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Sail Through Market Volatility With These 5 Low-Beta Stocks

Sail Through Market Volatility With These 5 Low-Beta Stocks

Smart investors always conduct intensive research before deciding on a particular stock or portfolio. They never follow the herd and don’t believe in the rule that risky stocks can only generate lucrative returns. With thorough research we have generated a strategy that claims that less-risky securities or portfolios can also generate handsome returns. Meaning of […]
Even In A Bullish Stock Market, This Will Cause An Economic Crisis

Even In A Bullish Stock Market, This Will Cause An Economic Crisis

Trump’s Trade and Tariff Wars Are a Mask to Hide the Real Risk of an Economic Crisis Trade disputes could trigger a global economic crisis. Any hope that President Donald Trump was bluffing to secure better trade terms with China has vanished. The veritable tit-for-tat exchange of tariffs and duties between the two largest economies […]
More Signs Of A Correction Ahead: But How Soon And How Much

More Signs Of A Correction Ahead: But How Soon And How Much

The broader stock market via the S&P 500 finally broke to new highs in August, while they drifted insignificantly lower on Wednesday. And as Adam O’Dell recently commented, that typically means substantially higher highs ahead… like 13% plus. What does this mean for my great crash forecast? Well, my favored scenario right now, with the strong tax cuts […]
Gold-Acquiring Foreign Powers Put Petro-Dollar In Jeopardy

Gold-Acquiring Foreign Powers Put Petro-Dollar In Jeopardy

President Donald Trump’s administration is playing a game of high-stakes international chess with Russia, Iran, Turkey, China, and other countries viewed as adversaries in trade and geopolitics. It’s not necessarily the case that tariffs, sanctions, and blustering will result in a hot war. More likely, escalating strife between the U.S. and a bloc of much […]
Manufacturers’ New Orders

Manufacturers’ New Orders

The US Census reported new factory orders that were lower than expected for July with a 0.8% MoM decrease to $497.8 billion. Orders were estimated to fall 0.6% after the 0.7% increase in June. On a year over year basis, new orders are still up 8.3%. Breaking this down, durable goods saw a decline of […]
EIA Print Confirms Natural Gas Balance Loosening

EIA Print Confirms Natural Gas Balance Loosening

The Energy Information Administration announced that 63 bcf of natural gas was injected into storage this past week, coming in just 1 bcf below our 64 bcf estimate and slightly above the market consensus around 61 bcf.  The result is that the prompt month October natural gas contract continued its grind lower today, with EIA […]
Markit Services PMI: Service Sector Activity Growth Eases

Markit Services PMI: Service Sector Activity Growth Eases

The August US Services Purchasing Managers’ Index conducted by Markit came in at 54.8 percent, down 1.2 from the final July estimate of 56.0. The Investing.com consensus was for 55.2 percent. Markit’s Services PMI is a diffusion index: A reading above 50 indicates expansion in the sector; below 50 indicates contraction. Here is the opening from the […]
5 Broker-Friendly Stocks To Counter Market Jitters

5 Broker-Friendly Stocks To Counter Market Jitters

It is a well-documented fact that the U.S. economy is in good shape. Despite this, there are certain developments, which are keeping investors on the edge. While trade-related tensions with China continue to be a source of worry, President Trump’s threat to exclude Canada from a new NAFTA deal has also increased investor concern. Moreover, […]
“It Will Get Everyone’s Attention”: Cigna Sells $20BN In Second Biggest Bond Deal Of 2018

“It Will Get Everyone’s Attention”: Cigna Sells $20BN In Second Biggest Bond Deal Of 2018

At a time when Trump’s tax repatriation holiday allowed many corporations to avoid issuing debt altogether, leading to what some have dubbed corporate quantitative tightening, and resulting in many cash-rich corporations to not issue any debt in 2018… … some bond traders have lamented the lack of high-grade supply. Today that changes because Cigna is selling $20 […]
It’s A Dollar-Based Boom Shortage More Than Anything

It’s A Dollar-Based Boom Shortage More Than Anything

Liquidity preferences are one of the least discussed economic concepts. There are several channels into which monetary instability can hamper the real economy. A “dollar” squeeze doesn’t just impact banks, they often pass it along further down the economic chain. In its most extreme form, we had something like 2009. Some of the best companies […]