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U.S. Exports To China Collapse In August 2018
According to international trade data published by the U.S. Census Bureau, U.S. exports to China collapsed in August 2018. The following chart reveals that the gap between the trailing twelve month average of the combined value of goods traded between the U.S. and China has fallen nearly $1.1 billion below its pre-trade war trend, or roughly by […]
This Week In Cryptocurrency – Friday, Oct. 5
What Is This? The Stock Market? Another relatively uneventful week for the cryptocurrency market. Even with positive news of Gemini’s digital asset insurance, Coinbase’s multi-billion dollar valuation, and further worldwide adoption, the market still managed to fall from $219.7B to $217.9B. That market cap change calculates to a less than 1% fall, however. In an industry in […]
4 Stocks With Recent Price Strength To Maximize Your Gains
“In the stock game, winning means reaching a higher price.” However, striking the right chord each time needs a fair amount of luck. No matter how disciplined and systematic investors are, equity market volatility will always manage to get the better of them. While a few lucky ones rake in the moolah, others fall victim […]
Tesla Slides After Elon Musk Mocks SEC On Twitter
Shares of Tesla (TSLA) dropped in morning trading after Elon Musk, the company’s CEO, mocked the Securities and Exchange Commission in a tweet, calling the agency the “Shortseller Enrichment Commission.” Last weekend Musk reached an agreement with the SEC to settle fraud charges, and that charge is currently pending approval from a federal judge. MUSK […]
Rail Week Ending Saturday, Sept. 29: September Total Movements Up 4.4% Year-Over-Year
Week 39 of 2018 shows same week total rail traffic (from same week one year ago) improved according to the Association of American Railroads (AAR) traffic data. Analyst Opinion of the Rail Data Rail continues to have relatively good growth. We review this data set to understand the economy. If coal and grain are removed from the […]
September Jobs Report: 134K New Jobs, Unemployment Rate At 3.7%
This morning’s employment report for September showed a 134K increase in total nonfarm payrolls, which was worse than forecasts. The unemployment rate remained dropped to 3.7%. The Investing.com consensus was for 185K new jobs and the unemployment rate to drop to 3.8%. Here is an excerpt from the Employment Situation Summary released this morning by the Bureau of Labor […]
Billion Dollar Unicorns: Upwork Finally Goes Public
As per a recent Morgan Stanley report, freelance workers will account for nearly half of the US workforce within ten years, compared with the current 35% share. The shift in the workforce is attributed to changing demographics, increased digitization, and the adoption of cloud-based services. Earlier this week, Billion Dollar Unicorn Upwork (Nasdaq: UPWK) went public. It […]
Bearish Wedge Chart Pattern
My Swing Trading Approach I took profits in Caterpillar (CAT) for a +1.9% profit yesterday, while getting stopped out at the open in ROKU and PYPL. Currently I am short, and will gauge the market today for a potential bounce and quickly close my short position if need be. Either way, I expect to be very cautious in my trading approach in […]
September Jobs Miss Made Up By Strong Revision
The US economy grew a disappointing 134k jobs last month. It is weakest job creation this year. However, the sting is offset by the strong upward revision in August to 270 (+69k) and a more modest revision (18k) in July. It puts the Q3 average at 190k, which is healthy by any measure, even if […]
E Relative Opportunity With US Sectors
For tactical momentum positions within the major sectors, we currently favor Technology (XLK or VGT) and Health Care (XLV or VHT) for overweight versus diversified core. Based on various combinations of focus factors, the data suggests these sectors: High growth of earnings and interest rates now: XLY, XLI, XLB, XLF Reduced growth of earnings and […]
