The Impartial Lens

"If I have seen further, it is by standing upon the shoulders of giants"

Sir Isaac Newton

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Hurricane

The Weekly Lens

This Week in Trading. The bounce in the markets we expected last week arrived. We closed out the short positions we established on 04 April,

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The Joker

The Weekly Lens

The 17th Week of Trading 2022. Holding short positions, especially leveraged short positions, is like holding a tiger by the tail. Great fun until you

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Cassandra

Cassandra’s Crossing

“A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover that they can vote themselves largesse from

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The Devil

The Devil is in the Details

What Happens Next Economists describe inflation as “too many dollars chasing too few goods.” When you have too many dollars chasing the same thing, the

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Making Sense of The VIX

What is the VIX and why is it relevant to investors? The Volatility Index, known as the VIX or FEAR index, helps measure how much

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The Crypto Lens

“If privacy is outlawed, only outlaws will have privacy”. Phil Zimmerman “We didn’t love freedom enough.” Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn “Cryptography is the ultimate form of

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The Storm

The Weekly Lens

The 16th Week of Trading 2022. The 16th week of trading started off optimistically for market participants. At the same time, we at the impartial

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South America

The Weekly Lens

The 15th Week of Trading 2022. The shortened week of trading started badly for US markets and ended badly. All US indices were down on

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labyrinth

The Weekly Lens

The 14th Week of Trading 2022. After an initial surge in US equities to begin the trading week, the attempt to breach the wall of

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Tight Rope Walker

The Weekly Lens

The 13th Week of Trading 2022. The wall of resistance that we mentioned last week for U.S. markets held firm. We had a push early

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