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Gold Prices May Fall As Yellen Speaks At Jackson Hole Symposium

Gold Prices May Fall As Yellen Speaks At Jackson Hole Symposium

Commodity prices remain locked in familiar ranges as financial markets await direction cues from the Fed’s annual policy symposium underway in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. A much-anticipated speech from Chair Janet Yellen takes top billing. Traders are looking for comments signaling the imminent start so-called “quantitative tightening” (QT) – the unwinding of the US central bank’s bloated post-crisis […]
Crescent Point Energy, Inc. Trading At A Discount To Its Peers Despite Its High-Quality Oil & Natural Gas Assets

Crescent Point Energy, Inc. Trading At A Discount To Its Peers Despite Its High-Quality Oil & Natural Gas Assets

Written by SmallCapPower.com Crescent Point Energy Corp. (CPG) is a conventional oil and gas producer with high-quality light and medium oil and natural gas assets across western Canada and the U.S. Unlike other oil and gas stock prices, which typically mirror the underlying oil price, the share price of Crescent Point Energy is trading much […]
Calm Before The Storm?

Calm Before The Storm?

Stocks slightly lower on the day. In tonight’s video we look towards the last week of August… Is the market in for a late summer storm? Watch tonight’s video market update to find out. Video Length – 00:06:16
Next Stop, Recession: The Financial Meteor Storm Is Headed Our Way

Next Stop, Recession: The Financial Meteor Storm Is Headed Our Way

Business-cycle recessions are not just inevitable, they are necessary to flush bad debt and marginal investments/projects from the system. The next recession–which I suggested yesterday has just begun–will be more than a business-cycle downturn; it will be a devastating meteor storm that destroys huge chunks of the economy while leaving other sectors virtually untouched. The dynamic that’s about […]
Stocks To Watch: AME, MU, AOS

Stocks To Watch: AME, MU, AOS

Today’s stock picks Long Ametek (AME) Long Micron Technology (MU) Short AO Smith (AOS)
Getting Harder Not Easier To Find Macro Improvement In 2017 (Housing)

Getting Harder Not Easier To Find Macro Improvement In 2017 (Housing)

The most recent housing data continues to suggest weakness. The National Association of Realtors (NAR) reports that sales of existing homes were down slightly last month from June. It continues a lower trend dating back to March. Overall, the level of resales is largely flat going back to the summer of 2015. At a 5.44 […]
Real Estate And Housing News – Thursday, Aug 24

Real Estate And Housing News – Thursday, Aug 24

We discuss the FHFA House Price Index, MBA Mortgage Applications, New Home Sales and Existing Home Sales along with some International Real Estate news in this video. The government finally starting to crack down on money laundering with these luxury Real Estate Deals. The Housing econ reports for this week all came in on the […]
Hot Options Report: End Of Day – Thursday, Aug 24

Hot Options Report: End Of Day – Thursday, Aug 24

Most Active Equity Options And Strikes For The End Of Day, August 24, 2017
Stocks And Precious Metals Charts – Coiling

Stocks And Precious Metals Charts – Coiling

Gold in particular is coiling, tighter and tighter. It was hard to tell if the bounce in stocks today was something meaningful, a last ditch attempt to stave off a selling wave, or something else. Have a pleasant evening.
AMZN Crushes The Consumer Staples ETF. What’s Next?

AMZN Crushes The Consumer Staples ETF. What’s Next?

The Trump news de jour was the likelihood of a debt ceiling vote NOT happening before the deadline, and the media loves to portray this as a time bomb for the markets. I don’t believe it, and neither did the market today. The QQQ had a rough morning sliding below Tuesday’s low and filling the […]