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Russell 2000 Growth - Every Picture Tells A Story
Here at Excalibur Pro, we unabashedly marvel over many of the tools on our website. Clearly, one of our favorites is Regime Change, which...
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Apr 3, 20231 min read
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When You Start Hearing Voices, Filter Out The Bad Ones
It was after the markets closed on March 8 when SVB Financial (parent of Silicon Valley Bank) released the news - it planned to raise...
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Mar 15, 20232 min read
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Markov & The Russell 2000 'Golden Cross'
One of the more popular technical analysis tools signaling bullish sentiment in an instrument or index is the "Golden Cross" - when a...
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Feb 5, 20231 min read
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Markov Saw Eurozone Improvement Before Economists
The Financial Times reported on Sunday that a closely watched survey of economists (Consensus Economics) was now indicating that the...
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Jan 22, 20231 min read
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He Argues Gold Today Is More Like A Currency Than A Commodity
One of the technical analysts we keep an eye on is JC Parets of All Star Charts. In a recent email, JC makes the case for gold continuing...
rickstine
Dec 27, 20222 min read
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Searching For Momentum Clues With Commodities
Commodities have been one of the best performing asset classes of the year - in part because of inflation and the supply disruption...
rickstine
Dec 12, 20222 min read
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Can I Make Money In These Markets? Yep!
The pair-trading tool in Excalibur Pro not only lets you backtest strategies but let's you simulate a trade that you have put on - and...
rickstine
Oct 6, 20221 min read
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GBPUSD Takes A Pounding
The British Pound earlier today hit an all-time low against the dollar, continuing a sell-off that began last week after the government...
rickstine
Sep 26, 20221 min read
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The Markov Argument Against A Nasdaq Bull Market
In the traditional definition of a bull market, the Nasdaq moved into that space last week after it had risen 20% off its lows since...
rickstine
Aug 15, 20221 min read
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Too Soon To Bet Emerging Markets Are Emerging But...
Inflation. High interest rates. Recession. Yes, developed countries have been hard hit by the above Big Three. But emerging markets have...
rickstine
Aug 1, 20222 min read
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Signals Suggest More Weakness For India's Rupee
A few days ago, India's rupee hit an all-time low when it briefly crossed above 80 to the U.S. dollar. Analysts suggested the selloff was...
rickstine
Jul 28, 20221 min read
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Helping You Track Momentum
Some investors focus on moving averages. Others look at the Relative Strength Index or MACD. The Markov process that we offer adds...
rickstine
Jun 27, 20221 min read
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Whither (Not Whether) The Dollar ...
There has been a lot of back-and-forth discussions in the past week or so on outlooks for the dollar - all, of course tied to what people...
rickstine
Feb 1, 20221 min read
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What Mr. Markov Had To Say About The Nasdaq
When trading started this morning (Jan. 10), the Nasdaq was off sharply and had fallen 10% from its November peak - prompting pundits to...
rickstine
Jan 10, 20221 min read
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Markov Points To More Hang Seng Downside
We like to look at an alternative direction signal called the Markov process and what it is telling us today - there is more weakness...
rickstine
Dec 1, 20211 min read
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Remain Leery Of The Lira
As we approach Thanksgiving Day in the U.S., here's a Turkey recipe that, well, you can call a recipe for disaster: Take high inflation...
rickstine
Nov 23, 20211 min read
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(UPDATE AUG 9) Indicators Suggest Bitcoin Poised For Upward Move
(Since this post was originally published on July 7, Bitcoin's price rose 35.9% through Aug. 9.) At Excalibur Pro, we tend to look at a...
rickstine
Jul 7, 20212 min read
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Following The Thin Blue Line (Palladium)
When Russia's largest palladium producer (and one of the largest in the world) reported recently that some of its mines had flooded and...
rickstine
Mar 28, 20211 min read
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What's Emerging In Emerging Markets
Emerging markets have been on a tear this year. The MSCI EM ETF is up about 9% on the year, with only 6 of 26 countries that make up the...
rickstine
Jan 21, 20211 min read
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Bitcoin: Where Do You Go From Here?
With Bitcoin hitting an all-time high this week, the natural question is does it retreat a bit or keep marching forward? Bitcoin arguably...
rickstine
Dec 1, 20201 min read
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