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High Yield Breakdown

November 3, 2025 By in Bonds, HYG, Interest Rates 2 Comments

Is This It?

If there’s trouble, high yield bonds typically break down (rates higher) early in the cycle (not advice, not a recommendation).

When looking at the chart of ETF sector fund HYG, that’s what we have.

A rising, terminating wedge, then break to the downside.

High Yield, HYG, Daily

The magenta arrow shows pre-market trading (as of 7:55 a.m., EST), significantly lower.

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Healthcare at The Wedge

November 2, 2025 By in 2007 - 2008, Bernanke, Ed Dowd, Health Care, Thoughtful Money, UNH, Up-Thrust, Wyckoff, XLV, XLV-25-08

Looking Behind The Curtain

Healthcare’s recent behavior seems to have revived an old theory:

The ‘cockroach theory‘

Seen as far back as the late 1980s, on Wall Street Week with Louis Rukeyser, but I digress.

So, here we are, waiting for the next shoe to drop.

‘Isolated’

That label replaces the ’07 – ’08, meltdown term of, ‘contained‘.

Using the aforementioned theory, do we really think that UnitedHealth, is an isolated incident?

Instead of presenting an opinion, let’s go to the market itself and see what it’s telling us.

Healthcare Sector XLV, Weekly Close

We’ve just had the largest upside pressure in the history of XLV, back as far as 1999.

After that, it not only stalls, but prints a Wyckoff up-thrust (reversal) right along with a terminating wedge.

Note, after the record setting Force Index, further upside pressure has evaporated.

It’s as if the bulls abandoned the market, exhausted.

As Ed Dowd said in a recent interview, link here, these types of record-breaking moves are typically ending moves; not the beginning of a next leg up (not advice, not a recommendation).

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UnitedHealth … Dead Cat Bounce

November 1, 2025 By in 2007 - 2008, AMZN, Artificial Intelligence, Health Care, UNH, XLV

Crash, Retrace, Reversal

With all eyes fixated and hypnotized by the A.I. bubble, behind the scenes, other markets have retraced and reversed.

They look ready to continue the next (major) leg … down.

One of those is UnitedHealth and the Healthcare Sector XLV (not advice, not a recommendation).

The last update on UNH, was back during the earnings implosion.

Two months later, UNH went on to post a (slight) new low, changing the retrace projections.

As is typical for this site, we’re going to look at UNH from a strategic, longer-term perspective, the monthly chart.

UnitedHealth UNH, Monthly

During the last melt-down in ’07 – ’08, UNH lost -75.60%.

For October just ended, we can see (zoom area), UNH retraced to 38.2%, rejected it, closing lower for the month.

Before everyone decides it’s a ‘slam-dunk’ lower, for UNH, in the markets, anything can happen. Amazon’s (AMZN) overnight launch (on earnings) comes to mind.

Next up, we’ll look at the Health Care sector itself and tracking fund XLV.

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Gold Struggles to Close Gap

October 31, 2025 By in GDX, GDXJ, GLD, Gold & Silver, Gold Miners, Larry Williams

Inching Higher … Almost There

The ‘Commercials’ have left the party.

During this recent interview, long-time trader Larry Williams, says the ‘Commercials’, i.e., those who know their business, have left the party (time stamp: 17:30).

The chart itself, showed record breaking thrust higher followed by a swift down-move.

This week started with GLD, posting a gap lower.

At this point, it’s (still) trying its best to close that gap.

Gold GLD, Weekly

The Fibonacci levels remain on the chart.

Note the 50%, ‘correction’ level, from the last update.

If last week’s high really was a significant reversal, it’s a long way down to 50%.

The fact GLD is struggling to close the gap, provides some confirmation the miners are in the same boat; possibly worse (not advice, not a recommendation).

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Gold Miners & Elliott Wave

October 30, 2025 By in Elliott Wave, GDX, GDXJ, Gold & Silver, Gold Miners, Prechter, Retail Investor, ZeroHedge 5 Comments

Works Best Under Stress

Elliott Wave and Fibonacci are joined at the hip.

They work best when markets are emotional or under stress.

Historic moves like that of gold and silver, are such times (not advice, not a recommendation).

We’ve already seen Fibonacci count(s) operating in the financial sector here and here.

So, let’s look at the miners and see what’s happening.

Senior Miners GDX, Daily Close

Five waves down; the direction of main trend has changed from up, to down (not advice, not a recommendation).

Recall, as long as the wave structure stays ‘in-effect’, the target area for the counter-trend retrace is:

‘The previous 4th-wave of lesser degree’, link here (click on ‘Corrective Waves’ and scroll to ‘Depth of Corrective Waves’).

That area is indicated by the magenta oval.

While the potential corrective wave grinds higher, ‘retail’ moves in to buy the dip, link here.

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Financials follow Fibonacci

October 29, 2025 By in Banking, Financial Sector, XLF 1 Comment

Sequence Intact … So Far

The segment at left, shows confirmation, the financial sector is following a Fibonacci sequence for pivot points.

As stated in the last update, this usually takes place when markets are emotional, stressed, or both.

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Gold’s ‘Shocking’ Reversal

October 28, 2025 By in 2007 - 2008, Artificial Intelligence, Dollar, Ed Dowd, GLD, Gold & Silver, Ox Talks, Semiconductors, Thoughtful Money, UUP 1 Comment

… And ‘Dollar Debasement’

‘When the trade gets a name, it’s over’. Ed Dowd

His assessment on the ‘dollar debasement’ trade, comments on gold, can be found here.

Gold dropped -50%, during the last melt-down, ’07 – ’08; it could do the same again (not advice, not a recommendation).

With that, we’re looking at gold (GLD) from a strategic standpoint.

Meaning, it’s a long-term bull market, but where a sustained ‘correction’ may be at hand.

Gold GLD, Weekly

The trendline goes all the way back to the beginning of the GLD, fund.

Note the largest ever Force Index. Past similar actions either resulted in a sideways move, or reversal.

The Fibonacci projection tool, highlighted in magenta.

The projection levels are shown as blue lines. It’s clear, GLD is ‘respecting’ the levels.

A gold, GLD drop of 50% (from the 403.30, high), would put it at 201.65 (not advice, not a recommendation).

Margin Debt Increases

First, it was $1 Trillion.

Now, it’s $1.13 Trillion; discussed here.

While everyone’s looking for A.I. to burst (including this site), maybe the precious metals are going first.

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Silver … Boom & Bust

October 27, 2025 By in Gold & Silver, SIZ25, SLV

Retrace Targets

We’ve just had an unprecedented launch to record levels, link here.

Eight trading days ago, price action pushed through levels not seen in two generations.

However, the next day, that all changed.

Looking at the front-month (December) futures contract SIZ25, price action itself, shows classic signs of a commodity blow-off top (not advice, not a recommendation).

Silver SLV, Daily

Price tends to go where there are transactions.

From the March lows in 2020, to the (potential) blow-off top, the majority of transactions took place in the 21 – 24, area (i.e., ‘Support Zone’).

Remember, there’s that $1-Trillion in margin debt, just waiting to be ‘called’ if not so already.

Silver could get to retrace levels quickly or not at all.

The market itself will let us know the most probable outcome.

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‘Isolated Fraud’

October 26, 2025 By in Banking, Financial Sector, KRE, SD Buiilion, XLF 2 Comments

The New, ‘Subprime Contained’

That’s how mainstream financial media labels it.

Not to worry, it’s only:

‘Isolated Fraud‘

Some know but probably most don’t, the banking laws were changed over a decade ago, in 2014.

Details about those changes, are here and here.

With that said, price action of ETF financial sectors KRE and XLF, have not completely melted down … yet (not advice, not a recommendation).

What they have done, is topped, reversed, and are now testing resistance levels; especially XLF.

Financial Sector XLF, Daily Close

For reference, the all-time high and reversal (still intact) was first discussed here.

Also shown, is the Fibonacci time sequence that appears to be in-effect.

Fibonacci sequencing tends to work best when markets are highly emotional (like now).

Monday, is ‘Day 8’.

Let’s see what happens next.

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Silver’s ‘Healthy’ Pull-Back

October 25, 2025 By in Gold & Silver, London Metal Exchange, SLV

Peak Euphoria?

Looking at the graphic, where are we with silver?

Did we get to euphoria?

With silver bars being flown to the London Metal Exchange (here) and old-timers saying they’ve ‘never seen anything like it’, it’s possible, just possible, we’ve reached euphoria (not advice, not a recommendation).

Well, that was until last week’s breakdown.

Has it all-of-a-sudden moved to anxiety; saying it’s just a ‘healthy’ pull-back?

Pull-back or not, the chart of ETF tracking fund SLV, shows a nascent trend-line … down.

Silver ETF, SLV, Daily

There’s also a possible channel.

We may find out as early as tomorrow night, when Sunday futures open, if the above potential(s) are in effect.

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