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Loonie Tumbles After Canadian Retail Sales Suffer Biggest August Slump Ever

Loonie Tumbles After Canadian Retail Sales Suffer Biggest August Slump Ever

Blame the storms… oh wait! Despite rate hikes, exuberant discussions from BoC speakers about the economy, and ‘hope’ – a lot of ‘hope’, Canadian retail sales plunged in August.     This is the biggest drop in retail sales since Dec 2015 and is the biggest August drop on record. And the reaction in the Loonie is […]
Markets…We Got Trouble: Debt & Retail Investors Prop Up Stocks

Markets…We Got Trouble: Debt & Retail Investors Prop Up Stocks

As the Dow Jones Index hits another all-time high today, smart money is rushing to the exits. You see, smart money knows when something is too good to be true. Unfortunately for the retail investor, they are doing quite the opposite. As institutions sell out on each new market price rise, retail investors are happily […]
Healthcare ETF (VHT) Hits New 52-Week High

Healthcare ETF (VHT) Hits New 52-Week High

Investors seeking momentum may have Vanguard Healthcare ETF (VHT – Free Report) on their radar now. The fund recently hit a new 52-week high. Shares of VHT are up approximately 29.2% from the 52-week low of $120.38/share. But could there be more gains ahead for this ETF? Let’s take a look at the fund and the near-term […]
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                        Three Takeaways From The Q3 Earnings Season

EC Three Takeaways From The Q3 Earnings Season

We are in the thick of the Q3 earnings season now, with more than 700 companies on deck to release results this week, including 180 S&P 500 members. With results from 87 S&P 500 members already out, as of Friday, October 20th, we will have crossed the halfway mark by the end of this week. […]
The World’s Largest ICO Is Imploding After Just 3 Months

The World’s Largest ICO Is Imploding After Just 3 Months

Earlier this summer, Tezos smashed existing sales records in the white-hot IPO market after the company’s pitch to build a better blockchain for cryptocurrencies made it one of the buzziest ICOs in the world. As we noted at the time, the company capitalized on that buzz by courting VC firms and other institutional investors with […]
Weekly Wrap: Investors Will Have To Pay The Piper

Weekly Wrap: Investors Will Have To Pay The Piper

The markets continued their record-setting trends of new highs and record low volatility this week. This comes despite continued signs that the economy has passed its peak for this cycle, even at a time when the geopolitical arena is anything but peaceful. On Wednesday the Dow closed above 23,000 for the first time ever and […]
Goldman’s Clients Just Want To Know One Thing: ‘When Will The Rally End?’

Goldman’s Clients Just Want To Know One Thing: ‘When Will The Rally End?’

Here we are, another week gone by without a hint of fear or trepidation from a market that is Teflon. Actually that’s not entirely true. There was a short-lived hiccup as Asia passed the baton to Europe on Thursday. The Hang Seng tumbled out the blue and the tension between Madrid and Catalonia came to […]
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                        Gold Under $1000 Is A Very Real Possibility

E Gold Under $1000 Is A Very Real Possibility

‎After gold peaked in January 1980 at $850.00 per ounce, it dropped in price by two-thirds (66%) over the next five years. The low in February 1985 was $284.00 per ounce. At that point it began a strong move upwards over a three-year span peaking at just under $500.00 ($499.75) per ounce in December 1987. […]
Guggenheim Launches Junk Bond ETF

Guggenheim Launches Junk Bond ETF

Guggenheim launched a new fixed income fund focused on providing exposure to the high-yield space.  Guggenheim BulletShares 2025 High Yield Corporate Bond ETF (BSJP) tracks the NASDAQ BulletShares USD High Yield Corporate Bond 2025 Index and holds a portfolio of bonds that have an effective maturity in 2025. Fund Characteristics The fund’s index seeks to […]