The Super Bowl Indicator - Seattle Seahawks (Bulls) VS. Denver Broncos (Bears)

Have you ever heard of the Super Bowl Indicator? Who do you want to win? Are you a Bear or a Bull?

How it works

The Super Bowl Indicator rules state that if a team from The National Football Conference (NFC) wins the Super Bowl, a bull market will prevail. If a team from American Football Conference (AFC) wins, a bear market will prevail.

The Denver Broncos are from the AFC, and they will represent the bear market in 2014. The Seattle Seahawks are from the NFC, and they represent the bull market. If the Seahawks win the Super Bowl there is an 80% chance that the markets will rise this year.

I don't know about you, but I want the Seahawks to win.

There are two notable exceptions as of late:

2013 saw the Baltimore Ravens (AFC) win the Super bowl, and the DOW rose 26.5%. This should have been a bear market. Continue reading "The Super Bowl Indicator - Seattle Seahawks (Bulls) VS. Denver Broncos (Bears)"

Gold Chart of The Week - Bulls vs. Bears

Each Week Longleaftrading.com will be providing us a chart of the week as analyzed by a member of their team. We hope that you enjoy and learn from this new feature.

While the markets are packed with data throughout the week, the most important numbers will come on Wednesday when the FOMC releases their Interest Rate Decision. We will also hear from the Bank of Japan later in the week, but that report is scheduled as tentative at this point. Aside from these two Central Bank announcements, we expect the scheduled data that includes unemployment, CPI, PPI, Industrial Production, Home Sales, and Retail Sales data to take a back seat. Continue reading "Gold Chart of The Week - Bulls vs. Bears"