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Trade Wars Update – WTO Get Involved

Apr 10, 2018 Jeremy Parkinson Finance 0

Comments by the Chinese President Xi last night have settled trade war fears by bringing the WTO into the mix. Chris Temple and I discuss why we think this is a positive development and now puts the ball back in Trump’s court. Rather than go further down the tit for tat tariff road the countries […]

One Chart Says U.S. Dollar Could Drop 30%

Apr 10, 2018 Jeremy Parkinson Finance 0

Prevailing Bearish Sentiment Says U.S. Dollar Could Plummet in Value Technical analysis says that the U.S. dollar could be headed much lower. Don’t be shocked if the dollar gets into a collapse-like scenario when compared to other major currencies. Before going into any details, know that the U.S. dollar is really underperforming. If you look […]

Psychology: An Investing Challenge

Apr 10, 2018 Jeremy Parkinson Finance 0

Investing psychology is a subject most books and so-called professionals keep separate from the mechanics and strategies of proper investing. A reality, largely misunderstood, is that the underlying mechanics and strategies within investing are a direct function of your psychological belief system. At any given time in the stock market, there are buy and sell […]

Fragile Nature Of Currencies: Why Gold & Silver Are High-Quality Stores Of Value

Apr 10, 2018 Jeremy Parkinson Finance 0

As the U.S. and global economy speed towards the Seneca Cliff, very few individuals understand the fragile nature of currencies. Today, we use the lightning speed of the digital banking system to make our purchases at the store or online.It has become seemingly natural to buy groceries at the swipe of a card. Only a […]

U.S. Workforce Recovery – Tuesday, April 10

Apr 10, 2018 Jeremy Parkinson Finance 0

We’ve updated our monthly workforce analysis to include last week’s Employment Report for March. The unemployment rate remained at 4.1%, and the number of new nonfarm jobs (a relatively volatile number subject to extensive revisions) came in at 103K. The Unemployment Rate The closely watched headline unemployment rate is a calculation of the percentage of the Civilian […]

GBP/JPY Price Analysis: Rally Testing Key Resistance Barrier

Apr 10, 2018 Jeremy Parkinson Finance 0

The British Pound has rallied more than 4.7% against the Japanese Yen since the March lows with the advance now testing a key confluence resistance range. While the broader outlook does remain weighted to the topside, the rally may be at risk near-term while below this threshold. GBP/JPY DAILY PRICE CHART Technical Outlook: In this week’s Technical Perspective, we highlighted a […]

E Dave And Buster’s Is A Buy

Apr 10, 2018 Jeremy Parkinson Finance 0

The first time we visited a location, and subsequently hosted a corporate event there, it quickly became clear to us that Dave & Buster’s (PLAY) was a cash cow, and this was without looking into the financials of the company. In this article, we discuss the company’s ability to generate sales and maintain this cash cow […]

Has Canada’s TSX Index Reached Its Limit… Recession Looming?

Apr 10, 2018 Jeremy Parkinson Finance 0

Not much has changed with respect to price action since I wrote my last post about Canada’s TSX Index, as shown on the following monthly chart. It’s still dangling precariously outside of its long-term upward trending triangle formation, after dropping 7.22% from its record high set on January 4th. The momentum indicator is in downtrend, but remains above the zero level. On a shorter-term weekly basis, the TSX is […]

Good News On Unemployment, But So-So News On Jobs And Dependency

Apr 10, 2018 Jeremy Parkinson Finance 0

We shouldn’t expect the labor participation rate to be 100 percent, or even near it, but the downward trend is worrying. There is a lot of good news about the job market in America. The official unemployment rate, released just yesterday, is down to 4.1 percent, which is the lowest it’s been since the end of the […]

Global Debt Hits Record $237 Trillion, Up $21TN In 2017

Apr 10, 2018 Jeremy Parkinson Finance 0

Last June we reported that according to the Institute of International Finance – perhaps best known for its periodic and concerning reports summarizing global leverage statistics – as of the end of 2016, in a period of so-called “coordinated growth”, global debt hit a new all time high of $217 trillion, over 327% of global GDP, and up […]