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The Weekly Lens

The Twelveth Week of Trading 2022. Last week’s powerful global equity rally started the week on a shaky footing; participants were nervous to see which direction the markets would move. Most markets did finish the week positively, but not convincingly so. The squeeze higher in the US met resistance at the wall of moving averages

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Wheat

The Weekly Lens

The Eleventh Week of Trading 2022. As we mentioned last week, stocks were poised to have a rally, “we do see a bounce in equities and a pullback in Commodities.” The markets had the best week since the 2020 election; all indices squeezed higher. The Nasdaq soared over 8% last week, and the rest of

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The Weekly Lens

Fifth Week of Trading 2022. Investors were grateful to leave January trading jitters in the rearview mirror. January was a bad start to the year for investors, and most are happy to see it behind them. US Markets soared into midweek, only to pull back in Thursday’s session, warning participants to be cautious. The US

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Brain Frog

“More recently, the West began using technology to flatten the very physical evidence of natural cycles. With artificial light, we believe we defeat the sleep-wake cycle; with climate control, the seasonal cycle; with refrigeration, the agricultural cycle; and with high-tech medicine, the rest-recovery cycle.” ― William Strauss, The Fourth Turning: An American Prophecy “Sometime before the year

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