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Morning Call For Monday, August 6

Morning Call For Monday, August 6

Overnight Markets and News Sep E-mini S&Ps (ESU18 +0.05%) this morning are up +0.11% at a 1-week high and European stocks are up +0.56%. Strength in energy producers is leading the overall market higher with Sep WTI crude oil (CLU18 +1.23%) up +1.47% after Saudi Arabia said it cut its crude production to 10.3 million […]
Consumer ETFs Point To Stock Market’s Defensive Posture

Consumer ETFs Point To Stock Market’s Defensive Posture

The consumer has always been a good gauge of the U.S. economy. Similarly, investors can gauge the health of the stock market by looking at consumer stocks. One way to gauge this is to look at the ratio of the Consumer Discretionary Sector ETF(NYSEARCA: XLY) to the Consumer Staples Sector ETF (NYSEARCA: XLP). The former represents growth and a […]
A Different Look At The US Yield Curve

A Different Look At The US Yield Curve

The US yield curve, as indicated by the spread between the 10-year and 2-year T-Note yields, made a new 10-year extreme over the past fortnight, meaning that it recently became the ‘flattest’ it has been in more than 10 years. While this may indicate that the boom is nearing its end, it definitely indicates that […]
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                        Forex Analysis Of EUR/USD For Monday, August 6

E Forex Analysis Of EUR/USD For Monday, August 6

First, we look into the previous day trade and what happened on August 3, 2018, and the EUR/USD pair opened at 1.15839 and went high at 1.16074 and gone to low at 1.15627 and finally closed at 1.15658. The calculated pivot point for the day is 1.15786. The difference between high and low was 44 […]
Sensex Ends 136 Points Higher; Banking Stocks Witness Buying

Sensex Ends 136 Points Higher; Banking Stocks Witness Buying

Indian share markets continued to trade in the green during the closing hours of the trading session and ended the day on a positive note. Gains were largely seen in the banking sector and telecom sector. At the closing bell, the BSE Sensex stood higher by 136 points (up 0.4%) and the NSE Nifty closed higher by 26 points (up 0.2%). The BSE Mid […]
BTC/USD Forex Signal – Monday, August 6

BTC/USD Forex Signal – Monday, August 6

Last Thursday’s signals were not triggered, as neither of the key levels were reached that day. Today’s BTC/USD Signals Risk 0.75% per trade. Trades may only be entered before 5pm Tokyo time, during the next 24-hour period today. Long Trade Go long after a bullish price action reversal on the H1 time frame following the next […]
US REITs Surged Last Week While Foreign Real Estate Tumbled

US REITs Surged Last Week While Foreign Real Estate Tumbled

Securitized real estate shares dominated last week’s performance rankings at the extremes for the major asset classes, based on a set of exchange-traded products. US real estate investment trusts (REITs) posted the highest return for the week through August 3 while foreign REITs/real estate suffered the biggest loss. Vanguard Real Estate (VNQ) popped 3.2% last week, the […]
Nutrisystem Rallies After Legion Partners Sees Path To $90 Share Price

Nutrisystem Rallies After Legion Partners Sees Path To $90 Share Price

Legion Partners Asset Management late Thursday disclosed a 5.22% stake in Nutrisystem (NTRI), representing over 1.5M shares. The filing allows for activism. Legion believes the current market price of the shares does not reflect Legion’s intrinsic value. In the firm’s view, one of the key areas that does not appear to be well understood or […]
Federal Deficits Are Worse Than You Think

Federal Deficits Are Worse Than You Think

Voters tend to be rationally ignorant. Since a single vote does not matter, for most potential voters the cost of being politically well informed is greater than the benefit of being knowledgeable about political affairs. Therefore it’s rational for most voters to be ignorant regarding political issues. A main reason for the high cost of being […]
Eurodollar Now Testing Key Support

Eurodollar Now Testing Key Support

The weekly chart for the EUR/USD is another that is now developing an interesting pattern and moving to test a key level of support that could ultimately define the longer term trend of this pair. Starting with the pattern itself, over the year the price action has built into a head and shoulders, albeit with […]