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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