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E The International Outlook Continues To Strengthen, Despite Worries About A Trade War
“Canada, the US and UK are close to full employment, and wages are accelerating. Only in the UK, where there has been a currency-driven uptick in inflation, has this failed to translate into real wage gains. “(RBC Economic and Financial Market Outlook, March 2018). According to recent IMF estimates, the global economy advanced at a […]
Cryptos Crash Near 2018 Lows – Bitcoin Below $8,000
After a brief moment of strength after Friday’s ‘close’, cryptocurrencies are tumbling once again… Legging down to 2018 lows in the last few minutes… As Bitcoin tumbles back below $8,000… No clear catalyst is evident for the move.
US and South Korea agree exemption from Trump tariffs
The US and South Korea agreed to a revised trading relationship on March 26, in a deal that has been welcomed by both countries. Notably, the proposed changes to the US-Korea Free Trade Agreement (KORUS) will grant South Korea an indefinite exemption from President Trump’s recently announced steel and aluminium tariffs. Although the renegotiated trade deal […]
Facebook Stock Bottomed Below $150 After New Data Concerns
The bad times just keep rolling for Facebook Inc (Nasdaq: FB). Regulators have officially confirmed that they’re investigating the company’s data practices amid the Cambridge Analytica breach. It seems like the probe is coming just in time, as we are also hearing that Facebook may have been scraping vast amounts of data from Android users. […]
5 Stock-Picking Strategies To Beat The Market
Wall Street witnessed brutal trading last week, with the major indices suffering the worst weekly fall in more than two years. The Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S&P 500 tumbled 5.7% and 5.9%, respectively, while the Nasdaq Composite Index shed 6.5%. The Facebook (FB – Free Report) -led tech selloff, Fed rates hike, and a trade […]
Buying Gold Wouldn’t Be The Worst Idea Right Now, Goldman Reckons
Regular readers know we’re not big fans of gold outside of the hedging benefits it can provide in a portfolio. The fact is, it’s just a piece of metal. It has no intrinsic value and ironically, it will be even more inherently worthless in an armageddon scenario than it is now. As we’re fond of […]
Pound Higher On Hawkish MPC
The Pound Sterling edged higher versus the US Dollar on a swing in sentiment in favor of a May rate hike from the Bank of England. The Pound already had upward momentum after last week’s upbeat wages data was reported; that resulted in a decidedly hawkish stance from the BoE. Moreover, the British government managed […]
Twitter Now Banning Cryptocurrency Ads
Twitter is to ban cryptocurrency advertising, joining Facebook and Google in a clampdown on the industry over the risk of giving publicity to potential fraud or large investor losses. The prohibition will cover advertising of initial coin offerings (ICOs) – crowdfunding used to raise cash by creating new coins – as well as token sales […]
Hi-Ho Silver
If the latest COT report for silver gets any more bullish than the one released on March 23rd, commercial traders will have to go ‘net long!’ As it is, they reduced their ‘net short’ position to the lowest number in many years, down to just 4,000 contracts – barely 2% of the total open interest! This is […]
Dallas Fed Manufacturing Outlook: Growth Slows In March
This morning the Dallas Fed released its Texas Manufacturing Outlook Survey (TMOS) for March. The latest general business activity index came in at 21.4, down from 37.2 in February. All figures are seasonally adjusted. Here is an excerpt from the latest report: Texas factory activity continued to expand in March, albeit at a markedly slower pace than last […]
