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4 Tech Mutual Funds To Buy On Apple’s Strong Earnings

4 Tech Mutual Funds To Buy On Apple’s Strong Earnings

The tech sector has performed favorably in recent times on the back of encouraging earnings results. Tech behemoth Apple Inc. (AAPL – Free Report) witnessed strong performance on the back of robust fiscal third-quarter earnings results. Higher iPhone average selling price boosted revenues for the quarter and eventually earnings. Following these promising trends, investing in technology mutual […]
Not Exactly The Healthiest Of Market Scenarios

Not Exactly The Healthiest Of Market Scenarios

In retrospect, one can help but wonder if the recent bullishness only took shape because traders felt there was no other alternative. Some of the broad market’s underlying barometers certainly suggest this is the case. What script? The daily chart of the S&P 500 below spells it out pretty plainly, in pictures. A key resistance line […]
How To Understand And Save Yourself From The Imminent Financial Crisis

How To Understand And Save Yourself From The Imminent Financial Crisis

iStock.com/alexskopje Debt and buybacks are about to trigger the next financial crisis At first glance, any observer would consider suggestions that America is headed toward another financial crisis as ludicrous at best and certifiable at worst. After all, the outlook for stocks on Wall Street has hardly looked more optimistic. It’s downright shining with glitter […]
Zap Snap Trap

Zap Snap Trap

The news about the Investor Formerly Known As Prince gave SNAP a much-needed boost for about 12 seconds.   The bigger picture remains unchanged – – SNAP has been garbage.   In case you want a reminder of who this Prince is………
Millennials And The Labor Force: A Look At The Trends – Wednesday, August 8

Millennials And The Labor Force: A Look At The Trends – Wednesday, August 8

Millennials make up the largest percentage of our population today, yet have seen some of the lowest labor force participation growth and highest unemployment out of all age groups since the turn of the century. This has larger implications when coupled with slow wage growth, high home prices, and mounting student debt. The general consensus […]
Treasury Sells Record Amount Of 10Y Notes In Solid Auction

Treasury Sells Record Amount Of 10Y Notes In Solid Auction

Heading into today’s 10 Year Treasury auction, we knew it would be special no matter how it turned out: with $26 billion in notional for sale, it would be the highest amount of 10Y paper sold for this maturity. And with deficits only set to rise from here, it is safe to assume that many more such […]
Twilio Stock Popped, Is It Too Late To Jump Onboard?

Twilio Stock Popped, Is It Too Late To Jump Onboard?

With the recent hard times, both Facebook and Twitter shareholders have faced, it might be an odd time to discuss another technology company, Twilio (Nasdaq: TWLO). I’ll be honest, up until a few days ago, I was unaware of who Twilio was. It was only after digging in to learn more about the company did I […]
Insure Your Wealth Or Lose It All

Insure Your Wealth Or Lose It All

Embrace uncertainty – Anyone who doesn’t follow this momentous maxim in coming years is likely to get one unpleasant shock after the next. Because the stable progression of the world economy since WWII is now coming to an end. What should have been a normal cyclical high in the next year or two, is now going […]
Weekly Technical Perspective On The New Zealand Dollar (NZD/USD) – Wednesday, August 8

Weekly Technical Perspective On The New Zealand Dollar (NZD/USD) – Wednesday, August 8

Updated weekly technicals for NZD/USD- price range in focus just above critical support In this series, we scale-back and take a look at the broader technical picture to gain a bit more perspective on where we are in trend. The New Zealand Dollar is trading just above a critical support zone heading into tonight’s RBNZ interest rate decision- here are […]
Even As US Outlook Darkens, US Dollar Set To Keep Strengthening

Even As US Outlook Darkens, US Dollar Set To Keep Strengthening

In our last commentary on the US dollar, we wrote that the buck was set to move higher given underlying economic trends. Specifically, US growth and inflation was likely to keep accelerating, while the opposite was likely to happen in most major regions outside the United States. Following the publication of our last commentary, the US […]