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American Airlines Group (AAL) Beats On Q3 Earnings

American Airlines Group (AAL) Beats On Q3 Earnings

American Airlines Group (AAL – Free Report) came into existence following the Dec 2013 merger of AMR (American Airlines’ parent group) and US Airways. This Fort Worth, Texas based company serves customers with more than 6,700 daily flights in more than 50 nations across the globe. American Airlines Group has a healthy track record with respect to earnings. […]
5 Incredible ETFs & Stocks To Buy On The Dips

5 Incredible ETFs & Stocks To Buy On The Dips

Wall Street has been on the second-longest bull run in U.S. history with the major bourses hitting new milestones. Notably, the Dow Jones industrial Average hit another landmark 23,000 last week. Resumption of Trump trade, upbeat economic data, and deluge of solid earnings reports are instilling optimism in the world’s largest economy. Manufacturing activity, as […]
Puigdemont Does Not Call Elections – Crisis Worsens – EUR Pressured

Puigdemont Does Not Call Elections – Crisis Worsens – EUR Pressured

The president of Catalonia says he tried to find a way for a dialog and thought that elections would guarantee that the Spanish government would not suspend the autonomy. He said that he did not receive such a guarantee, thus he does not call elections. EUR/USD remains under pressure and slips to a new low […]
Kansas City Fed Survey: Activity Jumps In October

Kansas City Fed Survey: Activity Jumps In October

The Kansas City Fed Manufacturing Survey business conditions indicator measures activity in the following states: Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Wyoming, western Missouri, and northern New Mexico. Quarterly data for this indicator dates back to 1995, but monthly data is only available from 2001. New seasonal adjustment factors were introduced in January 2017 and slight revisions […]
Low Volatility Points To Dow 57,000 In 4 Years

Low Volatility Points To Dow 57,000 In 4 Years

You’re probably tired of reading about low volatility. The CBOE Volatility Index, or VIX, has been near record lows for months. VIX is also known as the Fear Index. It rises when prices fall. Low VIX readings mean there’s a low level of fear. In other words, analysts are afraid there’s not enough fear. Fear is […]
Swing Trading Strategy Report – Thursday, Oct. 26

Swing Trading Strategy Report – Thursday, Oct. 26

My Swing Trading Approach If today’s bounce holds, I will look to add 2-3 new positions to the portfolio.  Indicators VIX – Only higher by 0.6%. Nasty intraday sell-off that went from over 13, back down to 11.23.  T2108 (% of stocks trading below their 40-day moving average): Dropped 9% to 57% – this is a big […]
NOT The Only Thing To Fear

NOT The Only Thing To Fear

In the darkest days of the Great Depression, Franklin Roosevelt’s first inaugural address exhorted the country to look unflinchingly toward recovery by saying “the only thing we have to fear is fear itself.” We’re now in a very different place than 1933. Our stock market is exuberant. Fear, as measured by the well-known CBOE Volatility […]
ConocoPhillips (COP) Beats On Q3 Earnings & Revenues

ConocoPhillips (COP) Beats On Q3 Earnings & Revenues

Houston, TX-based ConocoPhillips (COP – Free Report) is one of the largest exploration and production players in the world, based on proved reserves and production. Currently, ConocoPhillips has a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy) but that could change following its third-quarter 2017 report which has just released. We have highlighted some of the key details from the just-released quarterly announcement […]
Q3 GDP In Question As Inventories Stumble In September

Q3 GDP In Question As Inventories Stumble In September

While excuses will fly- “it was the storms” – which apparently did not interfere with massive beats in housing data, the wholesale and retail inventory data stumbled hard in September. The prints were considerably worse than expected and throw more shade on Q3 GDP growth expectations. Retail Inventories tumbled 1% MoM in September – the biggest drop […]
ECB To Cut Its Asset Purchasing In Half In 2018

ECB To Cut Its Asset Purchasing In Half In 2018

ECB decided to act by cutting QE to 30 billion per month from 60 billion per month from January 2018. Though this action should be considered a bullish move, the ECB also announced that they will be extending it till at least September 2018 with room to extend it further has woken up the bears. […]