Listen to Jim's thoughts.

What Does Macro Tides Have To Offer You?

And how can you determine if Macro Tides will fit for your needs? It's easy, read my overview summary.

You'll be able to judge my analysis on monetary policy, inflation outlook as inflation began to soar, and how the Dollar, Stock Market, Treasury yields, and Gold were expected to trade.

Thanks for taking the time.

Jim Knows How to Read The Markets

Jim Welsh has accumulated many accolades during his career, including for his prescient analysis of both the 2007-2008 market crash and the 2009 bullish reversal. Very few were able to accomplish this. Read Jim's free report covering his thoughts from those years to get a better sense of his process:

Read Jim's Free Fundamental Recap Report

After the 2008 and 2009 crash I looked for sources who had recommended getting out of the market in 2007 and 2008 but who had then turned bullish in February or March of 2009. While there were lots of people warning of impending doom in 2007 and 2008, they were still warning of impending doom in 2009 and 2010. And while many were bullish in the Spring of 2009, they were bullish all through the crash as well. After my extensive research (I spent well over 150 hours retrieving and reading available publications) I found only three who met my criteria for roughly “getting it right”: Jeffrey Gundlach, Ned Davis, and Jim Welsh. Jim does a great job of blending fundamental and technical analysis and communicating in a way I can understand. He is able to read the Fed minutes and identify gaps between what the Fed is saying and how it is being interpreted by the market.

- Dave B., Independent advisor Large National Wealth Management Firm

Jim Welsh has published a monthly investment letter since 1985 that focuses on Federal Reserve monetary policy, the economy, and the financial markets. He has managed a mutual fund, worked for major wire-houses, and has been widely published in financial media. Jim was Forward Funds' ($5.5 billion) Macro Tactical strategist for a number of years, and provides high quality economic and technical market analysis for advisors and investors as a guide to portfolio allocation and tactical portfolio changes.

Welsh's Macro Tides models identify trend changes in the domestic & international equity markets, fixed income, currency (USD & Euro) and Gold markets. The Macro Tides models place a heavy focus on Monetary Policy, traditional Economic Indicators, including Welsh's proprietary Major Trend Indicator, and selected Sentiment Indicators to create trade recommendations.

Get Macro Tides NewsletterSubscriber Testimonials

Inflection Points

By the end of July a number of markets were at inflection points. The Dollar was on the cusp of a big rally. Treasury yields were trending higher. The S&P 500 peaked on July 27 and then declined by more than 7%. Gold was in a down trend.

In the July 24 Weekly Technical Review I told subscribers to expect:

  1. A -5% to -7% decline in the S&P 500
  2. A rally of at least 4% in the Dollar
  3. The trend in Treasury yields was up
  4. Gold was expected to drop to $1822

Read the July 24, 2023
Weekly Technical Review

Jim Welsh in the Media

Listen to Jim share his thoughts with podcasts, publications, and media outlets. Gain a better understanding of how he integrates his fundamental and technical analysis, broad experience, and knowledge of the markets into developing valuable Macro Tides newsletters that can provide insight to your decision making.

Watch Jim's Interviews

Bitcoin Top is In! 70,000 Next?

Technical Review

The Economic Surprise Index Is Weakening

The November Employment report showed an increase of 227,000 jobs, but most of the increase (61.6%) was concentrated in three sectors. Health Care added 54,000 jobs, Leisure and Hospitality contributed 53,000, and the number of government workers increased by 33,000. In the last 12 months these...

Global Economic Report

Economic Uncertainty

After the FOMC meeting on November 7 Chair Powell began the press conference with an opening statement that presented a review of the progress monetary policy had achieved in the last two years. “ The Fed has been assigned two goals for monetary...

Technical Review

Economic Uncertainty

There were many issues that led more Democrats to vote for President Trump in the 2024 election, but inflation and the economy were the top 2. Numerous polls prior to the election showed 65% of voters rated the economy as poor or not so good. On the issue of the economy voters favored President...

Technical Review

Economic Optimism

For Republicans, Wall Street, and Bitcoin, Christmas came on November 5. “ The election was settled a fortnight ago, while visions of sugar plums dance in our heads .” The assumption that President Trump’s policies will only have a positive impact on economic growth is naïve.

Over the...

Technical Review

Assumptions

A long time ago a mentor asked me to make 3 words from the word assume. After a few minutes I came up with ass-u-me. In the wake of the election many people are making assumptions about what will happen in the next Trump administration. It’s likely that much of the assumptions will, with the...

Technical Review

Election Surprise and Steady FOMC

I thought the election would be close and that it might take 2 or 3 days before the outcome would be known. The election wasn’t close which saved the country more angst no matter who won. In the wake of the Republican landslide, the Democratic Party must muster the courage for self reflection...

Technical Review

Jobs, the FOMC, and the Election

Job growth plunged in October with just 12,000 jobs being created, although the full impact of the hurricanes can’t be known with certainty. Job growth was depressed in October due to the hurricanes but the revisions to August and September weren’t weather related. August was revised down by 81...

Global Economic Report

What Happens In China Matters

According to data from the World Bank, the average annual increase in global GDP since 2010 has been around 2.7%, including large fluctuations depending on the year. During that same period GDP growth in China averaged 6.8%. After China joined the World Trade...

Technical Review

Reasons for More Volatility

The Bank Credit Analyst (BCA) has analyzed employment data by each state and their analysis suggests the labor market isn’t as strong as it appears on the surface. BCA weights each state’s unemployment rate by the size of its labor force in order to create a synthetic national unemployment. BCA...

Financial Markets by TradingView

Sign Up to Our Macro Tides Newsletter

Subscribe Here