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No ‘Apocalypse Now’, But Maybe Later – Full Week Ahead Preview

No ‘Apocalypse Now’, But Maybe Later – Full Week Ahead Preview

The apocalypse is on hold. Although the human suffering will no doubt be profound, damage estimates from Hurricane Irma are already being rolled back on Sunday evening as the worst case scenario doesn’t seem to have materialized. Similarly, Kim hadn’t launched any more ICBMs as of early Asian trading and that prompted the yen to fall […]
Why Investing In A Fixed Deposit Is Favourable?

Why Investing In A Fixed Deposit Is Favourable?

An investment in an equity might be beneficial in generating high returns in the long run. However, they are not risk-free. Fixed Deposit, on the contrary, offers sizeable returns but is risk-free. FDs are the best investment options when it comes to parking your surplus income. This debt asset instrument is one of the most popular choices […]
EUR/USD Retesting 1.20 Support In Key Decision Zone

EUR/USD Retesting 1.20 Support In Key Decision Zone

EUR/USD 4 hour The EUR/USD challenged the previous top (red) but till now has been unable to break above that resistance. A bullish break could be part of a potential wave 3 (pink) whereas a failure to break above the 138.2% Fib of wave B vs A at 1.2165 could still indicate a wave B […]
Quiet Korea Sparks Panic Bid For Stocks, Dollar As Gold, Yen Dumped On Asia Open

Quiet Korea Sparks Panic Bid For Stocks, Dollar As Gold, Yen Dumped On Asia Open

The end of the world did not happen… Buy stocks, dump gold, and back up the dollar truck… Safe-Haven precious metals, bonds, and Yen are for losers… It’s stocks you want…   And load up on dollars…
EURUSD Daily Analysis – Monday, Sept 11

EURUSD Daily Analysis – Monday, Sept 11

EURUSD stays above the bullish trend line from 1.1662 to 1.1823 and remains in the uptrend from 1.1662. As long as the price is above the trend line, the upside movement could be expected to continue and next target would be at 1.2165. On the downside, a clear break below the trend line support could bring […]
Dollar, Futs On The Rebound Early As Irma, Kim ‘Disappoint’

Dollar, Futs On The Rebound Early As Irma, Kim ‘Disappoint’

Well, I suppose this was inevitable. With yields, gold, and the dollar all having priced in a Cat. 5 landfall from Irma and another ICBM launch from North Korea headed into the weekend, anything short of the worst case scenario was bound to be met with something of a relief rally. As Bloomberg notes, the […]
Which Of These 5 Stocks Will Win This NFL Season?

Which Of These 5 Stocks Will Win This NFL Season?

NFL season is now upon us. So far Kansas City Chiefs have recorded a shock defeat of the defending Super Bowl LI champion New England Patriots 42–27 in the NFL Kickoff Game. To mark the first week of play, we decided to take a quick look at the team owners and rank them according to […]
Revisiting The US Yield Curve

Revisiting The US Yield Curve

In a blog post in February of last year I explained that an inversion of the US yield curve has never been a recession signal. Instead, the genuine recession signal has always been the reversal in the curve from ‘flattening’ (short-term interest rates rising relative to long-term interest rates) to ‘steepening’ (short-term interest rates falling relative to […]
S&P 500 Snapshot: Up 9.94% YTD

S&P 500 Snapshot: Up 9.94% YTD

  The S&P opened Friday at its intraday low, hit its high within a couple of hours, and remained mostly flat for the remainder of the day. The index closed the day with a 0.15% loss from Thursday and is up 9.94% YTD. The U.S. Treasury puts the closing yield on the 10-year note at […]
Sensex Opens Firm Tracking Positive Asian Stock Markets

Sensex Opens Firm Tracking Positive Asian Stock Markets

Asian stock indices are higher today as Japanese and Hong Kong shares show gains. The Nikkei 225 is up 1.38%, while the Hang Seng is up 0.92%. The Shanghai Composite is trading up by 0.23%. The US equity benchmarks ended the last trading session of the week lower amid concerns about the economic impact of Hurricane Irma. Back home, share markets […]