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More End Of March Cold?

More End Of March Cold?

It was another snooze-fest in the natural gas market today, with prices ticking weakly higher within a very narrow trading range.  Prices ticked a bit higher after the settle too, expanding the daily range, but it still sits as the smallest of the year at just 3.4 cents.  This was not a surprise to subscribers, […]
RecessionAlert Weekly Leading Index Update – Friday, March 16

RecessionAlert Weekly Leading Index Update – Friday, March 16

The latest index reading came in at 20.6, down from 21.0 the previous week. RecessionAlert launched an alternative to ECRI’s Weekly Leading Index Growth indicator (WLIg). The Weekly Leading Economic Index (WLEI) uses fifty different time series from these categories: Corporate Bond Composite, Treasury Bond Composite, Stock Market Composite, Labor Market Composite, Credit Market Composite. RecessionAlert emphasizes that […]
Australian Dollar Pressured, Fed Hawkishness Will Be Decisive

Australian Dollar Pressured, Fed Hawkishness Will Be Decisive

Australian Dollar Fundamental Forecast: Neutral The US Federal Reserve’s monetary policy decision will be central for the Australian Dollar this week, of course Even if US rates rise the US Dollar could wilt if accompanying comment is not more hawkish The Aussie appears to be starting the week under a bit of pressure The Australian Dollar is facing Big […]
Fed’s Interest Rate Outlook, For Wednesday And Beyond

Fed’s Interest Rate Outlook, For Wednesday And Beyond

  This coming week, the Federal Reserve’s Open Market (Operations) Committee will decide whether or not to impose another interest rate increase. The FOMC has already put four quarter-point hikes in place since late 2015, largely to preemptively keep inflation tame… though it’s not clear they were absolutely necessary (although they didn’t hurt matters either). […]
Peter Navarro’s Trade Math Says The US Lost 55 Million Jobs

Peter Navarro’s Trade Math Says The US Lost 55 Million Jobs

Donald Boudreaux, Professor of Economics at George Mason U, calls out Peter Navarro for his impossible trade math. I recently started following Donald Boudreaux at Cafe Hayek and he has been writing some incredible stuff. Here is a letter Boudreaux sent to Peter Navarro, president Trump’s alleged “trade guru”. 15 March 2018 Dr. Peter Navarro White House […]
Canada Energy ETF (ENY) Slips To A New 52-Week Low

Canada Energy ETF (ENY) Slips To A New 52-Week Low

Investors should steer clear of Guggenheim Canadian Energy Income ETF (ENY –Free Report) for now. The fund recently hit a new 52-week low. Shares of ENY are down roughly 18.5% from its 52-week high of $8.98/share. But is more pain in store for this ETF? Let’s take a quick look at the fund and the near-term […]
Dow Dumps Into Red For March As Yield Curve Crashes To 11-Year Lows

Dow Dumps Into Red For March As Yield Curve Crashes To 11-Year Lows

Stocks went into reverse this week. All major US equity indices were lower this week (despite a late-day, OPEX-week, panic bid ramp). Chinese stocks were also broadly lower on the week. Most of the European majors were higher on the week, except UK’s FTSE. Nasdaq underperformed notably on the day. Futures show the overnight dip when […]
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                        Q1 Earnings Season To Show Growth Acceleration

EC Q1 Earnings Season To Show Growth Acceleration

It is too early to start talking about the 2018 Q1 earnings season, as we are almost a month away from the big banks kicking off the latest reporting cycle. That’s when everyone in the market will start paying attention to the Q1 earnings season. Unfortunately for us, we don’t have the luxury to wait […]
Week In Review: Stocks Pull Back On Political Headlines

Week In Review: Stocks Pull Back On Political Headlines

It has been a very busy time in D.C. In the last few weeks, Trump placed tariffs on steel and aluminium, said he may hit China with tariffs, then replaced his: Chief Economic Advisor, The Secretary Of State, The Head of the CIA, and his National Security Advisor might be next.  If that wasn’t enough, the […]