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Buying Stalls

Buying Stalls

Over the past few weeks the number of bullish stocks on Twitter have fallen sharply. This indicates that buyers of the most bullish stocks dried up as the S&P 500 Index (SPX) pushed up into the 2400 area. Although buyers are slowing down, the sellers of bearish stocks haven’t materialized. That condition is keeping overall […]
Expectations Blur With Fed, BoE And BoJ Rate Decisions Ahead

Expectations Blur With Fed, BoE And BoJ Rate Decisions Ahead

Monetary policy isn’t the straightforward fundamental driver it once was. This past week, the Dollar struggled despite strong NFPs and a certainty of a FOMC hike while the Euro rallied after reports the ECB discussed the future of hikes. Be prepared for unusual response to the Fed, BoE, BoJ and even SNB decisions ahead. US Dollar Forecast: Dollar Will […]
A Most Wonderful Year For Small-Caps

A Most Wonderful Year For Small-Caps

By Royce Funds We believe we have turned the page on the 2011-2015 period in which financial markets behaved in such odd ways, and expect a strong multi-year period for thoughtful and disciplined small-cap active management. 3112014 / Pixabay Small-Caps By any measure, 2016 was a terrific year for small-cap stocks, one that featured a double-digit positive return for […]
USD/CAD Forecast Mar. 13-17

USD/CAD Forecast Mar. 13-17

The Canadian dollar continues to sag, losing 80 points last week. USD/CAD closed the week at 1.3464. This marked the pair’s highest weekly close in 2017. This week’s key event is Manufacturing Sales. Here is an outlook on the major market- movers and an updated technical analysis for USD/CAD. The US labor picture remains rosy, and a sparkling nonfarm payrolls report has […]
Forex Strength And Comparison For Week 11 / 2017

Forex Strength And Comparison For Week 11 / 2017

In the Currency Strength table, the USD was again the strongest currency while the GBP was the weakest. It was quiet last week compared to the week before. All the Currencies remained around the level of the previous week with a maximum difference of just 1 point. ______________________________________    13 Weeks Currency Score Strength The 13 Weeks […]
5 Must-See Commodities Charts

5 Must-See Commodities Charts

By far the most important market this week was crude oil. With a mini-crash of 12 percent it could spell the start of a new trend, potentially the start of turmoil in markets, as explained this week in crude oil falls 5 pct. It is no coincidence that several other leading commodities are struggling as well, […]
Forex Forecast: Pairs In Focus – Sunday, March 12

Forex Forecast: Pairs In Focus – Sunday, March 12

The difference between success and failure in Forex trading is very likely to depend upon which currency pairs you choose to trade each week, and not on the exact trading methods you might use to determine trade entries and exits. Each week I am going to analyze fundamentals, sentiment and technical positions in order to […]
Technical Update For Oil: Brent And WTI

Technical Update For Oil: Brent And WTI

Highlights: Brent Crude Brent has been progressing upwards in an ascending trend channel for a number of months Last week it broke down sharply from a tight symmetrical triangle or pennant pattern and through support of the 50-day exponential moving average (ema) before finding support around the 50-week ema and the 200-day ema. The low […]
“Who Hit The Brakes?” – Bank Loan Creation Suddenly Tumbles To Five Year Low

“Who Hit The Brakes?” – Bank Loan Creation Suddenly Tumbles To Five Year Low

While the overall economy appears to be humming along, at least according to the Fed which on Wednesday is expected (with 100% certainty according to the market) to hike rates by 25bps for the second time in three months on concerns it has fallen behind the inflationary curve, with last week’s payrolls report providing some […]
Forex Ranking, Rating And Score For Week 11 / 2017

Forex Ranking, Rating And Score For Week 11 / 2017

The Top 10 of the Ranking and Rating list for the coming week shows the following stronger currencies being well represented for going long: USD(4X) followed by the AUD(2X) and the EUR(2X). The weaker currencies are the GBP(5X) followed by the NZD(3X) and the JPY(2X). A nice combination for coming week may be e.g: GBP/USD with the AUD/NZD GBP/AUD with the […]