Notes From the Rabbit Hole ©

Peter Newell's illustration of Alice surrounded by the characters of Wonderland. (1890)

A Different Kind of Financial Market Analysis

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"I like your letter because it IS reputable and broad enough to provide good ideas for research and consideration... I'll be an ongoing reader because I consider your stuff head and shoulders better than any other letter I've used, and there have been a few.  Going through them was expensive, but a lesson in itself."  --Doug T  11/11/08

"I'm continuously amazed how you use various indicators and more importantly, how you evaluate their potential significance."  --Jurgen W  12/7/08

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“I am an investment professional and have been reading Gary’s blog for the past six months. I am also a subscriber to his weekly e-letter, Notes From the Rabbit Hole; www.biiwii.com. Gary’s technical and macro-fundamental thoughts and analysis of the capital markets has been an invaluable asset to my financial planning practice. Gary provides unemotional, unbiased, “Just the facts ma’am” analysis that I have found to be very “actionable” in my pursuit to preserve my client’s capital and to better understand when the risk/reward ratio supports engaging in and retreating from the market. He graciously returns all emails when I need additional tutelage. Gary provides exceptional value to my business.”  --Paul A, September 16, 2009

***NFTRH emailed weekly with interim updates as events dictate***

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The NFTRH launch coincided with historically challenging market and economic events and it is fitting that the letter's merits be evaluated under the harshest of circumstances if subscribers are to put up their hard earned money for access to it.  To the left you will find the entire NFTRH 'Q1' posted so that its value may be evaluated fully over the course of dramatic and traumatic market events.

August 4, 2009:  Now 10 months in, the letter continues to evolve from its highly eventful beginnings.  NFTRH is now a  maturing market analysis service that stands to be ready for any environment, having proved its mettle in the most extreme bearish and now increasingly, bullish environments.  The indicators used are unconventional, but that is the point; they work because they help filter the mainstream noise that leads so many investors astray.

After years of successfully navigating financial markets in both bullish and bearish modes (generally with a 2X broad market out-performance), while providing grounded commentary and analysis that has been much more often than not on the right side of the macro trade, I am pleased to present the weekly newsletter, Notes From the Rabbit Hole (NFTRH).  You may review the sample issues (see left side bar) for an idea of how I operate, although you can anticipate evolution as I settle in and get comfortable.

NFTRH is geared toward seasoned investors and traders as well as novice investors in the learning stages.  Be aware that the very origins of Biiwii.com are rooted in hype aversion and anti-convention.  I believe that 'in the box' thinking has caused many people to get in trouble as of this writing (NFTRH official launch 10/1/08).  This view is evidenced by the fact that Biiwii.com (but it is what it is) was launched in 2004 with its very first commentary warning of the dangers so outwardly apparent now.  Do not expect the usual stock pick touts and chirping about performance.  Risk management plays as important a role as capital appreciation over the long term.

The name of the letter implies a view from a different perspective which, in my case began to take hold in 2002 and intensified through the 2005 time frame.  Various people I have met and interacted with along the way have added immeasurably to my natural ability to separate the bull from useful information.  They are the ones I like to think of fondly as 'the strange characters I met down in the rabbit hole'.  Some were financial professionals.  Others just very smart out of the box thinkers.  

Just as I am weary of over-bullish hype in good times, I seek to remain calm and free of panic in crisis.  This means taking the cards that are dealt and making the best hand possible given the circumstances and given a comfort level with the ongoing interplay between inflation and deflation dynamics that is at the heart of boom and bust cycles.

NFTRH Vitals

Weekly letter emailed in pdf format by Sunday afternoon US Eastern time at the latest and usually by Saturday evening / Sunday morning.  Note: Mac users may wish to download Adobe Acrobat Reader to use instead of Apple's 'Preview', which on rare occasion does not pick up some graphics from the Nitro PDF Professional software I use.

Interim email alerts or updates as events dictate (usually at least two per week).  

Monthly billing of $26 by PayPal or the PayPal credit card option.  Monthly billing allows the subscriber to easily cancel at any time without further commitment and lets me know that current subscribers perceive good value for their ongoing subscription.

Yearly Billing option of $288, which is a savings of 7.5%.

NFTRH will be sent to the email address associated with your PayPal account unless otherwise specified.  Please be sure that gt<AT>biiwii.com and info<AT>biiwii.com are allowed to pass through any security or spam filtering software you may use.

General Layout

Weekly review of the current situation in the macro-financial world and/or a look at the week ahead.  

Technical analysis on markets of interest from an investment or trading point of view along with a look at the vital indicators to those markets and important macro 'signposts' such as gold v. asset ratios, currencies, bonds and money supply data.

Relevant individual stocks will be highlighted as I find interesting situations with technical analysis and a brief fundamental overview.  Understand however that NFTRH is geared much more toward macro-fundamental and technical analysis than to individual stock picks.  This is because the macro backdrop at any given time is critical to one's investment stance.

Currently held and potential stock positions will be discussed with technical and fundamental analysis and general portfolio composition will be discussed on an ongoing basis, including holdings, cash levels and risk profile.

Personal Philosophy

You should know that I do not take the responsibility of providing opinion and analysis to readers lightly.  In fact I take it is an awesome responsibility and will do my best to provide you with a quality product and an open minded viewpoint.  The individual who started Biiwii.com as an antidote for rampant 'casino' mentality is who I am.  The individual who started a blog to more effectively convey 'out of the box' ideas is who I am.  Notes From the Rabbit Hole is an extension of this mindset as I formalize and expand on these themes.  

I thank you for having the trust and confidence in me to take the next step.

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Regards,

Gary Tanashian

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