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GBP/USD Favors The Downside Amid Political Worries, BOE Echoes

GBP/USD Favors The Downside Amid Political Worries, BOE Echoes

GBP/USD is finding it hard to hold onto the 1.31 handle and is flirting with this line. At current levels, cable is at the lower end of the wide range of 1.3030 to 1.3320 that characterized it recently. 1.3080 serves as a line of support, the last barrier before the bottom of the ranger. On […]
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                        Citius Pharma: Fast Track To Success

E Citius Pharma: Fast Track To Success

TM editors’ note: This article discusses a penny stock and/or microcap. Such stocks are easily manipulated; do your own careful due diligence. A promising biotech not getting a lot of attention is Citius Pharma (CTXR) that targets markets where unmet needs exist and limited doctors prescribing drugs reduces the distribution risk and need to hire […]
Full(Er) Appreciation Of The Geographical ‘Dollar’ Dimension

Full(Er) Appreciation Of The Geographical ‘Dollar’ Dimension

The American view of the “rising dollar” period is one of truly understated appreciation. I wouldn’t be surprised if many of us didn’t realize there was ever a downturn to begin with, let alone one that flirted with proportions reaching recession. After all, the most widely felt effects didn’t manifest and really sting until the […]
Caterpillar Looks Ready For New Highs

Caterpillar Looks Ready For New Highs

Caterpillar (CAT) is up a robust 50% in 2017, making it the best year for this stock in quite some time. The CEO was replaced not long ago and since then, the stock has gone nowhere but up. This chart looks like no other, with huge gaps up and a very steady uptrend. I believe […]
After Bitcoin Futures Launched, Goldman Says Price Headed Higher, New Hedge Fund Launches

After Bitcoin Futures Launched, Goldman Says Price Headed Higher, New Hedge Fund Launches

It wasn’t that long ago that Goldman Sachs was watching the $4,827 level on Bitcoin USD, predicting a bull market. This was before exchange heavyweight CMEGroup and Terry Duffy piled into what was declared an asset that could be “tamed.” In announcing the launch of Bitcoin futures, a move juxtaposed to that of JPMorgan’s Jamie Dimon, who […]
Do Trend-Following Managed Futures Increase Safe Withdrawal Rates?

Do Trend-Following Managed Futures Increase Safe Withdrawal Rates?

Andrew Miller, a regulator contributor to the blog, is passionate about the intersection of academic finance research and financial planning. We obviously love the academic finance research stuff, but our financial planning advice lacks serious depth: spend less than you make. So we rely on Andrew to help us understand how all the geeky investment research […]
Snap Inc. Share Price Gets Snapped After Yesterday’s Poor Earnings

Snap Inc. Share Price Gets Snapped After Yesterday’s Poor Earnings

Snap Inc. (SNAP), formerly known as Snapchat -which owns Snapchat, Spectacles, Bitmoji and Zenly-reported their fiscal quarterly earnings on Tuesday November 7,2017 after the market closed. Immediately afterward, shares dropped like a rock. Many eyes had been focused on the shares awaiting the earnings as there had been some unusual speculative activity in the options market and […]
Swing Trading Strategy Report – Wednesday, Nov. 8

Swing Trading Strategy Report – Wednesday, Nov. 8

I’m concerned by this market, and I’m taking a much more cautious tone to my swing-trading. Not against adding new positions, but won’t do so unless the market makes a compelling reason for doing so.  Indicators VIX – Rose 5.2% and almost back over 10 again.  T2108 (% of stocks trading below their 40-day moving average): Down […]
Global Payments (GPN) Q3 Earnings Beat On Higher Revenues

Global Payments (GPN) Q3 Earnings Beat On Higher Revenues

Global Payments Inc.’s (GPN – Free Report) earnings of $1.15 per share beat the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.03 and improved 29% year over year. Better-than-expected earnings were primarily due to higher revenues across its markets. Global payments posted revenues of $930.4 million, which surpassed the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $913 million and grew 12% year over […]
RBNZ Preview: NZD/USD Rebound Susceptible To Dovish Policy Outlook

RBNZ Preview: NZD/USD Rebound Susceptible To Dovish Policy Outlook

NZD/USD stands at risk of extending the decline from the previous month as the Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) is widely expected to preserve the record-low cash rate at the last policy meeting for 2017. With the coalition government under Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern pledging to review and revise the RBNZ’s mandate, acting GovernorGrant Spencer may merely attempt to buy more time […]