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March 12, 2025

 

Trump met yesterday with a group of “Top CEO’s,” undoubtedly to try and quell fears and boost the stock market back up, which, in my opinion, has been reeling lately for two major reasons, one being, as I have stated for months, that Everybody is Long Everything…and the other being that DT’s erratic, boisterous and combative desire to come off as the great wheeler-dealer-negotiator is blowing up in his face as all of his “targets” have seen his act before…and are not backing down, thus leading to something approaching of a commercial paralysis, both internationally and domestically…due to the fact that everybody, including diplomats, CEO’s AND the public are wondering, “WTF is coming next?” And until they know, they lean toward doing NOTHING. No big decisions. No new factories. No expansion. No spending, etc…And when you put that together with the government job gutting taking place (that DOES/WILL have a downstream impact on private sector employment as well), you then have a nasty combination that has the obvious potential to blow consumers and businesses out of the water…and so, quite naturally this one-two punch has become disastrous for the Stock Market…which, in itself, is definitely NOT a positive for the economy. Plain and simple, when all that equity value DISAPPEARS from the books of just about every company on the exchanges, it CAN lead to businesses freezing their plans, and from an individual investors standpoint, it CAN directly impact the way consumers spend money…or rather NOT spend money…The point is, a sharply declining stock market CAN lead the economy right into a contraction or recession, which IS why Trump, I assure you, might SAY that the crashing market doesn’t worry him, but you can bet that it very much DOES…especially when he, and his flip flop rants and policies, are quite obviously the reason for the downturn (although you know he will lay the blame elsewhere).

 

So what comes next? Who knows? I, and nobody else, could possibly have any idea as to what his next moves will be…whether it be just full bore, in-your-face, “BIGGER tariffs for you…and you…and you!”, or whether he might suddenly become more conciliatory…NO Idea…But the truth is, I don’t think a “nice guy Donald” is going to make any difference as THE DAMAGE HAS BEEN DONE…that with nobody knowing what to expect from him…with nobody knowing what policies will be slashed today then reversed tomorrow…and with his only diplomatic tools seeming to be threats and crazy numbered tariffs…I just don’t think that a few days or weeks of “calm” are, for starters, going to turn the stock market around…and I certainly don’t know how far down it’s going, but I don’t think we’re anywhere near the lows…or the first big stopping point.

 

 

And somebody please tell me, WHEN IN THE HELL DID CANADA SUDDENLY REPLACE THE OLD SOVIET UNION AS THE NUMBER ONE THREAT TO THE USA…AND THE WORLD? WHEN DID CANADA BECOME OUR WORST ENEMY?

 

 

And Corn and Soybeans

ARE TANKING FROM HERE

 

 

 

It does not mean it will work, but two of my principal trading reminders, “The best way is going with it,” and, “Look for range trade set ups that put you in a position to win big. There is no better trade, especially on the short side,” are  EXEMPLIFIED here in Soybeans…If I’m wrong, and this is the bottom that a “1000” analysts have called for, you will lose money. But if I am right, I think it will pay every dollar I’ve shown as possible here.

 

 

Call if you want to stop do anything with this…

 

Thanks,

Bill

 

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All option prices in this newsletter include all fees and commissions. All charts, unless otherwise noted, are by Aspen Graphics and CRB.

 

FUTURES TRADING IS NOT FOR EVERYONE. THE RISK OF LOSS IN TRADING CAN BE SUBSTANTIAL. THEREFORE, CAREFULLY CONSIDER WHETHER SUCH TRADING IS SUITABLE FOR YOU IN LIGHT OF YOUR FINANCIAL CONDITION. PAST PERFORMANCE IS NOT INDICATIVE OF FUTURE RESULTS. THERE IS NO GUARANTEE YOUR TRADING EXPERIENCE WILL BE SIMILAR TO PAST PERFORMANCE.

 

The author of this piece currently trades for his own account and has a financial interest in the following derivative products mentioned within: Stock Indices, Corn, Soybeans