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Natural Gas Week Ahead -Sunday, June 24

Natural Gas Week Ahead -Sunday, June 24

The natural gas market on the NYMEX had a volatile week, closing at $2.94. The three dollar level showed strong resistance once again and Friday closed 2.60% lower than the week before. Weather in Canada and the Lower 48 remains mild and demand isn’t climbing that much. Underground stocks built another 91 Bcf, remaining close […]
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                        Good News From The Oil Patch And South Africa

E Good News From The Oil Patch And South Africa

Today we have a reporting company and good news from South Africa and, via Washington, DC, for the Dutch Antilles and more. Tech & Tel South African Naspers reported core headline FY 2017-8 earnings up 72% at $2.5 billion on revenues up 38% to $20.1 billion. EPS came to $5.81/sh vs prior year’s $3.37/sh. NPSNY is a 31% […]
Weekly Market Outlook – Bent, But Not Broken

Weekly Market Outlook – Bent, But Not Broken

A little profit-taking last week didn’t come as a big surprise, particularly in light of rekindled trade war fears. Though nobody really thinks geopolitical tensions will snowball into a global recession, that was the rhetoric-of-the-day for a couple of days last week. As has been the case several times in recent weeks, however, traders were […]
Book Review: Portnoy, The Geometry Of Wealth

Book Review: Portnoy, The Geometry Of Wealth

Brian Portnoy, director of investment education at Virtus Investment Partners, has written a personal finance book that goes beyond mere finance. The Geometry of Wealth: How to Shape a Life of Money and Meaning (Harriman House, 2018) approaches the subject by way of three shapes: the circle, purpose; the triangle, priorities; and the square, tactics. […]
Trade Tensions And EU Summit Highlight Q2’s Last Week

Trade Tensions And EU Summit Highlight Q2’s Last Week

We argue there are three major disruptive forces that are shaping the investment climate:  the US policy mix in relative and absolute terms, the escalation of trade tensions, and immigration.  In the week ahead, trade issues may eclipse the US policy mix, and immigration will compete with the economic and financial agenda at the European […]
Bitcoin Breaks Below $6000: What Now?

Bitcoin Breaks Below $6000: What Now?

Last night, the price of Bitcoin (BITCOMP) broke below the important $6k level which we identified as a crucial level. What now? Last week, we wrote How To Read Bitcoin’s Price Chart For 2018. In it, the key point we made is that the acceleration in Bitcoin’s price started last October/November, right at the $6k level. […]
General Electric’s Removal From The Dow (Re)Exposed The Index’s Key Flaw

General Electric’s Removal From The Dow (Re)Exposed The Index’s Key Flaw

The big index news of last week was General Electric (GE) getting dumped by the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) index. The index managers at the Dow picked Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA) to replace GE. A long and painful descent for General Electric (GE) into the abyss and out of the Dow. Source: FreeStockCharts.com I […]
The Trade War To Date

The Trade War To Date

From Foreign Policy: Source: Foreign Policy. Are we winning yet?
3 Top-Rated Stocks Trading At Steep Discounts

3 Top-Rated Stocks Trading At Steep Discounts

With the market so volatile right now, there are plenty of savvy opportunities to be found. The key is to look for strong stocks that have been unfairly discounted by the market. We used TipRanks’ Top Analyst Stocks tool to pinpoint three key stocks that are poised to soar from current levels. These are under-performing […]
Platinum Analysis

Platinum Analysis

Latest Price – $873.30 (as of June 22) Daily Chart Pattern – a downtrend has clearly been in force…one that I believe ended today with a low at $857.60. And a bullish outside reversal candle to go with it. This will obviously need follow through to the upside while there may be some consolidation of […]