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JC Parets · Two Technicians Talking Charts w/ Ian McMillan In this podcast episode I sit down with Ian McMillan to talk charts and answer the question: Why Technical Analysis? Ian makes some good points about Financial Advisors who “buy and hold”, that you can often find at the golf course. He’s always striving to be the opposite of that. When it comes to the market, we dive right in to talk market internals, major trends, Gold, Energy and Bitcoin. Ian and I have known each other for years so it’s always fun to catch up and see what’s on his mind. Enjoy! Click here return to the episode page

JC Parets · Fixed Income, Commodities & Currencies | My Conversation w/ Paul Ciana, CMT Bank of America Merrill This is a fun one. I got to sit down with Paul Ciana to talk about all things Fixed Income, Commodities and Currencies. Paul is now the Chief Global FICC Technical Strategist and Director of Research at Bank of America Merrill Lynch. But in the early days, him and I used to study for our CMTs together back in 2006. What’s nice about this is that in his current position, and for 10 years at Bloomberg prior to his 5 years at BofA, he’s had the opportunity to speak to many of the largest portfolio managers in the world. I want to know what he’s learned from all those conversations! Paul always gives great perspective and as you know, the macro view carries a big weighting throughout our process. So this episode really hit home. I took advantage and just hit him with all my favorite questions and topics in the FICC world. And he just chuckled and happily answered most of them. This was great! I hope you enjoy this as much as I did! Click here return to the episode page

JC Parets · DeFi & Technical Analysis | My Conversation w/ Jim Bianco, CMT The DeFi Revolution is upon us, at least according to Jim Bianco. For many years, I’ve looked up to Jim and the work he’s been doing at Bianco Research and, in fact, he’s the one who first inspired me to rip through hundreds of charts during my live presentations in order to get my points across. It took me about a decade to realize it, but it was him who I got that from. Fast forward to 2021, and the Macro Technician who I’ve always admired has turned into one of the leading voices of what’s taking place in DeFi, or “Decentralized Finance”. Who better to talk to about what’s going on than Jim himself? Ethereum, Bitcoin, Dogecoin, Yield Farming, Metamask Wallets, Coinbase….the whole thing. We dive right into it and talk about how investors of all kinds can take advantage of this revolution into a decentralized world. Traders, Investors, Financial Advisors and even their clients….what does everyone do about this? We do our best to answer those questions in this podcast episode. I personally really really enjoyed this chat. I hope you do too! Click here return to the episode page

JC Parets · One on One with Meb Faber – All Things ETFs, Momentum & Value This week on the podcast I sit down with Meb Faber, Co-Founder, CEO and CIO of Cambia Investments. In addition to his “Day job”, as he puts it, Meb has authored 5 investment books, a countless amount of white papers, and is also a very popular follow on Twtter @MebFaber. This was really fun for me because Meb is an expert at a lot of things that I am just not, like what happens behind the scenes at ETFs, angel investing and academic studies. He brings up some great points about providing strategies that work, but that people also want/need. He has some strong opinions about share buy backs instead of distributing dividends, learning through acting and participating, and how lucky him and I are that we took the CMT decades ago when it was a lot easier than it is today! This was a lot of fun. Meb is a chill dude, but don’t let him fool you, he’s one of the smartest guys in the room! Enjoy! Click here return to the episode page

JC Parets · A Canadian Perspective w/ CIBC Portfolio Manager David Cox In a market environment where Financials and Natural Resources have become leadership groups, how do we not have a conversation about Canada? Taking that one step further, we need to talk about how any investor, whether living in Canada or not, can take advantage of a potential structural swing in the trend for Canadian Equities. David Cox is someone who I’ve discussed markets with for many years. We usually hook up every Spring in New York City at the annual CMT Symposium. It’s only fair that I let the rest of the world eavesdrop on our chats. He’s a bright guy with good perspective on all things stocks, interest rates, forex markets and even Bitcoin. David is a Portfolio Managers at CIBC and is a true trend follower. He tells it like it is. I really enjoy that about him. I was looking forward to having this conversation, and he exceeded all expectations. David really brings it in this episode!! I hope you enjoy. And make sure to give him a follow on Twitter @DavidCoxWG Click here return to the episode page

JC Parets · The Money Game: NO! Not Everything Happens For A Reason (EP.18) In the latest episode of The Money Game, Phil and I talk about the old cliché, ‘Everything happens for a reason’. It’s funny because it doesn’t. Not everything happens for a reason. What’s the reason? It’s hard for humans to accept the element of randomness. Sure, good things can happen after a tough breakup or losing your job. Like you can meet your future wife or start a successful business, all after what seemed like a negative event in your life. But connecting the 2 dots is silly. Now, it’s perfectly natural for us as humans to want to do that, but it doesn’t make it right. We inherently want to learn, and how I see, the best ways to learn are from experiences. Some of the most important lessons I’ve learned came the hard way, for sure. And I can think back to those moments and I’m now thankful for them. But they certainly didn’t happen specifically so I could use that information to my advantage today. They were just events that happened, that fortunately I learned from. I think to believe that everything does happen for a reason makes you incredibly self-centered. You are a tiny spec of nothing in this massive spinning universe. To think that events all around you are happening for your benefit, or for some made up destiny of yours, seems irresponsible. Good things happen all the time in bad scenarios. Bad things can also come as a consequence of positive events. For example, the global pandemic was horrible. Many people died, businesses were shut down and so many people have suffered, particularly mentally. BUT, in many cases, families have gotten closer together, a lot of people have gotten in better shape, with more time on their hands to exercise. Many of my friends are thriving in this environment. That’s life. Things happen. It doesn’t have to be for a reason. So what’s the prescription? Phil says to just live your life. Be a good person. Enjoy yourself. We’re here. So let’s make the best of it! Click here return to the episode page

JC Parets · The Bitcoin Episode w/ Greg King, Founder & CEO of OSPREY Funds Bitcoin is a market that we are very fond of here at Allstarcharts. You’ve heard me say it plenty: it’s a beautiful case study for Technical Analysis. It’s not a company. There are no fundamentals. And you guys have watched us analyze the behavior of Bitcoin and other Crypto Currencies since early 2016. It’s been pretty amazing to watch and participate in a new market like this. They were telling us we were late to the party back then. They’re still saying the same thing now. My bet is crypto is here to stay. So who better to have a conversation with than Greg King, Founder & CEO of OSPREY Funds, the newest vehicle to give investors access to this market. This is probably one of the most fun conversations I’ve had in a long time. For me, it’s a price behavior thing, as you’re all well aware. I’m not the expert in the technology and the regulatory mechanics behind these things. That’s why I like keeping smart folks like Greg King around! I’m also a founding investor in OSPREY Funds, so I’m fully on board with their vision. After this conversation, as you’ll see, I’m much more bullish crypto than I was before. This was so awesome. Enjoy! Click here to go to the episode page

JC Parets · Let's Talk About Bonds, Baby! w/ Larry McDonald Whenever I want to talk about bonds, I always know just who to call. Larry McDonald is a former bond trader at Lehman Brothers and author of the book, Colossal Failure of Common Sense. I highly encourage you to give it a read, especially if you’re looking for some perspective on what really happened back in 2007-2008. It’s no coincidence that I reached out to him to come on the podcast. Larry and I had a very timely conversation in February of last year. So with the bond market recently losing 5-6 Trillion dollars in such a short period of time, who better to talk to than by favorite bond trader. This was fun. We talked about the current move in rates and how that’s impacting stocks and bond markets around the world. If you’re looking for color on Credit Spreads and Yield curves, this is the episode for you. What’s better than a good conversation about bonds?  Click here to go to the episode page.

JC Parets · Understanding Your Inner Market w/ Dr. Andrew Menaker The need to be right vs wanting to make money. Every trader has to solve this problem and it’s not easy. On this week’s podcast I sit down with Dr. Andrew Menaker to talk about what he refers to as “Your Inner Market”. You guys already know how much I love a good chat about investor psychology, so this was really fun for me. I hope you enjoy! Click here return to the episode page

JC Parets · Weekly Town Hall Meeting w/ JC Parets & Willie Delwiche This is the weekly Town Hall Meeting w/ Willie & JC for members of Allstarcharts Plus. This week we were offsite and got together in person for our video. Hope you enjoy! We’ll be back on our regularly scheduled program next week. If you’d like to become a Member of Allstarcharts Plus, you can find those details @ allstarcharts.com/plus In this week’s meeting, Willie & JC discuss market breadth and sentiment and how it fits within the current volatility landscape. What are professional money managers to do in this market? Willie and JC dive in and talk about the best strategies to both profit and manage risk responsibly. Enjoy! Click here return to the episode page

JC Parets · Sector Rotation w/ Jonathan Krinsky, Chief Market Technician at Bay Crest Partners This week on the podcast, Jonathan Krinsky joins me for a chat about Sector Rotation. While the Mega-cap names like Apple, Google, Facebook, Amazon and Microsoft grinded sideways, or even down, since August, the Small-caps, Mid-caps and Micro-cap names have been the leaders. What happens if the Mega-caps break out of these bases to new all-time highs? Does the sector rotation continue? Or do we then rotate into the more defensive areas like Staples, Utilities and REITs, which currently keep making new relative lows? Where does the US Dollar fit into all this? Will a Dollar rally bust the party and end the rotation into International equities and Commodities? We discussed all of this and so much more in a very short period of time. Jonathan Krinsky is the Chief Market Technician at Bay Crest Partners and puts out research for many long/short equity fund managers. He’s a CMT like me and we’ve known each other for many years. His perspective on markets always adds value. This was fun. Enjoy! Click here return to the episode page

JC Parets · Technical Analysis Radio Interviews: Veteran Technical Analyst, Jeff Weiss, CMT This week on the podcast, I’m thrilled to have Jeff Weiss, CMT join me for a really fun chat. If you know Jeff, you already know that he’s quite the character. The stories he has from his early days in the 1960s and 70s are awesome. Have you ever heard of a squawk box? How about quote machines that you had to stand in line to use, and would still only get one stock quote at a time? In this conversation Jeff shares old stories about how he got his first job, cold-calling CEOs of different firms until one of them finally gave him a shot. Even if you’re not into Technical Analysis, and you’re just a fan of the market, or business in general, this episode is for you. Make sure to check out Jeff’s book: Relationship Investing, named “Best Investment Book of the Year” by the 2018 Stock Trader’s Almanac. This was a ton of fun. Big shout out to Jeff Weiss for joining me on the show. Enjoy! Click here return to the episode page

JC Parets · Happy Hour w/ Traders: Hosted by JC Parets & Joe Fahmy [Holidays Edition] Oh man this was a lot of fun! Fahmy calls me up and says let’s invite everyone to a zoom call and talk about markets and drink Champagne. Obviously, I said I was in! We had two questions we were asking, 1) What was the biggest lesson you learned in 2020, and 2) What’s your best trade for the first half of 2021? Next July, whoever ended up picking the best trade gets a donation from us to the charity of their choice, plus I hand select a bottle of champagne and will be sending it over to the winner. This was a great conversation with a group of really smart people. I’d be taking some notes on this one. There’s good stuff in here. Enjoy!

JC Parets · The "Post-Spreadsheet" World | JC & Howard Lindzon on Happy Hour w/ Traders This week on Happy Hour w/ Traders, I sit down with venture capitalist Howard Lindzon. He’s a Tech investor, or that’s what it feels like from my perspective. So my question was how he invests when money is rotating out of large-cap tech and into other areas? This sparked an interesting conversation about using today’s tools to generate new ideas, even if they’re out of your wheelhouse. We have a massive community and new tools at our disposal that investors before us never had. Let’s be grateful, and let’s take advantage! Click here return to the episode page

JC Parets · Post U.S. Election Special | My Interview on Opto Sessions with Ed Gotham On this week’s podcast, I wanted to share a recent interview I did on Opto Sessions with Ed Gotham over in London England. Our chat took place on Thursday afternoon November 5, 2020, just a couple of days after an unresolved election. My main points revolved around focusing on price trends and worrying less about election results, at least as far as portfolio decisions are concerned. Ed came at me with a bunch of great questions. I appreciate how direct he was. I wish more interviews I did came at me with such relevant topics and ideas. I really enjoyed this one. Thanks Ed for a fun chat! Click here return to the episode page

JC Parets · Technical Analysis Radio Interviews: Hedge Fund Manager, Mark Dow Mark Dow has been a guest on this podcast more times than anyone else for a good reason. Selfishly I always enjoy chatting with him. His perspective is fascinating to me because he does such brilliant job of combining price behavior with sentiment analysis and the global macro intermarket backdrop. Mark worked for the U.S. Treasury Department in charge of Emerging Markets in the early 90s before ultimately running money for a Global Macro Hedge Fund in New York City. So he has a lot of opinions on economics and politics, but he’s great at not letting those things get in the way of his price behavior and sentiment analysis. He’s figured out how to separate them but also use his expertise to his advantage. That’s not any task. I loved this conversation because we talked about how institutional investors are positioned coming into the U.S. election, how currencies and interest rates around the world are being affected, and in turn how they are affecting other asset classes. I ask him about Bitcoin and Gold and which one will win that battle. Of course, the US Dollar and Emerging Markets were part of the discussion (we can’t help ourselves whenever we get together), but we talk about how EM is now being driven by Technology and no longer the Natural Resources of the past. Make sure you’re following @mark_dow on Twitter. This was fun. Give it a listen! Click here return to the episode page

JC Parets · My Interview With Jack Schwager – Author of Market Wizards I’ve done over 115 Podcast episodes and I don’t remember being this excited to interview someone. I’ve read all the Jack Schwager books and some of them multiple times. I know traders who regularly read these chapters as part of the mental training. Think about it, Jack has interviewed the greatest traders in history. All of them. It’s incredible. And you know what strategies he uses to trade his own personal money? Technical Analysis. He’s interviewed all of the best traders for his Market Wizards books. And he says about half of them choose their market direction using Technical Analysis. But almost all of them have some sort of Technical component for risk management. This concept of Risk Management is the one common denominator between all of the most successful Traders. Jack also pokes fun at the Efficient Market Hypothesis, which you know always brings a smile to my face. He discusses some of the success of these traders and how their consistent returns over such long periods of time completely dismiss what he refers to as the Deficient Market Hypothesis. Don’t walk to listen to this one. Run! Click here return to the episode page

JC Parets · The Money Game: Experiences Over Things (EP.17) In this episode of The Money Game, Phil asks about what’s most important to me. Is it collecting material things, or enjoying experiences with family and friends? For me, it’s quite obvious after looking back that I’ve enjoyed my experiences traveling throughout Asia and Europe with my wife. I remember my Dad let me skip school when I was 11 years old to go to Marlins Opening Day in 1993 (My mom was thrilled about that). I have a nice watch that I never wear. I haven’t bought a car since 1997. And I have little interest in wearing that nice watch, or yet alone buying another one. I think cars are cool, but I’m still in no rush to go get one. Let’s go out for sushi. How about a hike? College football game perhaps? Let’s throw a charity event and raise a ton of money to help people. Want to come to Edison, NJ for Indian food? Go wine tasting in Sonoma Valley? Hit the beaches in Miami or the Caribbean? I’d rather do all that stuff than collect more “things”. But I hadn’t really thought of it that way until I really started to think back at my life and what stood out the most? Is it the things or the experiences? For me, it’s quite obviously the latter. Just something to think about. There are no right or wrong answers. I think it’s about figuring out what’s best for you. Click here return to the episode page

JC Parets · Audio From All Star Options October Conference Call For this episode of the podcast I thought we’d switch things up a bit. This week was our Monthly Conference Call for Premium Members of All Star Options. We’ve been doing this for years. Sean McLaughlin and I jump on a live video call where I go over the current market environment. And then Sean comes in and overlays his volatility analysis to find the best possible Options Trades to take advantage of the circumstances. If you are interested in learning more about All Star Options, check it all out at allstarcharts.com/join-options Click here return to the episode page

JC Parets · Technical Analysis & Financial Media: A Conversation w/ Frances Horodelski In this episode I get to chat with one of my all-time favorite journalists, Frances Horodelski. She was one of the first people to interview me on TV when I was still in my 20s and I don’t forget that. She believed in me early on. That’s really cool. We’ve continued to do interviews together over the years but today I flip the script and ask HER the tough questions. We discuss the role of Technical Analysis in both markets and financial media. As a former Wall Street analyst herself, she brings unique perspective and experience to traditional media. This was really informative and a lot of fun! Click here return to the episode page