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Bitcoin Daily Forecast – Friday, Oct. 12

Bitcoin Daily Forecast – Friday, Oct. 12

Bitcoin markets sold off rather drastically during the trading session on Wednesday, breaking the back of the hammer from the previous session and the $6500 level. By breaking through the hammer that had formed to the downside, we ended up forming a “hanging man”, showing signs of real negativity. We lost 5% during the day, […]
‘We’re (Still) Not Winning!’ China Logs Another Record Surplus With The US Ahead Of Tariff Bite

‘We’re (Still) Not Winning!’ China Logs Another Record Surplus With The US Ahead Of Tariff Bite

“We’re (still) not winning!!” Last month, when Beijing reported trade data for August, China’s surplus with the U.S. clocked in at $31.1 billion. That’s was a record. It makes no sense to talk about “winning” and “losing” in a trade war because, with the possible exception of Peter Navarro and Donald Trump, everybody knows that nobody “wins” […]
Citigroup Posts Bottom Line Beat With Revenues Missing Estimates

Citigroup Posts Bottom Line Beat With Revenues Missing Estimates

Citigroup reports quarterly earnings of $1.73 per share and revenues of $18.389 billion.
JPMorgan Q3 Net Income Jumps As Taxes Slide; But Sales & Trading, I-Banking Miss

JPMorgan Q3 Net Income Jumps As Taxes Slide; But Sales & Trading, I-Banking Miss

JPMorgan officially launched Q3 earnings season with earnings that were generally inline including a solid beat on earnings, despite an unexpected miss in FICC sales and trading and Investment banking, coupled with weakness in home lending as a result of sliding mortgage refi activity. JPM reported total managed revenue of $27.8BN (the sum of $14.1BN […]
Morning Call For Friday, Oct. 12

Morning Call For Friday, Oct. 12

Overnight Markets And News Dec E-mini S&Ps (ESZ18 +1.11%) this morning are up +1.02% and European stocks are up +0.38% as global equity markets recover from their 2-day rout. JPMorgan Chase is up 1% in pre-market trading to lead bank stocks higher after it reported Q3 adjusted EPS of $2.36, above consensus of $2.26. Strength in […]
WTI Crude Oil And Natural Gas Forecast – Friday, Oct. 12

WTI Crude Oil And Natural Gas Forecast – Friday, Oct. 12

WTI Crude Oil The WTI Crude Oil market gapped lower and below the $73 level to kick off the day, breaking all the way down to the $71 level. The markets have lost roughly 3%, and I think it is probably only a matter time before we find value hunters, but clearly the inventory build […]
Mideast And US Hold On To Only Regional Equity Gains This Year

Mideast And US Hold On To Only Regional Equity Gains This Year

The global selloff in stock markets around the world this week has left equities in the Middle East and the US with the world’s only year-to-date gains for the major regions, based on a set of exchange-traded funds through yesterday’s close (Oct. 11). WisdomTree Middle East Dividend (GULF) remains in the lead with an 8.7% […]
Will Bank Earnings Salvage The Bull Market?

Will Bank Earnings Salvage The Bull Market?

Given the bounce in the stock market yesterday off the lows of the day I think we are poised for a rally but I do not believe that the stock market correction is over.
Market Fever Is Burning Itself Out Ahead Of The Weekend

Market Fever Is Burning Itself Out Ahead Of The Weekend

Overview: Equity markets are stabilizing today as Asian and European markets shrug off the failure to get traction in the US yesterday. As everything and nothing was behind the dramatic sell-off in recent days, the same could be said about today’s recovery. Most accounts seem to be emphasizing two developments: a report indicating that despite the […]
Global Stocks Rebound To End Worst Week Since February

Global Stocks Rebound To End Worst Week Since February

After a brutal two-day selloff that wiped out trillions in market cap and saw the most aggressive selling pressure in the S&P since the flash crash on Thursday afternoon, prompting some to speculate that the bottom had been hit… … global shares staged a broad recovery on Friday enjoying their best day in nearly a month as […]