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It’s A Tough Life For OPEC!

It’s A Tough Life For OPEC!

The recent rally for crude oil, came to a shuddering halt this week with Wednesday’s wide spread down candle driving oil prices firmly back towards the $50 per barrel region, and wiping out much of the gains of the last few weeks. This was against the backdrop of the weekly oil inventories, and despite recording […]
EUR/USD, GBP/USD And EUR/CAD TA – April 21

EUR/USD, GBP/USD And EUR/CAD TA – April 21

EUR/USD intra-day analysis   EUR/USD (1.0716): EUR/USD rallied to a fresh three week high yesterday at 1.0777 before giving up the gains towards the close. The single currency fell closer to the evening after news outlets reported a terrorist attack in France, just ahead of Sunday’s French elections. From a technical stand point, the failure to […]
Preqin: Another Net Outflow Year Underway For Hedge Fund Industry

Preqin: Another Net Outflow Year Underway For Hedge Fund Industry

In the February issue of its Hedge Fund Spotlight, Preqin looks into its crystal ball and tells us of its near term (2017) predictions for the hedge fund industry. The article begins with a simple observation: hedge funds saw net outflows of assets under management (AUM) in 2016. Likewise, 54% of all funds considered individually recorded net […]
EUR/USD And GBP/USD Forecast – Friday, April 21

EUR/USD And GBP/USD Forecast – Friday, April 21

Video length: 00:01:17 EUR/USD The EUR/USD pair rallied during the day on Thursday, breaking above the 1.0750 level. If we can break above the top of the candle for the session, I think that is a very bullish sign and should send this market to the upside, perhaps reaching towards the 1.08 level, and then […]
When The Wheels Stop Rolling

When The Wheels Stop Rolling

When it comes to new car sales, most Americans are payment buyers. We want a good deal, for sure, but we really need a car payment that fits our monthly budgets. That’s a problem, given that we also want premium brands, snazzy features, and, for many of us, hulking big machines that look like they’d […]
Friday Charts: Your Post-Tax Day Gift — And The Ugliest Earnings Streak In Tech

Friday Charts: Your Post-Tax Day Gift — And The Ugliest Earnings Streak In Tech

It’s Friday in the Wall Street Daily Nation. If you’re a newbie, that means I’m skipping the long-winded analysis. Instead, I’ll let some carefully selected graphics speak for me. We’re on the cusp of an earnings onslaught. Peak reporting season hits on April 27, when 72 S&P 500 companies report results. So I figured there’s no better […]
Stock Exchange: Long-term (Energy) And Short-term (Finance And Software)

Stock Exchange: Long-term (Energy) And Short-term (Finance And Software)

Every trader has a method linked to a time frame. Our group has some new ideas, but the members are sticking to their guns on some positions. Long-term viewpoints emphasize an economic rebound, with materials and energy stocks leading. Short-term methods show opportunities in financial stocks and software. Review Our last Stock Exchange discussed contrarian trading – […]
UK Retail Sales Badly Disappoint With -1.8% – GBP Falls

UK Retail Sales Badly Disappoint With -1.8% – GBP Falls

Brexit is taking its toll. The weak pound results in higher inflation and Brits are buying less. Retail sales drop by no less than 1.8%, much worse than 0.2% expected. A small upwards revision for February is worth only 0.3%. Year over year, sales are up 1.7%  half the 3.4% rise expected. Excluding fuel, sales are […]
What Do Banking Earnings Tell About These Financial ETFs?

What Do Banking Earnings Tell About These Financial ETFs?

The financial sector, which accounts for around one-fifth of the S&P 500 index, is now busy with Q1 earnings releases. The going is good so far, with four big banks crushing estimates on both lines, one reporting mixed results and Goldman falling shy of both counts. The Zacks Sector Rank for banks is in the […]
What’s Left If There Is No Money Or Policy In Monetary Policy? Reality

What’s Left If There Is No Money Or Policy In Monetary Policy? Reality

It’s such an obvious thing, so maybe that is why no one mentions it. I doubt that is the reason, however, because doing so isn’t a mystery so much as narrowing down suspects. That is why when talking about the so-called natural rate of interest, or R* (r-star), the issue is (intentionally) cloaked in the […]