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Financial Market Surprise Coming Before The Election?

Financial Market Surprise Coming Before The Election?

As trouble in the bond market continues, and foreign creditors continue to walk away from the dollar, I wonder if we’ll see volatility ahead of this year’s elections. Call it more suspicion than fact, but in today’s video I cover some of the reasons why that’s on my mind.
Australian Dollar Gains May Be Stymied By Fed Meet, Aftermath

Australian Dollar Gains May Be Stymied By Fed Meet, Aftermath

  Fundamental Australian Dollar Forecast: Neutral AUSTRALIAN DOLLAR TALKING POINTS: The Australian Dollar has posted some quite strong gains in the past three weeks This is somewhat surprising given ongoing trade tensions The coming week could see those gains level off The Australian Dollar has risen to three-week highs against its big US brother, getting perhaps even […]
Weekend Market Profile

Weekend Market Profile

Friday was quadruple witching day. That means that many index futures and options, plus stock futures and options expired. With expectations of increased volatility after new all-time highs in the SPY and DIA, the day was comparatively placid. Yet another example of the volatility is in the hype, not the market. Last Thursday, we saw lots of […]
Financial Markets Report

Financial Markets Report

Natural Foods Outlook: Can Strategies Perk Up Growth Rate?

Natural Foods Outlook: Can Strategies Perk Up Growth Rate?

The natural food products industry has been gaining from consumers’ growing preference for health and wellness. Shoppers have been enthusiastically filling their carts with natural and healthy food offerings, which include organic fruits, vegetables, juices as well as delectable like organic ice cream and much more. This has made the natural food space a booming […]
Bulls Charge To All-Time Highs

Bulls Charge To All-Time Highs

Get out your party hats ladies and gentlemen, the markets hit all-time highs this past week. After increasing equity exposure in portfolios on the 11th, as the markets pulled back to the previous break-out support levels, I suggested a push to new highs was likely. “The pullback to the previous breakout support level did allow us to […]
It’s A Floor Wax And A Dessert Topping

It’s A Floor Wax And A Dessert Topping

On September 18th, the New York Attorney General’s office released a scathing report on crypto exchanges. Three (Binance, Gate.io and Kraken) were referred for prosecution, and the largest crypto exchange – Coinbase – was described as maintaining a “proprietary trading” operation that faced Coinbase clients and accounted for 20% of total trade volume on the exchange. […]
USD/CAD Forecast Sep. 24-28 – Crude Climb For CAD Awaiting The Fed And GDP

USD/CAD Forecast Sep. 24-28 – Crude Climb For CAD Awaiting The Fed And GDP

Dollar/CAD moved up and down as the US announced tariffs on China and Canada had a turbulent Friday. What’s next? Monthly GDP stands out in the last week of September. Here are the highlights and an updated technical analysis for USD/CAD. NAFTA talks are moving slowly and have moved to the back burner for now. Another […]
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                        Q3’18 Earnings Season Preview

EC Q3’18 Earnings Season Preview

We have to wait another few weeks before Q3 earnings season really takes the spotlight, but the reporting cycle has gotten underway already, with results from 8 S&P 500 members out and another 8 index members on deck to report this week. All of these early reporters have fiscal quarters ending in August, but they […]
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                        Q3 Earnings Season Preview – Saturday, Sept. 22

EC Q3 Earnings Season Preview – Saturday, Sept. 22

We have to wait another few weeks before Q3 earnings season really takes the spotlight, but the reporting cycle has gotten underway already, with results from 8 S&P 500 members out and another 8 index members on deck to report this week. All of these early reporters have fiscal quarters ending in August, but they […]