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Chart Of The Week: Playing With Dominoes

Chart Of The Week: Playing With Dominoes

The Great “Recession” was never a recession. It was a monetary event first and foremost, and it continues to be eleven years later. That means by and large it has been a failure of imagination. Central bankers say they’ve done this and that, but what they’ve never done, apart from actually succeed, is examine the […]
USDCHF: Sees Price Hesitation With Caution Of Recovery .

USDCHF: Sees Price Hesitation With Caution Of Recovery .

USDCHF: The pair looks to hesitate further but correct higher in the new week. On the downside, support lies at the 0.9650 level. A turn below here will open the door for more weakness towards the 0.9600 level and then the 0.9550 level. On the upside, resistance resides at the 0.9700 level where a break […]
What’s Hurting Emerging Markets This Year?

What’s Hurting Emerging Markets This Year?

                                                                   (Video length 00:06:12) On the latest edition of Market Week in Review, Adam Goff, managing director, investment practice, and Sam Templeton, manager, […]
S&P 500 Snapshot: Four Consecutive Days Of Losses

S&P 500 Snapshot: Four Consecutive Days Of Losses

The S&P 500 fell most of the week, ending with a weekly loss of 1.02% and a daily loss of 0.22%. Four of the last five days were losses with Monday barely a gain from last Friday. The index is up 6.52% YTD. The U.S. Treasury puts the closing yield on the 10-year note at […]
Silver – The Most Hated Asset?! Saturday Discussion & Update

Silver – The Most Hated Asset?! Saturday Discussion & Update

Video Length: 00:14:46 Happy weekend everyone! Thanks for tuning in – the title speaks for itself here today.
Tech ETFs Tumble: Should You Buy The Dip?

Tech ETFs Tumble: Should You Buy The Dip?

The hot and soaring technology sector lost its momentum with the start of September. This is especially true as the ultra-popular Select Sector SPDR Technology ETF (XLK – Free Report) has dropped about 2.3% so far this week. The first round of selling came on congressional scrutiny of social media companies and fears of new regulation. Executives […]
Buyers Strike

Buyers Strike

The End of Summer Hangover.  Unless you are a stay at home parent with kids, the end of Labor Day weekend, when schools are back in session and summer starts to wind down is always a tough time of year. After a summer of nice weather, swimming, hiking, outdoor sports, and hopefully even a vacation, Tuesday […]
Looser Balances And Short-Term Cool Trends Hit Natural Gas Post Labor Day

Looser Balances And Short-Term Cool Trends Hit Natural Gas Post Labor Day

It was a rough week for natural gas bulls, with the October natural gas contract declining just less than 5% on the week.  It was another week where natural gas prices traded very well within our weekly expectations set out in our flagship Natural Gas Weekly Update. Short-term forecasts trended cooler thanks to Tropical Storm […]
Putting Jeff Bezos’ Record Fortune In Context

Putting Jeff Bezos’ Record Fortune In Context

As Amazon’s market capitalization surged yesterday, it became the 3rd company in history to top the trillion-dollar level. While third (after PetroChina and Apple) is not bad, CEO Jeff Bezos is on his own in first place in terms of global net worth – almost lapping the next richest person. Bezos’ epic horde is $70 […]
Artificial Booms And The Theory Of “Forced Saving”

Artificial Booms And The Theory Of “Forced Saving”

In the broad sense of the term, “forced saving” arises whenever there is an increase in the quantity of money in circulation or an expansion of bank credit (unbacked by voluntary saving) which is injected into the economic system at a specific point. If the money or credit were evenly distributed among all economic agents, no “expansionary” […]