and Loaded. Massive, Multi-Year Breakout Nearing. We Must Be Long and Strong.

Locked and Loaded. Massive, Multi-Year Breakout Nearing. We Must Be Long and Strong.

Good Thursday morning all, The move higher in stocks continues on the heels of the best week in ’19 and news of Mexico immigration/trade deal. Next up, G20 and Trump-Xi meeting, June 28–29. Does a US-China trade deal even matter? Not according to this new study…

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Our Bull Market Completely Intact. European Elections Confirming a Primary Bullish VRA Marco Trend.

Our Bull Market Completely Intact. European Elections Confirming a Primary Bullish VRA Marco Trend.

Good Thursday morning all. The last 17 months have been one big, semi-expanding bullish trading range We see it in this chart of the S&P 500, from the January 2018 highs to today. The S&P 500 is now below its 2018 highs, and while we have continued to make higher highs (post 1/18), there has been no breakout.

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US-China Trade Morphing into Economic War….one that China Will Lose badly.

US-China Trade Morphing into Economic War….one that China Will Lose badly.

Good Thursday morning all. Our major U.S. indexes opened lower this morning as the U.S. administration is applying maximum pressure on China via attempts (along with US allies) to essentially shut Huawei down. Huawei is huge. As the largest telecommunications manufacturer on the planet…

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The Wall of Worry Bull Market Continues. VRA Emotions of Investing. Housing is BACK! Shocking Sentiment Numbers.

The Wall of Worry Bull Market Continues. VRA Emotions of Investing. Housing is BACK! Shocking Sentiment Numbers.

Good Thursday morning all. A staple of the strongest bull markets of my career have been their ability to overcome all obstacles as they continue hitting new highs. In Wall Street lingo it’s called “climbing a wall of worry”. Powerful bull markets feed off of fear and worry.

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