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February 2018 Median Household Income

February 2018 Median Household Income

Median household income in the U.S. rose to an estimated $59,055 in January 2018, which is up by a rounded 0.3% from our January 2018 estimate of $59,055. The following chart shows our estimates for the trends for both nominal (red) and inflation-adjusted median household income (blue) from January 2000 through February 2018. In nominal terms, which […]
Stocks To Trade: AMTD, MEOH, PYPL

Stocks To Trade: AMTD, MEOH, PYPL

Tuesday’s stock picks: Long TD Ameritrade (AMTD) Long Methanex (MEOH) Short PayPal Holdings (PYPL)
S&P 500 And Nasdaq 100 Forecast – Tuesday, April 3

S&P 500 And Nasdaq 100 Forecast – Tuesday, April 3

S&P 500 The S&P 500 broke down significantly during the trading session on Monday, clearing to a fresh, new low. There is a significant amount of support just below though, especially near the 2550 level. Beyond there, we should see a significant amount of support at the 2500 level as well. There continues to be […]
Top-Performing Leveraged/Inverse ETFs Of Q1

Top-Performing Leveraged/Inverse ETFs Of Q1

The first quarter of 2018 was the most volatile quarter in recent years. After booming in January, the global stock market recorded the first quarterly loss in two years, suggesting that one of the longest ever-global bull run might end. The MSCI World Index, which was up 8% in January, suddenly evaporated and declined 1.7% in the […]
How To Control Your Emotions When Trading And Investing

How To Control Your Emotions When Trading And Investing

Good traders make rational decisions. They don’t let their emotions impact their buy, sell, and risk management choices. This is especially important when the market is choppy. Choppy markets tend to lead investor/trader thinking. Traders tend to become bearish AFTER the market tanks, and traders tend to become bullish AFTER the market surges. This means […]
China Moves To Neuter King Dollar In International Trade

China Moves To Neuter King Dollar In International Trade

Last Monday, the Shanghai International Energy Exchange launched the first futures contract for crude oil priced in Chinese yuan. It’s a major step forward in the process of international de-dollarization. Now Chinese and other international traders can buy and sell the world’s most important commodity in a liquid market without using U.S. dollars. The “petro dollar” now […]
Crazy Time All Around

Crazy Time All Around

The Orange Comb-Over has been getting himself all worked up over the 1,500 or so desperate souls fleeing crime-ridden Honduras in a caravan of marchers heading north. Since the group is mostly comprised of mothers and children, who have already lost husbands, sons, and brothers to the central American gangs, the threat of the things is not exactly […]
Indian Indices Recover Steadily, Pharma Sector Rebounds, And Top Stocks In Action

Indian Indices Recover Steadily, Pharma Sector Rebounds, And Top Stocks In Action

On Monday, share markets in India opened on a positive note and ended the day in green. The BSE Sensex closed higher by 287 points to end the day well above the 33,000 mark at 33,225. While the broader NSE Nifty ended the day higher by 98 points to end at 10,212. Among BSE sectoral […]
World Markets Update – Monday, April 2

World Markets Update – Monday, April 2

Only one of eight indexes on our world watch list have posted gains through Monday, April 2, 2018. The top performer this year is Hong Kong’s Hang Seng with a minor gain of 0.58%. In second is India’s BSE SENSEX with a loss of 2.50%. In third is France’s CAC 40 with a loss of […]
Them’s The Breaks? Challenging Some Lows

Them’s The Breaks? Challenging Some Lows

The shift from bullish to bearish since January 26th has been delightfully insidious. Today’s market action (that is, Monday the 2nd of April) created some more progress for the bears, although the breaks of February 9th lows were not across the board. Indeed, looking at some of the big indexes, you can see that we’re […]