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5 Best Low-Risk Funds To Buy After U.S. Strike On Syria

5 Best Low-Risk Funds To Buy After U.S. Strike On Syria

Following a chemical attack in Douma near the Syrian capital Damascus that claimed around 60 lives, Trump conducted military strikes in Syria, with support from France’s president Emmanuel Macron and Britain’s prime minister Theresa May. After the attack, Russia warned the United States of retaliatory actions. In this context, mutual funds that are capable of […]
Trouble Brewing In The “SCANNZ Economies”

Trouble Brewing In The “SCANNZ Economies”

You’ve probably heard of the “BRIC Economies” – the kings of the new paradigm in emerging markets, and no doubt are sick of hearing about the “PIIGS Economies” – the Eurozone crisis culprits, but have you heard of the “SCANNZ Economies”? This grouping of: Sweden, Canada, Australia, Norway, and New Zealand, on first glance seems […]
Yield Curve Flattens & GDP Estimate Falls To 1.9%

Yield Curve Flattens & GDP Estimate Falls To 1.9%

Stocks Rally On Monday Investors were dismayed on Friday because 3 of the top banks beat earnings estimates, but stocks still fell. Then the Syrian airstrikes were announced which made some, such as myself, think stocks would fall again on Monday. However, stocks were able to rebound as the S&P 500 was up 0.81%. This led the S&P 500 […]
“Go With The Flow” – Trader Warns “The Market’s Not Ready To Be Properly Understood Yet”

“Go With The Flow” – Trader Warns “The Market’s Not Ready To Be Properly Understood Yet”

One glimpse at the pumps and dumps in Small Caps over the last few weeks and it is clear that volatility is back.   But as former fund manager Richard Breslow notes, for all the much anticipated fun of having volatility back, it has proven to be a really tricky time to trade. It isn’t that this […]
Global Economy Is Slowing

Global Economy Is Slowing

The U.S. economy is entering its 4th economic slowdown of this expansion, which has been relatively weak. To be clear, the economy isn’t close to having two quarters of negative real GDP growth which is the baseline definition of a recession. Four slowdowns in one expansion is an unusually high number. The reason for this is because […]
5 Drug Stocks Poised To Surpass On Earnings This Quarter

5 Drug Stocks Poised To Surpass On Earnings This Quarter

The first-quarter earnings season has just kicked off. Per the latest Earnings Preview, the bottom line of S&P 500 companies is expected to increase at a highly impressive rate of 16.6% on a year-over-year basis. This prospective upside marks the maximum quarterly earnings growth pace in seven years. The report further predicts that 11 of the […]
Study: A Stock Market Rally On Low Volume Is Not Bearish

Study: A Stock Market Rally On Low Volume Is Not Bearish

Conventional trading “wisdom” states that a rally that occurs on falling volume is bearish. Conventional “wisdom” states that sustainable rallies should occur on rising volume. This simply isn’t true. As we said in Don’t use volume for trading, Rising/falling volume isn’t a bullish sign or a bearish sign. It just is. Volume is mostly irrelevant. It […]
SPX: The Index Within Areas Where The Hedging Is Calling A Pullback

SPX: The Index Within Areas Where The Hedging Is Calling A Pullback

The $SPX trend is to the upside but the Index ended the cycle from 2.2016 and like every other Index, it is correcting that cycle. In Elliott Wave Theory, corrections run in the sequences of 3-7-11 swings and consequently trading against the main trend which is to the upside is always risky. We do understand the Market […]
ChinaNet Online Explodes 45% After Reporting Results, Utilization Of Blockchain

ChinaNet Online Explodes 45% After Reporting Results, Utilization Of Blockchain

Shares of China-based internet advertisement company ChinaNet (CNET) jumped after reporting fourth-quarter revenue that increased over 64% from the year-ago period. REVENUE JUMPS: Q4 revenue spiked 64.1% to $15.3M from $9.4M in the year-ago quarter, ChinaNet-Online said this morning. Operating expenses for Q4 were down to 40.7% from 42.9% last year. Most notably, revenues from […]
Why Are Big Banks & Governments Stockpiling Gold And Silver?

Why Are Big Banks & Governments Stockpiling Gold And Silver?

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