If we all knew everything then life would indeed be meaningless for it is the mistakes we make and the lessons we learn that give our life meaning and value. Sol Palha
At the Tactical Investor, we combine Mass Psychology with the best aspects of Technical analysis to determine key market turning points. The articles by Sol Palha blend these two fields seamlessly and make for easy reading.
Don’t waste time trying to predict the exact top or bottom in a market. This endeavour is best left to fools with plenty of time on their hands. Trying to identify the exact top or bottom is like trying to catch a falling a dagger; a painful process fraught with pain and failure. Instead, our focus is on determining whether the masses are Euphoric or in a state of panic; these two conditions are highly effective at signalling market tops and bottoms
To win, you have to have a stake in the market; it does not matter whether you are right or ...
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June 17, 2022
Trading volatility will keep rising as we are in the battle of the trenches phase. This means the situation will ...
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May 27, 2022
In addition to the many reasons we have provided in previous updates, two extra factors could lead to a more ...
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April 30, 2022
We will start by listing a series of quotes from recent market updates. If you have not kept a trading ...
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March 20, 2022
Trending markets currently favour value stocks and growth stocks that took a beating in 2021. Certain commodities like Palladium and ...
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February 17, 2022
Last week’s bullish readings dropped to 22, and this week’s readings stand at 26. Neutral readings continue to trend upwards, ...
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February 17, 2022
Stock market technical analysis on its own produces mediocre results. However, when combined with Mass psychology the results are outstanding ...
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February 16, 2022
Even though things are viewed as bad now, these times will be viewed as the good old days in the ...
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February 14, 2022
This was initially posted in the Market Update forum. The current version is being modified to reflect a potential change ...
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December 15, 2021
Panic buying can be contrasted with panic selling, in which people sell good in large volumes, driving its price down, ...
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December 14, 2021
Many subscribers (mistakenly) assumed that we were stating that the markets were ready to Drop. And they started to close ...
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December 14, 2021
Investopedia defines the velocity of money in the following manner: Economies that exhibit a higher velocity of money relative to ...
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December 13, 2021
The Copper Market tends to bottom and top before the Stock market. Hence examining the copper market can provide valuable ...
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November 22, 2021
Let’s define sentiment: an attitude, thought, or judgment prompted by feeling. This is the general definition of sentiment. So, let’s ...
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November 22, 2021
The penguins masquerading as experts on Hyperinflation are full of it, for they fail to understand a specific factor, “velocity ...
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November 17, 2021
The next type of attack via the stock market will be to consistently trigger a stampede. At some point in ...
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October 13, 2021
“The four most dangerous words in investing: ‘this time it’s different.’” — Sir John Templeton Over the short timeline, inflation ...
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October 13, 2021
Proof that being a gold bug pays poorly. The argument that Gold is an excellent hedge against inflation is faulty ...
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August 4, 2021
We labelled this the market of disorder last year for a specific reason. We could use labels such as chaos ...
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August 3, 2021
The reflation argument is totally rubbish. What you have is a readjustment situation in play. Trillions of dollars have been ...
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August 2, 2021
We have said this 100’s of times in the past and will probably have to state it 100’s of times ...
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August 2, 2021
Good or bad is a matter of perspective; alter the angle of observation and the perspective changes.
It is easy to do the wrong thing but quite hard to do the right thing when it comes to the stock markets
Sol Palha