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The valuation of NASDAQ:AAPL shares is always an interesting challenge and historically you can view the range of valuation that Apple shares have traded at using the powerful tools that TradingView has for you. Here is a template you can easily make a copy of using the "share" button at the bottom of the graph. Once you click "share" you will see a "make it...

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The methodology shown here is what I call "Time@Mode" because of a pattern of counting the number of bars at "the mode" of a trend and using that count to project the time of the move out of that mode. I found the pattern by plotting charts by hand back in the 1980's, but fine-tuned here at TradingView with the powerful charting and tools available to us,...

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I published this chart when NASDAQ:TSLA was back up to the "Earnings Level" back in September near $280 and pointed out that it was up against "Key Resistance" and here we are 4+ months later and we have had two more earnings reports and Tesla has fallen back down to another important "News Level" that I labeled "Moody's Upgrade Level". The reason that Moody's...

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The good news about Natural Gas is after adjusting for inflation, but still it is positive when the price of energy is low and affordable for consumers. We have a lot of natural gas in the USA and when the price stays the same and inflation makes your wages and income go up and makes the affordability of energy go up as well. It is easy to remember the headlines...

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Here is a long term view of long term US Gov't interest rates. Long term is defined as 30 years and is a common bond owned by pension funds and insurance companies and other long term investors with long term obligations. I highlight the various ranges of interest rates as shown in these 4 boxes and the few moves that temporarily moved interest rates outside...

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NASDAQ:TSLA was trading over 20X's sales in 2021 and 2022 and was "way ahead" of itself in valuation. The cart was before the horse. First is expectations, then reality comes next. Growth and momentum gets investors excited and they pay UP for potential. With stocks, it isn't a "weighing game" at the beginning because the sellers are holders who don't want to...

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A little brief before I start into this. I got started investing prior to the 1987 stock market crash and have always been amazed at the stock market for what it can do in a short period of time. People experience the market in so many different ways and I was fascinated by the mass-hysteria, psychology, economics and politics that surrounded the entire 1987...

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In order to get the decimal point to the right of a number, I had to multiply AMEX:SPY by 1,000,000,000,000 or 1 Trillion. The price of the market is unchanged since January 1997 with the adjustment. That is an incredible 26 years where prices haven't bean 'inflation as measured by the quantity of money' floating around in the banking system. Nominally, our...

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The "real value of the US Gov't Debt" is a different way of looking at our situation through rose-colored glasses, but it is a fair analysis. If we "adjust the debt level for inflation" as measured by the CPI Index (All Urban Consumers Index) from the beginning of the series back in 1966, you will have a line that is grinding SIDEWAYS since October 2020 at a...

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Tesla NASDAQ:TSLA vs Lithium Prices Tesla was faced with crushing increases in the price of lithium which created a feedback-loop spiral to the downside for investor and speculator expectations. There were many other factors going on at the same time for Tesla's big slide from $400+ down to $100+ per share, but this picture paints a picture and story which is...

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Adjusted for inflation as measured by FRED:CPIAUCSL , the price of crude oil hasn't changed since the price peak in 1985. The back and forth oscillations in supply and demand over the decades has left us right where we started back when I was in college 38 years ago! The price of a first class stamp in 1985 was 13 cents and is now 66 cents. So, the price of a...

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The goal of this chart is to attempt to show the impact of energy costs in the current economy. We use equal amounts of natural gas and crude oil according to economic websites, so a chart that shows the year-over-year % change of energy costs would be useful to look at so we aren't confused by headlines. Everyone seems to be looking at crude oil as the main...

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If you have seen the general news that M2 Money Supply is contracting at the greatest rate in 50 years, then you may be wondering why it is happening and what it means. I hope you do, at least. Money Supply is a general term that means the total money available to an economy in the form of cash money in the bank plus loans and short term deposits sitting in...

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With everyone in the general media chirping about the rise in crude oil this year, I can't help but wonder why there isn't a massive wave of good news about how "low natural gas prices are". We all know the media loves to get attention and fear, uncertainty and anger work much more effectively at capturing the ears of a weary audience. Wouldn't it make sense to...

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Here's a quick view of CORN vs CRUDE which has been moving together for the past ten years with some variation. With CRUDE pushing highs here (Price Inflation fears rampant) and CORN pushing new lows (Food Deflation - no fears about falling corn prices in the news warning about falling inflation), it seems obvious to put up a chart showing how these two markets...

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Drops in crude oil have an impact on stocks in a positive way. The important point to remember is that falling crude oil prices have a lagged effect on the overall equity market. How long is that lag? It changes over time but it is approximately 6 months. When oil prices rise, it too has a lagged effect on the market by a variable amount of time. Of course, it...

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I posted this pattern originally back in 2019 which showed the relationship between sharp drops in crude oil prices and the resulting support levels created in the stock market, as measured by the $SPX500 S&P500 Index. Crude oil has basically gone sideways over the last 40 years when adjusted for inflation and when you factor in efficiency in that we get 22 mpg...

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Educational chart: The massive 20% rally in the US Dollar into the fall of 2022 coincided with the bear market in stocks and fears of recession as the Fed was raising rates to choke off the inflation stoked from aggressive fiscal and monetary expansion post-Covid lockdowns. What is important to learn is how the US Dollar movements can drive earnings estimates so...