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Zenbanx

Hamilton

                police dog

When you enter any one of York’s regional forests there is a sign at the gate that reads………..

DOGS MUST BE IN CONTROL AT ALL TIMES.

Just like the dog in the picture, our Rhodesians were also always in control but is this really what the bureaucrats meant, or did they mean that you, the owner, must always be in control of your dog? Today few people are taught proper  grammar and most do not know the difference between a noun and a verb and even fewer have heard of a transitive verb.

Here is another example;

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On the left is the original text from a very lengthy  FQA (Frequent questions and answers) e-mail sent to many potential clients. In this example the confusion is between nouns and adjectives.  I contacted the help desk ( in California) to bring to their attention that this might be a very poor choice of words as they were essentially barring a good number of existing clients from participating, particularly Dutch landed immigrants. Unlike most of the Common Wealth members, Holland does not allow dual nationalities if acquired voluntarily and as a result many never bothered to become Canadian.

It took a little effort and a few tries but in the end someone high up agreed, and the text was changed. It is not the Dutch only that were barred. It takes at least 4 years as a landed immigrant before you can apply for citizenship. A lot of people, millennials in particular,  would not have been able to use Zenbanx’s services.

BNK, Bankers Petroleum

Hamilton

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We were bullish on this stock in 2013, but not nearly enough as it went quite a bit higher than we expected, but we got the direction right. We do not have the brains to create convexity or gamma trade or what ever you want to call it, but we do recognize asymmetric situations and this is definitely one of those. With that I mean that if you win you will probable win more than you would lose if things went against you.

     We have a large A-B-C flat that is a little skewed. It is hitting a bottom connecting line that defines the freedom degree. It has a great EW count with a triangle perfectly positioned as a wave 4- it should therefore return to about $2.60 in the not too distant future. First it should make a new low which was at $1.37. The trendline runs at about $1.20 or a little higher. The RSI, which has been very reliable over years is going to go oversold soon. The MACD is not confirming the new lows. Somewhere between $1.37 and $1,25 this stock is a screaming buy.

    We do warn that this stock may not get to those lows and if it does it may do so just as you are not watching. A limit order for a week or so would be the best course of action.

VRX update

Hamilton

The usual, Nov. 18 and now.

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We are getting close to the line. If drawn properly it runs slightly above $140. I would expect higher levels as in the 50 day moving average or a wave 4 of previous degree, both at about $160 or, perhaps even $185 or so where the retracement is about 38% of the drop. However I would not wait that long and would sell any time over $140 preferring to rather be safe than sorry. A 40+ % gain, at this time and in two weeks, is certainly worth writing home about in any case.

RY again

Hamilton

Then, Sept. 8, and now charts as usual;

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Almost three months ago we had some misgivings about the bear case, at least with respect to our biggest bank. The pattern at the time was just too compelling. On the balance of probabilities it was a rather clear A-B-C corrective flat! As always with EW it is often very difficult to wholeheartedly embrace a possibility that is at odds with your general expectations. At least we put it in a blog. Also keep in mind, as we pointed out many moons ago, that RY trades exceptionally well off the RSI. Invariable both the buy and sell signals, that is below 30% and above 70% work. Keep an eye on that all the time!

Some of the other big banks have similar or comparable patterns. Some do not so one should be careful not to generalize. As far as RY is concerned a new high, that is above $81 is a reasonable expectation. If it happens you will have waited an entire year during which you had to agonize over a loss of 16% in order to earn a 5% dividend. Not something you would want to do a second time.

By the way, a $10 bln. profit for a single company in Canada is a record. Some might think it is deserved, others may think that it is simple obscene.