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Weekly Sentiment Survey: Fundamental Optimism

Weekly Sentiment Survey: Fundamental Optimism

This article reviews the latest weekly sentiment survey we conduct over on Twitter. The survey measures respondents’ equity and bond positioning/view – differentiating between whether the view is bullish or bearish for technical or fundamental reasoning. The latest results showed a sharp rebound in bullish sentiment across the board, and the move was consistent across equities (more bullish) […]
Weekly Wave Analysis EUR/USD, GBP/USD, USD/JPY September 3, 2017

Weekly Wave Analysis EUR/USD, GBP/USD, USD/JPY September 3, 2017

Here is this week’s wave analysis on the EUR/USD, GBP/USD and USD/JPY daily, weekly and monthly charts. More education, analytics, articles, and webinars can be found daily on Admiral Markets. EUR/USD The EUR/USD could be building a larger ABC correction (red) within the wave 4 (blue). A break below the support trend line (blue) confirms the […]
Holding Pattern

Holding Pattern

The portfolio finished August much in the same fashion as in the previous four months, stumbling to a monthly loss of about 0.7%. The dip extended the decline since May to a total of 1.1%—a far cry from the punchy +6.4% in the first four months of the year—and paltry compared with the MSCI World’s +3.7% return […]
Guess Which Country’s Stock Market Just Fell For The First Time Since The Election

Guess Which Country’s Stock Market Just Fell For The First Time Since The Election

We talked a lot over the course of the week about emerging markets. Specifically, we noted that emerging market stocks have risen for eight months in a row (longest streak since 2004) and everyone’s favorite EM ETF (EEM) has outperformed SPY for six straight months, the best such stretch since February 2005. Unsurprisingly, Chinese equities have had […]
Forex And Commodity Seasonality For September

Forex And Commodity Seasonality For September

Here are the historical tendencies for forex pairs and commodities in the month of September. Statistics include how often the prices rise or fall and by how much on average.    Also check out: These Stocks Tend to Perform Well in September, if interested in stocks. Statistics are based on monthly opening and closings prices, and […]
Trading Support And Resistance – Sept. 3

Trading Support And Resistance – Sept. 3

This week we’ll begin with our monthly and weekly forecasts of the currency pairs worth watching. The first part of our forecast is based upon our research of the past 16 years of Forex prices, which show that the following methodologies have all produced profitable results: Trading the two currencies that are trending the most strongly over the […]
6 Week Cycle Bottoming Early Next Week

6 Week Cycle Bottoming Early Next Week

Current Position of the Market SPX Long-term trend: The uptrend should continue after pausing for a correction. SPX Intermediate trend: SPX could make a new high before continuing its correcting into October/November. Analysis of the short-term trend is done on a daily-basis with the help of hourly charts. It is an important adjunct to the […]
Macron Wants A Federal Budget For All Of The Eurozone

Macron Wants A Federal Budget For All Of The Eurozone

French Prime Minister Emmanuel Macron is coming out arguing for the total federalization of Europe proposing that there should be a budget for the Eurozone of hundreds of billions of euros. Macron’s position is that this budget should represent several points of the gross domestic product (GDP) of the Eurozone. It should be possible, Macron said, to […]
DAX Seeking Boost From ECB; S&P 500 Staring Down New Record

DAX Seeking Boost From ECB; S&P 500 Staring Down New Record

Talking Points: S&P 500 trying to trade to new record highs but may stall; data docket lacking ‘high’ impact events DAX is trying to reverse trend with a softening euro; ECB on Thursday could reinforce more upside FTSE 100 remains neither here nor there; no major data points this coming week Trading psychology can’t be understated, check out our […]
Housing Market Review – A Notable Change In Tone (August, 2017)

Housing Market Review – A Notable Change In Tone (August, 2017)

The last Housing Market Review covered data reported in July, 2017 for June, 2017. The month from there marked a significant change in tone for home builders. The change in tone starts with the iShares U.S. Home Construction ETF (ITB) and its failure to hold support at its 50-day moving average (DMA) for the first time […]