Goodbye Hong Kong! China Trade Deals Can’t be Trusted
By Victor Sperandeo with the Curmudgeon Introduction: In the first of a two-part article on China, Victor reviews the new Hong Kong (HK)...
Jul 21, 2020
Opinion, News Interpretation, and U.S. Market Outlook
Equity future markets were up for the month, with the September NDX futures +6.2% for June (and up almost 16% for the year). This...
Jul 2, 2020
Economic Fascism, Corporatism, and the Move to Anarchy in the U.S.
By Victor Sperandeo with the Curmudgeon Discussion: In my humble opinion (IMHO), U.S. residents primarily live under “economic fascism”...
Jun 29, 2020
What happened to America?
I could write a small book on so many current topics: COVID-19, the killing of a George Floyd and the riots in two dozen cities, and of...
Jun 2, 2020
The Hopium of a “V” Recovery and Stock Market Rally
By Victor Sperandeo with the Curmudgeon Introduction: The unique world events and market reactions continue! Victor provides his razor...
May 4, 2020
Perspective on U.S. Economy and the Coronavirus – Suicide is NOT Painless!
By Victor Sperandeo with the Curmudgeon This Time Suicide is NOT Painless: If you were born in the 1950’s or earlier, you will remember...
Apr 20, 2020
No “V” Recovery in US; Perspective on the Economy and Bear Markets
By Victor Sperandeo with the Curmudgeon Introduction: These are certainly interesting and unique times! In this post, Victor shares his...
Apr 6, 2020
In These Interesting and Unique Times
By Victor Sperandeo with the Curmudgeon The government – and the U.S. Federal Reserve – have been operating under a model since 2008...
Apr 2, 2020
End of Decade Review: “Requiem of Free Market Capitalism”
By Victor Sperandeo with the Curmudgeon Introduction: The last 10 years (from 2009-2019) of extraordinary gains for the financial...
Dec 31, 2019
Debt/Deficits: Just the Facts
In the 1950’s actor Jack Webb starred in a TV series called “Dragnet”. Webb played Sergeant Joe Friday, a stoic, poker faced detective,...
Jul 29, 2019
What is Capitalism?
Capitalism is a political social system based on the recognition and full acknowledgement of individual rights, including the private...
Jan 24, 2019
Is the Bear Market in Sight?
In October, I am on record saying that we are in a bear market, as dictated by the 200-day moving Average (MA) indicator. This occurred...
Jan 3, 2019
Analysis of the Markets Recent Activity - Has Debt Hit Its Tipping Point?
Background: A “Runaway Train” Ends The S&P 500 hit it’s all time high on January 26th, and then experienced its first sell-off of any...
Dec 31, 2018