John Caiazzo

About the Author

John Caiazzo

John has over 40 years experience at major U.S. Brokerage firms as Manager and Director of various International Divisions and is the founder of his own trading and brokerage firms. Over the years John has gained a wealth of knowledge and experience in all aspects of investments and trading. He was also a floor trader at the Commodity Exchange in New York. He formed Acuvest in 1999 and can be reached at futures@acuvest.com.

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  Markets focus on job creations while overlooking job losses

  By John Caiazzo  |  May 2, 2013

  You cannot be happy about creating 150,000 (quality doubtful) jobs in a month while “losing” 350,000 weekly or 1.2 million during the same period.

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  Stock correction looms as markets move on economic data

  By John Caiazzo  |  April 22, 2013

  We continue to warn investors of an impending major correction in equities and to implement hedging strategies as soon as possible.

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  Markets whipsawed by expected and actual data

  By John Caiazzo  |  April 8, 2013

  With analysts and economists invariably incorrect in their reported expectations of important data, I must reiterate: "Better to keep ones mouth shut and be considered ignorant, than to open it and remove all doubt."

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  North Korea threats put markets on notice

  By John Caiazzo  |  April 1, 2013

  The threat of war emanating from the North Koreans is of grave concern to the public as well as the marketplace. Whether or not the young leader of the North “means what he says” remains to be seen.

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  Fiscal cliff negotiations demand market’s attention

  By John Caiazzo  |  December 10, 2012

  And the budgetary standoff saga continues. With recession on the line, most markets are paying close attention to the fiscal cliff negotiations taking place in Washington.

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  Fiscal cliff stand-off wild card for markets

  By John Caiazzo  |  December 4, 2012

  The enormity of the current U.S. budgetary standoff is in the forefront of strategic thinking by the global financial community

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  Markets digest Middle East cease-fire, fiscal cliff deadline

  By John Caiazzo  |  November 26, 2012

  A fragile cease fire between Hamas and Israel was orchestrated this week and was celebrated by the International financial community. Concern that involvement by oil producing countries could interrupt the flow of oil had caused angst.

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  Eurozone cash infusion whacks dollar, lifts commodities

  By John Caiazzo  |  July 1, 2012

  The European agreement to infuse “cash” into the troubled Eurozone countries prompted a sharp selloff on Friday for the dollar and the resulting sharp rally in commodities and equities.