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S&P 500 Struggle To Lift Off Of 200DMA – Short Put For Premium/To Position For Earnings Bounce
Presently, the state of US trade deficit and how the Trump administration is attempting to address it is front and center. In February, the deficit came in at $57.6 billion, with the 12-month total of $589.6 billion, which was the highest since March 2009 (Chart 1). China – a manufacturing hub – is a big […]
Goldman Asks Trump: Is It Really ‘Easy’ To ‘Win’ A Trade War?
President Dennison was up before dawn on Monday tweeting about Chinese cars. When a car is sent to the United States from China, there is a Tariff to be paid of 2 1/2%. When a car is sent to China from the United States, there is a Tariff to be paid of 25%. Does that […]
Using Cash Over Credit Is Costing You Tens Of Thousands Of Dollars
This is my second post during financial literacy month and I’m going to take on cash vs credit. One popular financial radio host, Dave Ramsey, has been a vocal critic of credit cards saying to never own one because you will spend more because it is plastic (strangely he advocates for debit cards instead). I […]
China Studying Yuan Devaluation As Retaliation To Trade War; CNH Slides
Last week, with the tit-for-tat Chinese trade war escalating following Trump’s threat to raise Chinese imports tariffs by another $100BN, we said that it is time to buy some Yuan puts, ahead of a potential Chinese devaluation. CNY puts looking real cheap right about now — zerohedge (@zerohedge) April 5, 2018 Overnight we got a […]
What It’s Like Working For The Richest Man In The World
Jeff Bezos started his company by shipping old books out of his garage. But today the founder, chairman, and CEO of Amazon.com is the wealthiest person in the world, with a net worth of approximately $118 billion. Over the course of last year he managed to leapfrog over Bill Gates with his $90 billion. But […]
Bitcoin Futures ETFs: SEC Requests Comment
In December last year the NYSE Arca Inc. filed a proposed rule change that would allow for the creation of Exchange Traded Funds investing in Bitcoin futures contracts, and, potentially, in other related Financial Instruments. In January 2018 the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission extended its review of this proposal. Also that month the director […]
Asian And European Equities Shrug Off US Decline
US shares slumped before the weekend amid concern that the Trump Administration was prepared to escalate the trade tensions with China. However, cooler heads are prevailing, and there is a recognition that the conflict is still in the posturing phase. No sanctions have gone to into effect. As the Economist points out, nearly 100 of […]
Across-The-Board Losses For Asset Classes Last Week
All the major asset classes declined in April’s first week of trading, based on a set of exchange-traded products. The losses mark the first broad sweep of weekly red ink for markets since early February. The smallest setback was posted in inflation-indexed Treasuries. The iShares TIPS Bond (TIP) dipped a fractional 0.2%, the smallest loss […]
Dividend Income Update March 2018
The start of every month is exciting for all dividend income investors as we look back at the previous month and see how much passive dividend income our portfolios generated. March was exciting as ever as my year over year numbers continue to highlight the trifecta magic of dividend investing which includes, adding fresh capital, […]
Today’s Highlights – DB, Crypto
Saving Cryan DB European markets are buzzing this morning with talk of a shakeup over at Deutsche Bank. John Cryan has been trying hard to save Germany’s injured mega-bank but it seems that the board has grown impatient. Replacing Cryan will be Christian Sewing (pronounced: Saving) who’s been with DB since he was a teen. […]
