Oil prices are significantly higher this morning from yesterday’s settlement, with WTI around $109 (having topped $112 earlier), as the market shrugs off Biden’s plans to release some of the SPR, focusing still on geopolitical risk premia (and the fact that Russia’s supply has been implicitly cut from the market as the tender for Urals… Continue reading WTI Extends Gains After Cushing Stocks Drop Near ‘Tank Bottoms’, Crude Draws
Common Mistakes By New Day Traders And How To Avoid Them
The world of day trading has extremely few barriers to entry, meaning any person with an internet connection, a computer or a smartphone, and a bit of startup capital can theoretically become a day trader. Many jump into day trading, hoping to earn profits quickly and with minimal effort. However, reality makes its adjustments, and a… Continue reading Common Mistakes By New Day Traders And How To Avoid Them
Psychedelic Machine Elves, Bible Code, Bilocation, Twin Souls, Pagan Gods, and More Patrons’ Questions
Podcast: Download MYS209: We regularly give Patrons the opportunity to ask Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli their mysterious questions and make them available exclusively to Patrons first and then later to the whole audience. Get all new episodes automatically and for free: Follow by Email | Watch this episode and subscribe on YouTube Help us… Continue reading Psychedelic Machine Elves, Bible Code, Bilocation, Twin Souls, Pagan Gods, and More Patrons’ Questions
Everything About the Island Reversal Pattern
The Island Reversal Pattern is a chart pattern that involves a gap in price, consolidation and then another gap in the opposite direction (creating an island of candles as you’ll see in the below charts). Intro In their attempt to understand the movement of prices in different financial markets, pioneers of technical analysis techniques have… Continue reading Everything About the Island Reversal Pattern
Mail Voting and Election Legitimacy
Although it had been a feature of elections in some parts of the United States for years, the phenomenon of mail-ballot voting exploded in the 2020 election. In the midst of the COVID pandemic, jurisdictions around the country expanded use of mail voting, sometimes sending ballots to every registered voter. Steps were taken to facilitate… Continue reading Mail Voting and Election Legitimacy
Peace Be with You – Fr. Narciso Irala
Feelings Feeling is a force God gives you for willing and working with greater energy and constancy. But, like steam in a locomotive, it is a chaotic force. If well channeled by reason (with its safety valves and opportune expansion and release), it will be exceedingly useful to you. General Control Do Not Let Feelings… Continue reading Peace Be with You – Fr. Narciso Irala
The First Rocket Launch from Mars Will Start in Midair
Within a decade, a small rover on Mars will pick up samples of rock left by a previous mission. It will then load them into a rocket secured within a small platform on a flat patch of the planet’s surface. Once the rocket’s hatch has closed, the platform will toss it upward on its side,… Continue reading The First Rocket Launch from Mars Will Start in Midair
EU Hits Belarus With New Sanctions As Pentagon Says “No Indication” Its Troops In Ukraine
On Wednesday the European Union approved fresh sanctions on Belarus for its role in facilitating the Russian invasion of Ukraine, which started last Thursday. While from the start there have been conflicting reports over the extent to which Belarus actually has forces or military assets on the ground inside Ukraine, it’s clear that Minsk allowed… Continue reading EU Hits Belarus With New Sanctions As Pentagon Says “No Indication” Its Troops In Ukraine
Market Overview for Week of March 21, 2022
It was another eventful week in markets with the Fed dipping their toes into hawkish water for the first time since 2018, Russia and Ukraine still failing to reach a peace deal or compromise, and insane price action in the Chinese stock market. Before we go over what happened this week and what will happen… Continue reading Market Overview for Week of March 21, 2022
Problems in U.S. Schools, Conflict with Russia, Opioid Trafficking: RAND Weekly Recap
This week, we discuss school district leaders’ concerns about mental health and political polarization; how to bring stability to Russia’s backyard; what satellite images reveal about China’s treatment of the Uyghur people; the final report from the Commission on Combating Synthetic Opioid Trafficking; what the U.S. military can do to prevent civilian casualties; and how… Continue reading Problems in U.S. Schools, Conflict with Russia, Opioid Trafficking: RAND Weekly Recap