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3 Stocks To Tap The Minimally-invasive Surgery Market Boom

Jun 28, 2018 Jeremy Parkinson Finance 0

The United States has hit rough waters of late. Few analysts label the troubles as self-invited while others foresee a revolution. Rising trade war tensions between the United States and China are showing no signs of abatement. The issue has escalated to a point where imposition of tariffs and retaliatory tariffs may go up to […]

Fed Test Fails Deutsche Bank, Forces JPMorgan, Goldman, Four Others To Limit Payouts

Jun 28, 2018 Jeremy Parkinson Finance 0

Tougher Federal Reserve stress tests forced six U.S. banks to scale back proposals for doling out more cash to shareholders, while failing Deutsche Bank’s US unit on “qualitative” grounds: The Fed failed the U.S. subsidiary of Deutsche Bank AG, citing “widespread and critical deficiencies” in its planning, limiting the unit’s ability to send capital home to Germany. […]

Stocks And Precious Metals Charts – Narcissus And Echo – God’s Eloquent Silence

Jun 28, 2018 Jeremy Parkinson Finance 0

Stocks managed another dead cat bounce today. We may have to wait until something more tangible cheers them. Like a addict, the markets need an almost daily fix, whether it be some fantasy of numbers, or some rallying cry of policy, to make them feel that they are, indeed, winning. Gold and silver drifted a bit […]

Why People Are Talking About Consumer Sentiment This Month

Jun 28, 2018 Jeremy Parkinson Finance 0

Photo Credit: 401(K) 2012 UMICH CONSUMER SENTIMENT Economic Indicators – Consumer The UMich Consumer Sentiment monthly report will be released tomorrow, June 29th. This month, Estimize projects consumer sentiment to come in at 99.2, which is high relative to readings over the last year. Consumer Sentiment has risen more than predicted because people are currently feeling […]

Market Talk – Thursday, June 28

Jun 28, 2018 Jeremy Parkinson Finance 0

Asia certainly showed its disdain after the disappointing close on US markets. Japan, India and ASX all opened lower, but reassuringly they were the days lows. The Nikkei spent much of the day recouping lost ground and with the help of a weaker currency., finally finished marginally positive. The SENSEX did not fair so well, […]

Markets Defend Moving Averages; Good Buying Opportunities

Jun 28, 2018 Jeremy Parkinson Finance 0

It was not particularly pretty but it was effective. There was no further drive lower but traders were happy to step in to defend moving averages; those who made the leap were rewarded with an attractive risk:reward opportunity. The Nasdaq had its moment as it tagged its 50-day MA. There was no significant technical […]

Oil Surges In Price As Geopolitical Tensions With Iran Reach New Heights

Jun 28, 2018 Jeremy Parkinson Finance 0

Oil prices are surging, and the scary thing is, we haven’t seen anything yet. Surging by 13% alone over the past week, the price of oil now rests above $74 USD per barrel at the time of writing. This is the first time we have seen these prices since 2014. As a result, many wonder if we […]

GDP: An Inside Look At The Q1 Third Estimate

Jun 28, 2018 Jeremy Parkinson Finance 0

The chart below is a way to visualize real GDP change since 2007. It uses a stacked column chart to segment the four major components of GDP with a dashed line overlay to show the sum of the four, which is real GDP itself. Here is the latest overview from the Bureau of Labor Statistics: […]

Already Back In The Red?

Jun 28, 2018 Jeremy Parkinson Finance 0

In July 2014, then-Federal Reserve Chairman Janet Yellen testified before Congress. It was the usual Humphrey-Hawkins stuff, except in this instance at that particular time there was every reason to suspect things were finally changing. The unemployment rate, in particular, was sinking like a stone dropped in a pond. Some additional economic indicators signaled perhaps […]

The Growth Of China Is Key For Resources

Jun 28, 2018 Jeremy Parkinson Finance 0

(Audio length 00:18:14) Jayant Bhandari joins me today to recap a recent presentation he gave that focuses on the growth of the Chinese economy. When looking at just the demand for resources the number are staggering. Even though there has been some weak economic numbers recently the country is now a major player on the […]