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Try Luck O’ The Irish With These Stocks For St. Patrick’s Day

Try Luck O’ The Irish With These Stocks For St. Patrick’s Day

A large number of Americans plan to celebrate the Irish festival of St. Patrick’s Day on Mar 17 this year and spend as much as $5.9 billion, per National Retail Federation. This is the highest level in its 14-year survey history and up from last year’s record of $5.3 billion. Average spending per person is also […]
Forecasting With Other Factors In The Gold Market

Forecasting With Other Factors In The Gold Market

Founder of VanAurum Kevin Vecmanis joins me today to share the trend forecasts his AI system is projecting for gold, silver and GDX. Since Kevin’s system is designed to project prices 21 trading days out we discuss the possibility of short-term counter moves and why it is important to look at the big picture as […]
The Pros And Cons Of Bucket Strategies

The Pros And Cons Of Bucket Strategies

Continuing recent posts updating my past descriptions of retirement strategies, let’s look again at time-segmentation (TS) or “bucket” strategies. The basic implementation of time segmentation strategies sets aside enough cash and short-term bonds to cover the next few years of retirement expenses, let’s say five, then covers the following few (let’s say years six through […]
Visualizing China’s Most Ambitious Megaproject

Visualizing China’s Most Ambitious Megaproject

Costing between $4-8 trillion and affecting 65 countries, China’s ambitious One Belt, One Road (OBOR) initiative is the granddaddy of all megaprojects. By the time of its estimated completion in 2049, OBOR will stretch from the edge of East Asia all the way to East Africa and Central Europe, and it will impact a lengthy […]
With Volume Declining Are We Heading Into A Bear Market Ahead Of Legalization?

With Volume Declining Are We Heading Into A Bear Market Ahead Of Legalization?

TM editors’ note: This article discusses a penny stock and/or microcap. Such stocks are easily manipulated; do your own careful due diligence. The cannabis sector got off to a hot start this year as many investors look to capitalize on the burgeoning Canadian cannabis industry prior to the legalization of recreational marijuana, which is expected […]
Goldilocks, R. I. P. (Part 2)

Goldilocks, R. I. P. (Part 2)

Crypto Technical Outlook: Bitcoin, Ether, Ripple At Critical Levels

Crypto Technical Outlook: Bitcoin, Ether, Ripple At Critical Levels

Cryptocurrencies have been in free fall for the past few days with the recent sell-off in prices taking the crypto-bloc towards the yearly lows. Here are the levels to know in Bitcoin, Ethereum and Ripple as prices approach critical make-or-break support thresholds. BITCOIN DAILY PRICE CHART (LOG) Notes: Earlier this month we noted that, “The risk remains […]
The Fed’s Financial Accounts: What’s Uncle Sam’s Largest Asset?

The Fed’s Financial Accounts: What’s Uncle Sam’s Largest Asset?

Note: We’ve updated the quiz based on yesterday’s release of Q4 2017 Financial Accounts of the United States (previously referred to as the Flow of Funds Accounts). Hint: The correct answer is the same as it was for the last quiz. Pop Quiz! Without recourse to your text, your notes or a Google search, what line […]
Adobe Posts Earnings Beat, Revenue Surges 24%

Adobe Posts Earnings Beat, Revenue Surges 24%

Adobe Systems, Inc. (ADBE – Free Report) just released its latest quarterly financial results, posting adjusted earnings of $1.55 per share and revenues of $2.08 billion. Currently, ADBE is a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy), but that could change based on today’s results. The stock is currently up 3.3% to $226.11 per share in after-hours trading shortly after its […]
EIA Data Disappoints Natural Gas

EIA Data Disappoints Natural Gas

It was another EIA Thursday today, and unlike last week the print this week was at least able to spark some volatility, with prices settling down 1.8% on the day.  The EIA announced that 93 bcf of gas had been pulled from storage last week versus our estimate of 98 bcf, disappointing a market that […]