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7 Leveraged/Inverse ETFs Off To A Strong Start In October
Thanks to heightened volatility and uncertainty, the leveraged and inverse leveraged space has grabbed investors’ attention at the start of October. This is because investors grabbed products in this space to magnify returns on quick market turns. While the dual tailwinds of strong corporate earnings and a booming economy will likely keep the positive momentum […]
What To Expect For Q3 Retail Earnings
A discussion on the Q3 earnings season that is set to kick off with the banks this Friday, with rising rates, trade wars and wage pressures all expected to be front and center on earnings calls. Retailers in focus for this season are Amazon, Wal-Mart and Target, all of which have promising reports ahead. Audio Length: 00:48:25
Italian Stocks On Precipice Of Bear Market As Tria Fails To Put Out Fire
Italian Finance Minister Giovanni Tria is an unenviable position. He tried to convince Deputy PMs Matteo Salvini and Luigi Di Maio to respect E.U. budget concerns when setting fiscal targets, but they didn’t listen. So here we are, two weeks after Italy’s dynamic deputy duo decided on a 2.4% deficit target for 2019, and Italian assets are a […]
The Reason Behind Rising Yields
Headline September job growth missed estimates, but the positive revisions to the July and August readings were bigger than the September miss. This explains why it’s best to look at the report holistically. There’s a temptation to just look at the most recent month to get an early look at the economy, but sometimes the […]
Some Weird Action In GDX
David Erfle, Founder and Editor of The Junior Miner Junky shares some of his thoughts on the weird action in GDX over the past couple of days. With gold down, yesterday GDX managed to get a buy throughout the day but today is a different story. We also look at a couple of stocks that […]
AUD/USD: The FX Market’s Cleanest Trend Keeps Trending
For bears, AUD/USD is the gift that keeps giving. “The Cleanest Trend in the FX Market,” as we’ve been calling the pair in our trade recommendations for months now, hit a 20-month low earlier this week. Imagine: a trader who went short the pair at its peak above 0.8100 in late January and then went […]
Secular Trends In Employment: Goods Producing Versus Services Providing – Tuesday, Oct. 9
The Department of Labor has monthly data on employment by industry categories reaching back to 1939. At the highest level, all jobs are categorized in either Service-Providing Industries or Goods Producing Industries. The adjacent chart illustrates the ratio of the two since 1939. The latest monthly employment report showed a gain of 134K nonfarm payrolls, […]
Ackman Discloses $900 Million Stake In Starbucks, Stock Jumps
After Bill Ackman hinted that he would unveil his latest investing play at the Grant’s Interest Rate Observer fall conference in New York City, the Pershing Square founder didn’t disappoint. In his first major new position since unveiling his Lowe’s stake in May, Ackman said during an afternoon presentation that his firm had taken a $900 […]
Affimed Plunges After Drug Program Put On Hold Following Patient Death
Shares of Affimed (AFMD) plunged in morning trading after the company suspended trials on a cancer drug following the death of a patient. The company also said two other patients suffered “life-threatening events”. DRUG TRIAL SUSPENSION: Affimed on Monday said it had placed studies of AFM11, its experimental cancer drug, on clinical hold following the […]
Top 10 Crypto Hedge Funds: Investment Guide
We know that delving into the world of financial jargon can be fairly indecipherable and dull, but it is important for the savvy crypto investor. Consider hedge funds: What are they? They’re a financial vehicle where investors pool their money together to be invested collectively by a fund manager. Does this sound quite similar to a unit […]
