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Day Trading Stock Picks For This Week – Tuesday, August 29

Day Trading Stock Picks For This Week – Tuesday, August 29

Day trading stock picks likely to move big (up or down) during the week of August 29: HTZ, CBI, SNAP, OAS, ENDP, OCLR, NBR, SWN, MOMO, AKS, FIT and CLF, plus several others. Hertz Global Holdings (HTZ) Average day range (30) is 8.4% and average volume (30) is 11.3 million. CBI Bridge and Iron (CBI) […]
Oil And Gas Producers Brought Some Production Back Online In The Gulf Of Mexico

Oil And Gas Producers Brought Some Production Back Online In The Gulf Of Mexico

Tropical Storm Harvey continues to add to misery and this storm just will not go away. It was not enough to hit as a category 4 hurricane but massive flooding and the real possibility that this storm is ready to regenerate and possibly boomerang around for another shot at the Gulf Coast is a nightmare […]
Bear Of The Day: Bojangles’

Bear Of The Day: Bojangles’

It isn’t much of a secret that things have been pretty poor for the restaurant industry as of late. Competitive pressures, changing consumer tastes, and a general shift away from the space by investors, have all combined to push the industry lower. In fact, the restaurant industry is currently in the bottom 15% of all […]
Gold Bugs Bathe In The Warm Summer Sun

Gold Bugs Bathe In The Warm Summer Sun

For gold bugs, and even for their lesser brethren in silver, not only is the sun shining in the summer months, but the sun is truly shining on gold as a confluence of factors helps to propel the precious metal ever higher, and one wonders when the angst laden doom mongers will appear forecasting an […]
Treasury Yields Dive To 2017 Lows – Tuesday, August 29

Treasury Yields Dive To 2017 Lows – Tuesday, August 29

Listen, yields didn’t need another excuse to fall, ok? The flagging dollar was already doing its part by, well, by flagging, and jitters about the debt ceiling combined with lackluster incoming data had already conspired to pretty much extinguish whatever was left of the reflationary euphoria that accompanied Donald Trump’s huge, record-setting, unfathomable, big league, […]
Mr. Draghi, Please Ease Up A Bit

Mr. Draghi, Please Ease Up A Bit

Today we have published the August edition of Global Monetary Condition Monitor our monthly flagship publication, which covers monetary policy in 26 countries around the world and gives an overview of global monetary matters and market implications of global monetary trends. In this edition of the Monitor we focus on the monetary impact of the recent fairly […]
Gold Surges 2.6% After Jackson Hole And N. Korean Missile

Gold Surges 2.6% After Jackson Hole And N. Korean Missile

– Gold surges as N. Korea fires ballistic missile over Japan – Safe haven buying sees gold break out to 10-month high after Jackson Hole and rising North Korea risk of attack on Guam – South Korea’s air force dropped eight MK 84 bombs near Seoul;  simulating the destruction of North Korea’s leadership – Gold rises from […]
Risk Markets Rocked As North Korea Fires Missile Over Japan

Risk Markets Rocked As North Korea Fires Missile Over Japan

Geopolitical Tensions Rise Global risk appetite was shaken over the European morning in response to reports that North Korea fired a missile which passed over Japan. This marks the latest in a series of missile launches and marks an escalation in tension. NHK, a Japanese broadcaster, reported a government warning that a missile was headed […]
Will Hurricane Harvey Pinch Upbeat US GDP Forecasts For Q3?

Will Hurricane Harvey Pinch Upbeat US GDP Forecasts For Q3?

Hurricane Harvey has dealt a devastating blow to the Houston region, which was recently on track to account for 2.4% of the nation’s economy this year. The blowback for the US overall, however, is expected to be mild, more or less leaving the latest estimates for a pickup in economic activity for the third quarter intact, at […]
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                        Hurricane Harvey Hits Texas Insurers

E Hurricane Harvey Hits Texas Insurers

Harvey is the worst storm to hit the U.S. coastline in over a decade, causing insurance stocks to sell off and creating better buying opportunities. Damage will be extensive due to wind and even more so due to flooding, with over 50 inches of rain expected in some locations. Oil facilities are clearly vulnerable and […]