Harvest Time For Wheat

As I head down the road on my way home from the office, I pass farmers working hard in their fields combining soybeans. In Wisconsin, it’s true, “nothing runs like a Deere”. However, soybeans are not where my mind takes me, but to another commodity all together, wheat. More specifically the weekly chart of wheat, using the continuous current contract in front (ticker: ZW1!). When you look at a long term chart of wheat, you can see that it has done anything but, “run like a Deere”, since the mid-1970’s . 

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Short Term Market Correction or Something More?

Summary

• Major US indices are below important price levels, for now
• August market gains have been erased in September
• Large Cap and Tech stocks have lead the market lower during September
• The Russell 2000 remains the biggest headwind
• Precious Metals continue to consolidate along with the dollar

July 2020 Market Insights: Pandemics, Panics, Protests, Politics, &…

David Zarling, Head of Investment Strategy & Research at Client First Tax and Wealth Advisors, presents “Pandemics, Panics, Protests, Politics, and Portfolios”. In this video, David discusses if the COVID correction is over, how the Adaptiv System™ is used to game-plan for different environments, what the major (math) problem is with buy and hold investing, risk in bonds, and hindsight bias in investment processes.