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U.S. Workforce Recovery – Wednesday, Oct. 10
We’ve updated our monthly workforce analysis to include Friday’s Employment Report for September. The unemployment rate dropped to 3.7%, and the number of new nonfarm jobs (a relatively volatile number subject to extensive revisions) came in at 134K. The Unemployment Rate The closely watched headline unemployment rate is a calculation of the percentage of the Civilian Labor […]
3 Rising Stocks In Consumer Goods & Services
We’ve all got a tendency to gravitate toward the big-name stocks, the tech giants like Amazon or Apple or Facebook or Google, that are raking in the cash and bringing big returns to investors. But what about the bread-and-butter companies, those shares in companies that provide us with the everyday things that we just need? […]
Ugly, Tailing 10 Year Auction Prices At Highest Yield Since April 2011
After a poorly received, tailing 3-Year auction, moments ago the Treasury dumped the second load of supply for the day when it sold $23 billion in the 10Y paper. The auction, not surprisingly, could have been stronger. Stopping out at a high yield of 3.225%, the highest since April 2011, it tailed the When Issued 3.222% […]
Higher Yields And A Shift In The Markets… Where’s The Balance?
Eddie Ghabour, Co-Owner of Key Advisors Group LLC joins me today to share his thoughts on rising yield environment and how this could impact the US markets. Eddie has a target of 3.25% in the 10-year yield as the peak this year but sees the upward trend in yields continuing next year. As for the […]
IMF Report – 2019 U.S. GDP Growth Expected To Fall To 2.5%
IMF Report Wrong On 2017 Forecasts The IMF Report offers delayed projections which means it confirms data trends we’ve been seeing for months. It’s a great summary of world growth since I don’t cover every country’s economy in my articles. Some people mistakenly view IMF Report forecasts as always being wrong. Skeptics might say the […]
Profit Taken On GBP/USD, EUR/USD View Remains Bullish
This is how my trades are for now: EUR/USD Trading strategy: Long Open: 1.1530 Target: 1.1750 Stop-loss: 1.1430 Recommended size: 1.50 mini lots per $10,000 in your account Short analysis: EUR/USD could be gearing up for another assault on the daily cloud, which now spans 1.1546-75, as the long tail on Tuesday’s candlestick line hints […]
ETFs That Tend To Win & Lose When Rates Rises
Treasury yields have been surging lately on the back of strong economic data and hawkish Fed comments. The 10-year yield jumped above 3.25% for the first time since 2011, sparking fears of inflationary pressure, which would increase the cost of products and dampen consumer spending. This, in turn, would hurt economic growth, making investors cautious […]
Graphene, A Bet On The Future
TM editors’ note: This article discusses a penny stock and/or microcap. Such stocks are easily manipulated; do your own careful due diligence. Investors are always on the lookout for the next big thing. The piece of technology that will bring science fiction to life and transform the world. Occasionally this promise of the future leads […]
Treasury Sells $36BN In 3 Year Paper In Weak, Tailing Auction
For the first time in a while, bond traders were carefully following today’s Treasury coupon auctions, with the US Treasury selling a twofer of 3 and 10 year paper, to see how easily the market would be able to digest today’s supply. Moments ago the first auction, the sale of $36BN in 3-year paper priced, […]
E Fixed Income: Investing In A Rising Rate Environment
The 35-year bond bull market ended in 2016 and since then interest rates have doubled with the 10-year Treasury yield reaching a seven-year high. That has been bad news for Treasury bond owners. The iShares 20+ Year Treasury ETF (TLT) has lost seven percent over the last month. What should fixed-income investors do in a […]
