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MMA FREE WEEKLY COLUMN FOR THE WEEK BEGINNING FEBRUARY 9, 2025
February 6, 2026
REVIEW By Pouyan Zolfagharnia is the editor of the MMA Cycles Plus monthly report, which covers Gold, Silver, NASDAQ, and Crude Oil. Each week, this column is authored by an MMA analyst on a rotating basis, offering readers a range of perspectives within MMA’s market-timing framework.
Read MoreMMA FREE WEEKLY COLUMN FOR THE WEEK BEGINNING FEBRUARY 2, 2025
January 30, 2026
REVIEW By Ray Merriman Stocks fell, silver and gold plunged, and the dollar strengthened after investors finally learned President Trump’s pick to run the Federal Reserve: former Fed governor-turned-critic Kevin Warsh. Some market participants see Warsh as a relatively safe option, given his Fed experience and his track record as...
Read MoreMMA FREE WEEKLY COLUMN FOR THE WEEK BEGINNING JANUARY 26, 2025
January 23, 2026
REVIEW by Gianni Di Poce President Donald Trump’s push for mineral rights in Greenland may be the latest play in long-standing U.S. efforts to block China from accessing rare earths on the world’s largest island. … Trump has disclosed few details about the Greenland framework deal that he announced...
Read MoreMMA FREE WEEKLY COLUMN FOR THE WEEK BEGINNING JANUARY 19, 2025
January 16, 2026
REVIEW A bubble occurs when asset prices divorce from fundamental value and emotion drives price (meaning the asset ceases to be an asset). Bursting a bubble locks in a wealth transfer from bubble buyers to bubble sellers. Bubbles generate a positive wealth effect for the bubble sellers, incentivizing them to...
Read MoreMMA FREE WEEKLY COLUMN FOR THE WEEK BEGINNING JANUARY 12, 2025
January 9, 2026
NOTE: This week’s free weekly column was written by MMA Analyst Pouyan Zolfagharnia. REVIEW Growing economic optimism, along with a more cautious view of the artificial intelligence build-out, is prompting a major “rotation trade” on Wall Street, with investors selling technology stocks and buying up the shares of most...
Read MoreMMA FREE WEEKLY COLUMN FOR THE WEEK BEGINNING JANUARY 5, 2025
January 2, 2026
REVIEW: The festive mood that powered the crypto market in early 2025 gave way to a hangover. Bitcoin, the largest cryptocurrency, finished the year below $88,000 after retreating more than 30% from early October, when it peaked at above $126,000. Since then, digital assets have lost more than $1 trillion...
Read MoreMMA FREE WEEKLY COLUMN FOR THE WEEK BEGINNING DECEMBER 22, 2025
December 19, 2025
NOTE: This week’s free weekly column is authored by MMA Analyst Pouyan Zolfagharnia, editor of the MMA Cycles Plus monthly report. Pouyan covers Gold, Silver, NASDAQ, and Crude Oil. The November edition of MMA Cycles Plus will be released on Monday. PLEASE NOTE: There will be no weekly or daily...
Read MoreMMA FREE WEEKLY COLUMN FOR THE WEEK BEGINNING DECEMBER 15, 2025
December 12, 2025
FOR THE WEEK BEGINNING DECEMBER 15, 2025 © NOTE: MMA Analyst Wyatt Fellows will write this week’s free weekly column. Wyatt is the editor of the monthly MMA Cycles Grain report, which will next be issued the week of Christmas and covers Corn, Wheat, and Soybeans. He is also the...
Read MoreMMA FREE WEEKLY COLUMN FOR THE WEEK BEGINNING DECEMBER 8, 2025
December 5, 2025
by Gianni Di Poce, MMA Analyst REVIEW A key inflation measure was lower than expected in September, the Commerce Department said Friday in a report delayed by the government shutdown that gives a further green light for the Federal Reserve to lower interest rates. — Jeff Cox, “Core Inflation Rate...
Read MoreMMA FREE WEEKLY COLUMN FOR THE WEEK BEGINNING DECEMBER 1, 2025
November 28, 2025
REVIEW Allies of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell have laid the groundwork for him to push a rate cut through a divided committee at next month’s meeting even though it could draw multiple dissents. The unusual level of division inside the Fed means that, to an even greater degree than...
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