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Expect The Fed To Cut Rates In 2016
Analysis Overview – The Fed is likely to cut interest rates in 2016 and this article discusses the factors for this view and the investment strategy in the current scenario. The Big Slump – When the fed increased rates in December 2015, there were economists talking about at least four rate increases in 2016. However, global economic […]
Eight Things The Chinese Are Scrambling To Buy In America
There has been some confusion in recent months about the unprecedented M&A buying spree unleashed by Chinese investors on international, but mostly U.S. targets, a spree which has already resulted in a record amount of Chinese outbound M&A capital, manifesting in $41 billion in US deals in just the first quarter, already double the full amount […]
FTSE 100 Turns At The Resistance Level Following Soft Mining Stocks
The FTSE 100 (FXCM: UK100)is lower by 0.52% at the time of writing as mining stocks such as BHP Billiton, Glencore, Rio Tinto, and Anglo American traded lower on softer metal prices. Copper prices have also fallen to a four-week low over the last few days. With today’s decline in the FTSE 100, the index remains trapped within the 6006 to 6237 […]
Three Real Estate Development Stocks For Your Portfolio Now
The real estate development companies have multi-faceted operations that range from acquisition, entitlement, development and sale of land/lots to renovation and re-lease of existing buildings. These land/lots are then sold to home-builders who build homes on them. The steady recovery in the home-building/construction end market in 2015 and overall positive economic activity provided a strong […]
U.S / China Trade Policies: The Nuclear And Near Nuclear Options
Substantial attention has been devoted to the disasterous effects of implementing a Donald Trump agenda of imposing 45% tariffs on imports of goods from China. To gain some perspective, consider the implications for prices of goods imported from China if such a tariff were imposed (and a large country assumption used, so that only half […]
Strong Labor Numbers Wipe Out Gold Gains
Despite gains throughout the month, gold slid Wednesday, wiping out this month’s gains as hints of a stronger U.S. labor market and a rally in equities curbed demand for safe haven assets. Friday’s unemployment numbers should show a definite increase with companies taking on 200,000 workers in March, beating an expected forecast of 195,000 and […]
E Small Cap Best & Worst Stocks – March 31, 2016
The strongest small cap sectors are utilities and consumer goods. The best small cap industry is business software. The average small cap score is 51.16 and that’s below the four week average score of 52.54. The average small cap stock in our universe is trading -36.39% below its 52 week high, -5.45% below its 200 […]
The Dynamic Duo Of Risk Factors: Part II
<< Back to: The Dynamic Duo Of Risk Factors:Part 1 Last week’s post on analyzing US equity value and momentum risk premia ended with a question: How much, if any, improvement should we expect by adding a dynamic system for managing exposure to these risk factors vs. a buy-and-hold strategy? What follows is a preliminary effort in searching […]
AUD/JPY Bearish Divergence Could Bring Risk-Off Sentiment To The Fore
Commodities and Equities prices have rebounded from their interim lows of Early February 2016, and it has resulted with strong gains across these markets. Clearly this has been a risk-on scenario, causing AJ to be bullish during this period as well. Equities are reaching key resistance levels and are showing signs of market fatigue by […]
Morning Call For March 31, 2016
OVERNIGHT MARKETS AND NEWS June E-mini S&Ps (ESM16 +0.01%) are mildly lower by -0.16% this morning due to a resumed decline in crude oil prices, S&P’s cut in its rating outlook for China, and lower European stocks. The Euro Stoxx 50 index this morning is down -1.35%. The China Shanghai index today closed slightly higher […]
