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EUR/USD Suffers From Taper Talk, USD Recovery – It May Be Temporary

EUR/USD Suffers From Taper Talk, USD Recovery – It May Be Temporary

Last week was all about US dollar weakness and a not-so-serious jawboning from the ECB. EUR/USD took advantage of the US dollar weakness. It then extended its gains as Draghi’s words about the exchange rate weren’t strong. In addition, he offered absolutely no news about the next steps of the ECB beyond the current QE program that lasts […]
Hussman: “I Expect The S&P 500 To Lose 2/3 Of Its Value”

Hussman: “I Expect The S&P 500 To Lose 2/3 Of Its Value”

There are bears and then there are bears. Hussman claims he is not a PermaBear, no matter how he sounds. John Hussman’s latest weekly article is called “Measuring the Bubble”. The following snip is lengthy, but not in comparison to Hussman’s original text which I encourage everyone to read in full. Hussman displayed 9 charts […]
Mallinckrodt: Is The Generics Sale In Trouble?

Mallinckrodt: Is The Generics Sale In Trouble?

In March 2017 Mallinckrodt (MNK) announced it was exploring the sale of its generics business in a deal that could have fetched values as high as $2 billion: Mallinckrodt Plc (MNK.N) is exploring a sale of its generic drug unit, in a deal that could fetch as much as $2 billion and help pivot the […]
Bi-Weekly Economic Review: Markets At Extremes

Bi-Weekly Economic Review: Markets At Extremes

Economic Reports Production Production ended the year on a strong note but early readings from January are not as positive. The December industrial production report headline was strong at a 0.9% gain but a lot of that strength was in the mining (oil drilling) and utility sectors. Mining has actually led the way the last […]
What Do Quincy Jones, Serena Williams And Blockchain Have In Common?

What Do Quincy Jones, Serena Williams And Blockchain Have In Common?

Two big themes last week at Inside ETFs, the Comic-Con of exchange-traded funds attended by more than 2,300 advisors and investors, were innovation and disruption. Like all other industries, the investing world has seen its fair share of disruption in the past quarter-century—think indexing, passive investing, the rise of robo-allocation and now blockchain and cryptocurrencies. […]
Earnings Deluge

Earnings Deluge

We’re already a couple of weeks into earnings season, but if you think it’s been busy so far, you haven’t seen anything yet. Using our Earnings Report Calendar, we screened the S&P 500 for companies scheduled to report earnings by date. With just over 1% of companies in the S&P 500 scheduled to report earnings today, […]
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                        Moving Averages In Extended Market Climates – Part Three

E Moving Averages In Extended Market Climates – Part Three

<< Read More Moving Averages In Extended Market Climates Part Two – The Countdown Clock << Read More: Moving Averages In Extended Market Climates  For starters lets pick up with the chart we left off with the other day.  In the chart above we walked thru what I call the countdown clock when it came to moving averages […]
Upbeat 4Q Euro-Zone GDP Report To Curb EUR/USD Weakness

Upbeat 4Q Euro-Zone GDP Report To Curb EUR/USD Weakness

  USD/CAD may face range-bound conditions going into the end of the month as market attention turns to the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) interest rate decision on January 31. The fresh remarks from FOMC may sway the near-term outlook for USD/CAD as the committee appears to be on track to further normalize monetary policy over the […]
Metals Brief 2018 – Monday, Jan. 29

Metals Brief 2018 – Monday, Jan. 29

Predicting the likely path of the prices of the metals in the near term is easy. Just look at the fundamentals. We have invested many man-years in developing the theory, model, and software to calculate it. Every week we publish charts and our calculated fundamental prices. However, predicting the outlook for a longer period of […]
The Most Active Equity Options And Strikes For Midday – Monday, January 29

The Most Active Equity Options And Strikes For Midday – Monday, January 29