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ExxonMobil Earnings Rise 50 Percent To $4 Billion On Solid Business Performance

ExxonMobil Earnings Rise 50 Percent To $4 Billion On Solid Business Performance

IRVING, Texas–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE: XOM): Cash flow from operations and asset sales exceeds dividends and net investments1 for the fourth-consecutive quarter Company makes fifth Guyana discovery; captures 12 high-potential blocks offshore Brazil Hurricane Harvey reduces earnings by an estimated $160 million, or 4 cents per share Exxon Mobil Corporation announced estimated third quarter 2017 earnings […]
Bullish Opportunity In Crude – Watch Out!

Bullish Opportunity In Crude – Watch Out!

U.S CRUDE OIL 30 min 4 Hours Daily My Bias: topping in a large correction wave [4].Wave Structure: Double combination higher in wave [4] red.Long-term wave count: wave [4] target $70 After a week of indecisive action in crude, the time has come to change tack and sail with the wind again! Although the wave count in crude […]
Air Products Stock Popped But Is It A Long Term Play?

Air Products Stock Popped But Is It A Long Term Play?

Yesterday Air Products (NYSE: APD) released earnings that beat estimates on all fronts. As a result, the stock price jumped more than 4%. But is this stock a buy for the long term investor? The answer isn’t so cut and dry as Air Products has faced a lot of headwinds over the past few years and […]
Revisiting The Only Thing That Matters In A Taper: Stock Vs. Flow Effects

Revisiting The Only Thing That Matters In A Taper: Stock Vs. Flow Effects

With the ECB decision in the books, it’s worth briefly revisiting the QE “stock” versus “flow” debate. Although you can add specificity and fancy language if you like, it boils down to a very simple question: is it the cumulative size of central bank balance sheets that matters (the stock effect) or is it the […]
GBP/USD: Vulnerable, Sees Price Extension

GBP/USD: Vulnerable, Sees Price Extension

GBP/USD: The pair weakened further during Friday trading session opening the door additional weakness. Support lies at the 1.3050 level where a break will turn attention to the 1.3000 level. Further down, support lies at the 1.2950 level. Below here will set the stage for more weakness towards the 1.2900 level. Conversely, resistance stands at […]
Morning Call For Friday, October 27

Morning Call For Friday, October 27

OVERNIGHT MARKETS AND NEWS Dec E-mini S&Ps (ESZ17 +0.21%) this morning are up +0.25% and European stocks are up +0.63% at a 2-year high. U.S. stock index futures rose after the U.S. House passed a resolution that brings tax cuts a step closer. Also, technology stocks gained with Alphabet up 3% in pre-market trading and Amazon.com […]
Tesla Downgraded To In Line On Model 3 Caution At Evercore ISI

Tesla Downgraded To In Line On Model 3 Caution At Evercore ISI

  As previously reported, Evercore ISI analyst George Galliers downgraded Tesla to In Line from Outperform citing a more cautious view on Model 3 production. While he said he remains positive on Tesla as a company, Galliers added that “clearly” Q3 production was weaker than Tesla expected and at this point, he has little insight […]
The ECB: Moving The Goalposts Or Real Tapering?

The ECB: Moving The Goalposts Or Real Tapering?

Is the “normalizing monetary policy musical chairs” trend now moving in the European Central Bank’s (ECB) direction? The Federal Reserve (Fed) started the process in December 2015 by beginning to remove its zero interest rate policy and followed the process to its next step, paring down its balance sheet starting in October. The Bank of Canada joined the rate-hike party in July, while […]
Weekend Reading: Markets Love Central Banks – No Matter What They Do

Weekend Reading: Markets Love Central Banks – No Matter What They Do

I discussed yesterday, the apparent “myth” of the Fed’s proposed “balance sheet reduction” program as the most recent analysis shows a $13.5 billion “reinvestment” into their balance sheet which has helped fuel the recent market advance. But therein lies the potential “fatal flaw” of the “bullish logic.”  At the September FOMC meeting, the Federal Reserve announced their latest decision which contained two primary components: No […]
Why For Euro Bulls The Pain Is Only Just Starting

Why For Euro Bulls The Pain Is Only Just Starting

Judging by the 200 pip tumble since the ECB’s meeting on Thursday, the EUR/USD was at 1.1614 moments ago, the unexpectedly dovish taper clearly surprised many, and attention has fallen on the open-ended nature of the operation as the focus of that surprise. And speaking of said “open-ended” taper, overnight Boersen-Zeitung reported that Bundesbank President Jens […]