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Stocks, S&P Futures Plunge After Trump-Kuroda Double Whammy

Stocks, S&P Futures Plunge After Trump-Kuroda Double Whammy

As if markets did not have enough to worry about with this weekend’s Italian election and SPD “grand coalition” referendum, overnight stocks were slammed by growing worries of global trade war as well as a warning from BOJ governor Kuroda that Japan’s QE may be coming to an end. As noted earlier, Kuroda hint that the […]
USD/JPY Downtrend Continues After Breaking Support And Completing Wave-4

USD/JPY Downtrend Continues After Breaking Support And Completing Wave-4

USD/JPY 4 hour The USD/JPY completed a wave 4 (blue) and is confirming a wave 5 (blue) pattern with its bearish break below the support trend lines (dotted blue). A bearish continuation towards the 105 round level now seems likely. 1 hour  The USD/JPY could be building bearish wave 3 (green) pattern.  EUR/USD 4 hour […]
Global Payments Upgraded To Overweight From Neutral At Piper Jaffray

Global Payments Upgraded To Overweight From Neutral At Piper Jaffray

Piper Jaffray analyst Jason Deleeuw upgraded Global Payments to Overweight and raised his price target for the shares to $131 from $121. The stock closed yesterday down $1.95 to $111.45. The integrated payments channel in the merchant processing space is undergoing a “profound shift” with software solutions gaining power as omnichannel payments and business solutions […]
Foolishness Of Trump’s Steel Tariffs In One Image

Foolishness Of Trump’s Steel Tariffs In One Image

Trump hopes tariffs will bring back steel manufacturing jobs. It won’t happen. Trump wants to save steel-related jobs. Our Steel and Aluminum industries (and many others) have been decimated by decades of unfair trade and bad policy with countries from around the world. We must not let our country, companies and workers be taken advantage […]
Oil Market Fears: War, Default And Nuclear Weapons

Oil Market Fears: War, Default And Nuclear Weapons

The U.S. is one of the few areas of the world in which there is an energy investment boom underway, a development that could smooth out the uncertainties of geopolitical events around the world. At the same time, outside of the U.S., there is a deterioration of stability in many oil-producing regions, aggravating risks for […]
Socialism – A Guaranteed Route To Hyperinflation

Socialism – A Guaranteed Route To Hyperinflation

Gold is hated by governments around the world because it reveals their deceitful actions in totally destroying the economy. It is not an accident that gold is the only money which has survived for 6,000 years. Gold is the only money that tells the truth. And gold is nature’s money which means it cannot be destroyed […]
WTI Crude Oil And Natural Gas Forecast – Friday, March 2

WTI Crude Oil And Natural Gas Forecast – Friday, March 2

WTI Crude Oil The WTI Crude Oil market has gone back and forth during the session on Thursday, but most importantly, we have seen support just above the $60 level. The resulting candle is a bit of a hammer, and if we can break above the top of this hammer, the market could go to […]
Gold – Friday, March 2

Gold – Friday, March 2

The bear trap has delivered a short-term bullish signal with a close stop-loss. Source: INVESTING.com
Broken Promises

Broken Promises

Consumer debt, corporate debt, and government debt are all going up. But that’s not all. Margin debt – debt that investors borrow against their portfolio to buy more stocks – has hit a record of $642.8 billion. What in the world are people thinking? Clearly, they’re not thinking. Because thinking takes work. Most people don’t like […]
Here’s Why You Should Buy Dividend Growth ETFs Now

Here’s Why You Should Buy Dividend Growth ETFs Now

Interest rates and volatility are both rising this year. And investors need to adjust their portfolios to these changing trends. Investing in dividend growth ETFs makes a lot of sense in the current environment.  These ETFs hold high-quality companies that usually have solid balance sheets and strong cash flows. I spoke to Kieran Kirwan, a […]