Cristofer Sheridan's Blog

"[D]espite the adoption of a 2% inflation target in January 2013 and the introduction of an unconventional monetary policy," the report states, "long-term forecasts fail to converge to the target level." The word "fail" shows up quite often in the document for obvious...

Given fears expressed by a number of major strategists on our show that the Fed made a policy mistake by waiting too long to hike rates, BofA Merrill Lynch's Global Liquidity Tracker is going to be a very interesting chart to keep an eye on. In the past two economic cycles...

Starting last year, many technicians on our show turned bearish and believed we had likely seen a major peak in the stock market. Why? What were they looking at that told them the trend for stocks had changed? Here are three charts or indicators that many...

Some think that the selfie actually guarantees our intelligence will be surpassed by machines as future generations become mindless zombies staring into their phone or taking endless pictures of themselves at work, home, school, or various sporting events. But that misses...

With the impressive rally off the lows the S&P 500 has now managed to make an important break back above its long-term (12-month) moving average. If you’ve been reading my ongoing updates for the better part of this year, you’ll know that this was the third warning...

So far, two of the three technical warning signs for a possible peak in the market have been raised. The most recent came in June as the market’s internal momentum failed to confirm the S&P 500’s new record highs. If past is prologue, the market will likely attempt...

If you were following financial headlines earlier this year, you may have seen reports about a major crash in one of the “most critical and completely underreported indicators for the US economy” (Zerohedge). The Credit Managers Index (CMI), as it is known, measures...

I recently stumbled across a series of educational videos that provide probably the best and easiest to understand explanation of complexity theory I have ever seen. Since Didier Sornette and I just touched upon this subject and how it is part of a major shift...

Given the market's slight breakdown this month, two of the three technical red flags for a possible top in the market have been raised. The third red flag will occur if the S&P's 12-month moving average becomes resistance, as we saw with the prior two major market peaks...

As we all know, the baby boomer generation is heading into retirement and expected to add further strain to a costly healthcare industry and underfunded public pension system. But, just as the sun sets on one generation, it rises on another. This time it rises on...