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More Aussie Declines Expected As Political Crisis Continues

Aug 23, 2018 Jeremy Parkinson Finance 0

The Australian dollar fell overnight as the political crisis continued in Australia. The crisis started two years ago when the current Australian prime minister, Malcolm Turnbull survived a leadership challenge from one of his ministers, Peter Dutton. Early today, three more ministers in the government decided to resign and move to the backbench as Dutton […]

Bitcoin Daily Forecast – Thursday, August 23

Aug 23, 2018 Jeremy Parkinson Finance 0

BTC/USD Bitcoin markets initially tried to rally during the trading session on Wednesday but gave back most of the gains as we reached the $7000 level. This is an area that I have been talking about for a minute now, and it has offered the exact resistance that I thought it would. Because of this, […]

San Jose, CA Real Estate Market Trends & Analysis

Aug 23, 2018 Jeremy Parkinson Finance 0

The San Jose real estate market has seen appreciation rates triple that of the national average, and there’s nothing to suggest price increases will temper anytime soon. It is worth noting, however, that demand hasn’t declined in the face of today’s historical price jumps. Despite eclipsing the million dollar threshold, there still appears to be healthy demand, […]

The Re-Electrification Of Energy And Copper’s Big Role In It

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My latest guest is Gianni Kovacevic, Executive Chairman of CopperBank, a company that offer investors maximum optionality to future copper prices. He is the author of the book, “My Electrician Drives A Porsche?”. To promote the book in 2016, he embarked on a book tour driving a Tesla all-electric car from Toronto to Seattle. Gianni […]

A Gold Bottom But Will The U.S. Dollar Cooperate?

Aug 23, 2018 Jeremy Parkinson Finance 0

Gold, and by extension the SPDR Gold Shares (GLD), has had a rough year. However, based on a historic flip in speculative positioning in gold futures, a bottom is likely in for GLD. According to the tweet and chart below, the net speculative positioning in gold recently went net negative for the first time in […]

Home Depot Remains A Better Value Than Lowe’s

Aug 23, 2018 Jeremy Parkinson Finance 0

After Lowe’s (LOW) and Home Depot (HD) reported their Q1 results, there was no shortage of analysts who came out stating Lowe’s was a better value with more upside than Home Depot. They argued that the softness that the company experienced in Q1 was entirely weather-related, and Lowe’s has way more runway to capture market […]

Dollar Rebounds

Aug 23, 2018 Jeremy Parkinson Finance 0

After correcting lower since the middle of last week, and pushed faster if not further by President Trump’s comments, the US dollar is rebounding against most of the major and emerging market currencies today. After an initial wobble on the back of the FOMC minutes, the greenback’s recovery began in earnest. The minutes confirmed the […]

USDCAD Daily Analysis – Thursday, August 23

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USDCAD’s downside movement from 1.3174 extended to as low as 1.2986. Further decline to test 1.2961 support is possible, a break below this level could trigger further downside movement to 1.2900 area. Near-term resistance is at 1.3057, only a break of this level could bring the price back to 1.3100 area.

E A Dividend Portfolio That Can Outperform The Market By A Big Margin

Aug 23, 2018 Jeremy Parkinson Finance 0

I was looking for a formula to create a large-cap dividend stocks portfolio that can outperform the market by a significant margin on the long run. After many trials, I have found out that a portfolio of twenty S&P 500 companies yielding more than 2% a year and having the highest Research and Development Expense […]

USD Strength Sends The EUR/USD Lower – Three Reasons

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The EUR/USD is leaning lower as the US Dollar gains strength. Trump’s legal troubles fade away and the FOMC minutes take over ahead of the ECB minutes. The pair is not at overbought conditions anymore, but that does not imply an uptrend. The EUR/USD is trading in the mid 1.1500s, lower on the day. The US Dollar […]