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Copper has been mired in a vicious bear market for more than five years. However, a monumental turning point may be at hand: Copper (Weekly) Since falling to the lowest levels since the depths of the 2008-2009 Global Financial … Continued
Chinese equities as represented by the Shanghai Composite are in free-fall to begin the new year: Shanghai Composite (Weekly) 4-month bear flag resolving to the downside as relative strength index stalled out near the median line during the recent … Continued
Copper has fallen roughly 10% during the month of November and a remarkable 10 consecutive trading sessions: Today’s doji candlestick below the lower 2-standard deviation Bollinger Band could indicate that the downtrend may be coming to an end. However, … Continued
Largely due to China’s one-child policy the world’s largest country and 2nd largest economy is facing the specter of a shrinking labor force beginning in two years and lasting for more than two decades: This phenomenon along with many … Continued
After recovering from the U.S. housing bubble and Global Financial Crisis, U.S. residential housing prices have enjoyed a solid rebound during the last few years: S&P/Case-Shiller 20 City Index While U.S. residential real estate prices are back up near all-time … Continued
The following chart courtesy of BAML helps to illustrate one of the reasons why China has a big problem on its hands: The PBOC (People’s Bank of China) has been complicit in doing everything pump up China’s stock market … Continued
Last week we highlighted the 3200-3400 area in the Shanghai Composite as a likely support zone from which a dead-cat bounce could begin and that is exactly what has transpired over the last few days: The rebound has … Continued
The recent parabolic leveraged speculative rise and fall of the Shanghai Composite is reminiscent of silver’s epic rise and crash during 2011, have a look: Silver (2010-2011) Shanghai Composite (2014-2015) While the chart structures are slightly different … Continued
After a margin debt fueled parabolic ascent, China’s Shanghai Composite has been in virtual free-fall for the last month. Bloomberg put together an interesting chart which effectively illustrates the timeline of events which led to where we are at now: … Continued
Here are some stats on the Shanghai Composite: +49% year-to-date +143% in the last year Up 5 consecutive trading sessions Investor margin debt has more than doubled in the last year Shanghai Composite (Daily) Shanghai Composite (Weekly) … Continued