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Here’s Another Trade Idea For The Coming Retail Apocalypse

Here’s Another Trade Idea For The Coming Retail Apocalypse

You might not realize it, but there’s a kind of ongoing debate about the best way to play the brick and mortar retail apocalypse. This is one of those running narratives that you should be aware of and stay up on irrespective of whether you plan to trade it. In that regard, it’s kind of […]
ETFs For A Green Portfolio On Earth Day

ETFs For A Green Portfolio On Earth Day

Tomorrow will mark the 47th year of Earth Day observations. The day honors the importance of conservation initiatives to protect the environment. Global warming has now become a burning issue, raising awareness among mankind.  March smashed the new global warming record despite no presence of the El Nino effect, as per an article published on Independent. So long […]
IBM: Warren Buffett Is Holding On Despite The 5% Decline (And You Should Too)

IBM: Warren Buffett Is Holding On Despite The 5% Decline (And You Should Too)

Shares of International Business Machines (IBM) fell 5% on Wednesday, April 19, after the company posted a disappointing first-quarter earnings report. Legendary investor Warren Buffett took a big hit from IBM’s decline. His investment conglomerate Berkshire Hathaway (BRK-B) is IBM’s largest shareholder. At the end of 2016, Berkshire held 81.2 million shares of IBM, good for 8.5% […]
Market Recap – Bonds & Rising Interest Rates

Market Recap – Bonds & Rising Interest Rates

Market Digest – Week Ending 4/21/2017 Stocks rose in a slow news week. Several big financial institutions reported earnings, with mixed results. Many are focused on the French presidential election, which has its first round Sunday. Marine Le Pen, who has called for France’s exit from the Euro, is expected to advance to the second […]
Are Early Elections Really A ’Game-Changer’ For The British Pound?

Are Early Elections Really A ’Game-Changer’ For The British Pound?

Fundamental Forecast for GBP: Neutral British Pound Soars As Theresa May Announces Early Elections. GBP/USD Technical Analysis: Breakout or Fake-out?. The big news out of the U.K. this week came on Tuesday morning from Prime Minister Theresa May, in which she surprised the world by announcing that general elections will be held early, on June the […]
Significant Risk Prevalent For The Week Ahead

Significant Risk Prevalent For The Week Ahead

The major stock indices once again ended a week within the expected move and that is why we have been talking about this in every weekend update for months. Going into next week implied volatility has risen across the board signaling major risk in the market. The expected move in the S&P has not been […]
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                        Conatus Pharmaceuticals Announces Two Poster Presentations At EASL Conference

E Conatus Pharmaceuticals Announces Two Poster Presentations At EASL Conference

On Friday, Conatus Pharmaceuticals (CNAT) presented two posters at the European Association for the Study of the Liver — EASL — conference. This conference took place at Amsterdam, and it is where all biotech companies developing drugs for liver disease go to present. The two posters presented came from a data analysis done by W. […]
Speculators Take Big Positions, Including Shifting To Net Long Mexican Pesos

Speculators Take Big Positions, Including Shifting To Net Long Mexican Pesos

In the CFTC reporting period ending April 21, speculators added to significant positions in the euro, sterling and the Mexican peso. Bulls and bears took more exposure in the euro and sterling, while in the peso net longs dominated.   The gross longs rose 12.2k contracts in the euro to stand at 185.8k contracts.It is the […]
AUD/USD Forecast April 24 – 28

AUD/USD Forecast April 24 – 28

AUD/USD reversed directions last week and posted modest losses. The pair closed the week at 0.7528. This week’s key event is CPI. Here is an outlook on the major market-movers and an updated technical analysis for AUD/USD. In the US, construction figures were mixed and manufacturing and employment numbers missed their estimates. The Aussie softened after the RBA minutes […]
Crude Oil Forecast For May 2017

Crude Oil Forecast For May 2017

The price of crude oil was weak last week. Crude oil dropped from $53.20 early this week to $49.62 on Friday. That is a 6.7 percent drop in a week, which is rather significant even for a volatile asset like crude oil. What is InvestingHaven’s crude oil forecast for May 2017? Examining that question is […]