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Are The FANGs Holding Up A Weak Market?

Are The FANGs Holding Up A Weak Market?

Data as of 3/26/2018. Past performance no guarantee of future results. It remains to be seen whether the market is in the midst of a garden-variety 10% correction or if this is the start of a deeper bear market. But it does seem like this market is being held aloft buy a small handful of […]
Weekly Gasoline Price Update: WTIC Up 5.5%

Weekly Gasoline Price Update: WTIC Up 5.5%

It’s time again for our weekly gasoline update based on data from the Energy Information Administration (EIA). The price of Regular and Premium were up a nickel each from last week. According to GasBuddy.com, California has the highest average price for Regular at $3.47 and San Francisco, CA is the most expensive city, averaging $3.57. Missouri […]
Indian Indices Trade Marginally Higher; Healthcare Stocks Witness Buying Interest

Indian Indices Trade Marginally Higher; Healthcare Stocks Witness Buying Interest

Stock markets in India are presently trading marginally higher. Sectoral indices are trading on a mixed note with stocks in the healthcare sector and metal sector witnessing maximum buying interest. Telecom stocks are trading in the red. The BSE Sensex is trading up 65 points (up 0.2%) and the NSE Nifty is trading up 25 points (up 0.2%). The BSE Mid Cap index is trading up by 0.8%, […]
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                        Red Hat: Selling For Our Bad Beat Investing Portfolio, Here Is Why

E Red Hat: Selling For Our Bad Beat Investing Portfolio, Here Is Why

Red Hat (RHT) is an information technology name that provides open source software solutions to develop and offer operating system, virtualization, management, middleware, cloud, mobile, and storage technologies. The company has been widely successful in offering infrastructure-related solutions, such as Red Hat Enterprise Linux, an operating system platform that runs on hardware for use in […]
ICON’s ICX Erases Gains, Remains In Top 20 Cryptocurrencies

ICON’s ICX Erases Gains, Remains In Top 20 Cryptocurrencies

Today we’re going to take a look at ICON, an altcoin which has been gaining a lot of attention recently. Also known as the Korean Ethereum, ICON saw a strong bullish momentum last week with a 70% increase in its token ICX. However, it’s been seeing a bit of a pullback since Friday, with almost […]
The “Real” Trade Balance: Measurement And Prospects

The “Real” Trade Balance: Measurement And Prospects

The conventionally reported trade balance (or “net exports”) for the United States from the National Income and Product Accounts (NIPA) is net exports of goods and services, in nominal terms. (There are also trade balance measures on a Census basis and Balance of Payments basis, which differ in coverage and definitions.) The inflation adjusted trade […]
What’s In Store For Japan ETFs As Inflation Picks Up?

What’s In Store For Japan ETFs As Inflation Picks Up?

Japan’s core inflation ticked up in February, taking the Bank of Japan closer to its 2% target. However, it is still far from the target and lacks an inflationary trend, introducing further uncertainty with regard to when the BOJ might achieve its target. More Into the Numbers Japan’s core inflation, which excludes volatile fresh food […]
Weekly Technical Perspective On USD/CAD, USD/JPY And GBP/CAD

Weekly Technical Perspective On USD/CAD, USD/JPY And GBP/CAD

USD/CAD WEEKLY PRICE CHART Notes: Is the Canadian Dollar finally poised to strengthen (USD/CAD lower)? Price turned from key confluence resistance last week at 1.3103/32, “where the 100% extension of the September advance and the 61.8% retracement of the 2017 decline converges on the upper median-line parallel.” The reversal came alongside a brief probe above 60 in weekly RSI and heading into […]
China’s Empty Threat Of Dumping Its US Treasuries

China’s Empty Threat Of Dumping Its US Treasuries

“We are looking at all options.” In an interview about the trade sanctions that President Trump is throwing at China and at Corporate America – whose supply chains go through China in search of cheap labor and other cost savings – Ambassador Cui Tiankai defended the perennial innocence of China, as is to be expected, […]
Fed Economic Outlook: Not Much To Be Positive About

Fed Economic Outlook: Not Much To Be Positive About

Last week, the Fed held a two-day meeting followed by a press conference. The statement they released was not a rosy one. In fact, the Fed economic outlook is nothing to be happy about. Most of the meeting contained zero surprises. The committee did as the market expected; they raised the Fed Funds rate by […]