Mad Hedge Hot Tips
September 13, 2018
Fiat Lux
The Five Most Important Things That Happened Today
(and what to do about them)
1) Fed Says Labor Shortages Rising, Trade Fears Rampant. In its Beige Book report, America’s central bank concedes that Trump’s foreign adventures are really starting to cost the economy, scaling back capital investment. Click here.
2) Apple (AAPL) Makes a Big Play for the China Market, with its new low-end phones, but will the trade war get in the way? Click here.
3) Turkey Raises Interest Rates to break the collapse in its currency. The move triggers a global “RISK ON” move. The Mad Hedge Market Timing Index rockets back up to 71 in a heartbeat. Click here.
4) General Motors (GM) Recalls 1 Million Trucks and SUVs. Please avoid this sector like the plague. Apparently, the steering wheels don’t work. And you’d think they’d notice it at the factory. Click here.
5) U.S. Median Income Recovers 2007 Level. It’s only taken a decade, but at $61,272 we are finally earning what we did in 2007. Somehow, it doesn’t seem to go as far. Click here.
Published today in the Mad Hedge Global Trading Dispatch and Mad Hedge Technology Letter:
(EXPANDING MY “TRADE PEACE” PORTFOLIO),
(BABA), (BIDU), (TCTZF) (MU), (LRCX), (KLAC), (EEM),
(FXI), (EWZ), (SOYB), (CORN), (WEAT), (CAT), (DE),
(THE LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY TRADERS),
(THE THREAT TO YOUR DIGITAL LIFE FROM CHATBOTS),
(FB), (GOOGL), (MSFT)
