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Riding The Range Until…

Riding The Range Until…

It is a safe bet that our furry friends in the bear camp figured the combination of Hurricane Harvey and increasing tensions with North Korea would get the party going to the downside. However, a funny thing happened on the way to the debacle; stocks decided to reverse course and rally instead. Yep, that’s right; […]
Stock Analysis: General Electric

Stock Analysis: General Electric

Hey everyone, so summer is almost over and I will get back to my normal writing frequency of at least two articles per week. Today I am talking about of probably one of the best dividend companies, General Electric. GE has paid a dividend for over 100 years and has increased its dividend annually since […]
Recent And Current Forex Weekly Chart Trades

Recent And Current Forex Weekly Chart Trades

Here are my current and recent trades (taken in the last couple months). I will also include some currency pairs that haven’t provided a trade signal yet, but could in the next several weeks. This should not be viewed as a comprehensive list of trades for all the strategies covered (I have missed a couple […]
Weekly Unemployment Claims: Up 1K, Beats Forecast

Weekly Unemployment Claims: Up 1K, Beats Forecast

Here is the opening statement from the Department of Labor: In the week ending August 26, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 236,000, an increase of 1,000 from the previous week’s revised level. The previous week’s level was revised up by 1,000 from 234,000 to 235,000. The 4-week moving average was 236,750, […]
Running Of The Bears

Running Of The Bears

There still may technically be three weeks left in summer, but with Labor Day weekend fast approaching, the summer season is starting to wind down.  As they look forward to the last four months of 2017, individual investors are in an extremely unoptimistic mood.  According to the weekly survey from AAII, bullish sentiment declined from 28.1% […]
Shifting Strategy Investing In Retail Real Estate

Shifting Strategy Investing In Retail Real Estate

The retail industry is going through a time of convulsions as large retailers react retail oversupply and the growth of online shopping. Likewise, the retail real estate market is reinventing itself and flexing through the changes. This confluence of instability and great change is a nexus of opportunity. If you position yourself right, you have […]
NZD/USD: RBNZ Toughens Verbal Intervention, Head & Shoulders In Play

NZD/USD: RBNZ Toughens Verbal Intervention, Head & Shoulders In Play

Ticker Last High Low Daily Change (pip) Daily Range (pip) USD/CAD 1.2537 1.2663 1.2525 84 138 The Canadian dollar outperforms its major counterparts as the region’s 2Q Gross Domestic Product (GDP) report showed the economy expanding at the fastest pace since 2011. The ongoing series of better-than-expected data prints may encourage the Bank of Canada […]
Pending Home Sales Dropped In July, Disappoints Forecast

Pending Home Sales Dropped In July, Disappoints Forecast

This morning the National Association of Realtors released the July data for their Pending Home Sales Index. Here is an excerpt from the latest press release: Lawrence Yun, NAR chief economist, says the staggering inventory woes throughout the country continue to stall contract activity. “With the exception of a minimal gain in the West, pending […]
Dollar Rising Across The Board

Dollar Rising Across The Board

In Thursday’s European session, the US dollar continued to recover the losses it suffered earlier in the week. The euro/dollar pair fell to 1.1827 after a bounce to 1.1906. The pound/dollar pair resumed its slide, dropping to 1.2853. Downwards pressure on the pound increased after MPC member Saunders’ speech as well as from the euro/pound […]