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                        German DAX And EUR/GBP US Update

E German DAX And EUR/GBP US Update

Hello traders! And welcome to the US sessions, where we will be looking at German DAX and EUR/GBP. Let’s dig in. German DAX made a new spike higher, away from the 12900 region, where wave 4) triangle looks to have ended. If so, the current recovery can be the start of a new five-wave impulse […]
Nike Debate No Longer ‘If,’ But ‘When’ It Can Recover, Says Morgan Stanley

Nike Debate No Longer ‘If,’ But ‘When’ It Can Recover, Says Morgan Stanley

  Morgan Stanley analyst Jay Sole said that Nike addressed almost all of the key questions the market had going in to its analyst day and “impressively demonstrated” it has the products, supply chain innovation, distribution strategy, marketing and brand strength needed to win. While he contends the key debate is no longer “if” Nike […]
October 21, 2017 Initial Unemployment Claims Rolling Average Improvement Continues

October 21, 2017 Initial Unemployment Claims Rolling Average Improvement Continues

Hurricanes Irma and Maria impacted this week’s claims taking procedures in the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico. The market expectations for weekly initial unemployment claims (from Bloomberg/Econoday) were 230 K to 240 K (consensus 235,000), and the Department of Labor reported 233,000 new claims. The more important (because of the volatility in the weekly reported claims […]
More Volatility As Stocks Retrace Some Of Their Recent Rally

More Volatility As Stocks Retrace Some Of Their Recent Rally

Briefly: Intraday trade: Our Wednesday’s intraday trading outlook was bearish. It proved accurate because the S&P 500 index lost 0.5%, following neutral opening of the trading session. However, the market didn’t reach our intraday profit target level of 2,535 (daily low at 2,544.00). The S&P 500 index may retrace more of its October rally. Therefore, […]
Euro Drops Against The Dollar Following ECB Meeting

Euro Drops Against The Dollar Following ECB Meeting

  Today, Thursday October 26, the US dollar showed some mixed dynamics during the European session leading up to the ECB meeting. It rose against the Kiwi dollar, pound, franc, and euro, while losing ground against the loonie, yen, and Aussie dollar. The euro rate corrected from the Asian high of 1.1837 to 1.1802 (-35) […]
Bullish Sentiment Approaches 40%

Bullish Sentiment Approaches 40%

In normal times a bullish sentiment reading of 40% wouldn’t be much of a big deal, but given the state of sentiment over the last several years, 40% is now considered an accomplishment. In this week’s sentiment survey from AAII, bullish sentiment increased 1.7 percentage points up to 39.6%.  That represents a five-week high, but also a […]
Biotech Battered To 2-Month Lows As Celgene Crashes

Biotech Battered To 2-Month Lows As Celgene Crashes

The S&P Biotech Index is now down 9% from its early October highs, extending losses today thanks to the collapse in Celgene’s share price after it lowered its outlook. As Bloomberg reports, Celgene Corp. dropped 18 percent in early U.S. trading after lowering its long-term profit target. The drugmaker, known for its hematology and oncology treatments, […]
Mysteries Of Modern Inflation

Mysteries Of Modern Inflation

Mysteries of Modern Inflation The theory of inflation that I learned long ago suggested that inflation should creep up when an economy is running near full employment, but will come back down during a recession. However, for almost two decades now, the rate of core inflation (that is, inflation not counting the volatile movements in […]
Thrilling Thursday – Will Big Tech Justify Nasdaq 6,666?

Thrilling Thursday – Will Big Tech Justify Nasdaq 6,666?

Amazon (AMZN), Alphabet (GOOGL), Microsoft (MSFT) and Intel (INTC). All four will report tonight and they make up 20% of the Nasdaq by weight (and AAPL, who are the rest of the Nasdaq that counts, reports on 11/2) so it’s do or die for the index that’s up 25% since the election but that’s still only HALF of the move the FAANG […]
Hershey Announces $100 Million Share Repurchase Authorization

Hershey Announces $100 Million Share Repurchase Authorization

HERSHEY, Pa., Oct. 26, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The Hershey Company (NYSE:HSY) announced today that its Board of Directors has approved an additional $100 million stock repurchase authorization to repurchase shares of its Common Stock. Purchases under the new authorization will commence after the current program is completed. Hershey is authorized to purchase its outstanding […]