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EURUSD: Buyers Poised For Continued Growth

EURUSD: Buyers Poised For Continued Growth

Previous: On Thursday the 4th of October, trading on the euro closed up. The single currency rebounded from a low of 1.1463. This rise was facilitated by a broadly weaker dollar as well as the closing of short positions in anticipation of today’s employment report from the US. The rise of the British pound also led […]
Sensex Slumps 800 Points As RBI Holds Rates

Sensex Slumps 800 Points As RBI Holds Rates

After opening the day in the red, share markets in India witnessed volatile trading activity throughout the day and ended the day deep in negative territory. Sectoral indices ended the day in red, with stocks in the energy sector and stocks in the PSU sector losing the most. At the closing bell, the BSE Sensex stood lower by 792 points (down 2.3%) and […]
USD/JPY: King Dollar Dominates, But A Correction Cannot Be Ruled Out

USD/JPY: King Dollar Dominates, But A Correction Cannot Be Ruled Out

The USD/JPY extended its gains on the high ground alongside US yields. The inflation report stands out in the second week of October.  The pair is flirting with overbought conditions. This was the week: Triple boost for the USD The USD enjoyed three positive factors. 1) Data: The ADP NFP showed a gain of 230K jobs, significantly […]
US Jobs Data Will Test Dollar Bulls And Bond Bears

US Jobs Data Will Test Dollar Bulls And Bond Bears

Overview: The US dollar is firmer against most of the major and emerging market currencies. The yen and sterling are resisting the pressure, while the South African rand and Russian rouble are paring some of this week’s declines. US equity losses yesterday weighed on Asian and European trading today. The MSCI Asia Pacific Index fell […]
WTI Crude Oil And Natural Gas Forecast – Friday, Oct. 5

WTI Crude Oil And Natural Gas Forecast – Friday, Oct. 5

WTI Crude Oil The WTI Crude Oil market broke down a bit during the day on Thursday, slicing through the $75 level to show bearishness. We broke down below the lows of the session on Wednesday, showing signs of negativity, but we did see a bit of buying towards the end of the day. I […]
Gigantic Short Position In Gold & Silver Markets Now

Gigantic Short Position In Gold & Silver Markets Now

Video Length: 00:30:02 World-renowned investor, Jim Rogers, sat down with SBTV at The Safe House and shared his thoughts on the changing fortunes of the US, the coming global financial collapse and the state of the gold & silver markets. Jim recounts the difference in the fiscal state of the US since the 70’s. Back […]
Panic Borrowing In China

Panic Borrowing In China

China is slowing down, and tariff troubles are only making this fear worse. We spoke with Shehzad Qazi, managing director at China Beige Book International, about his thoughts on China’s weakening economic conditions. Not as Weak as We Thought Since the spring, we’ve heard the Chinese economy is in critical condition amidst historically low investment, […]
Increasing Bullish Equity Sentiment And Declining Bond Prices

Increasing Bullish Equity Sentiment And Declining Bond Prices

As of Wednesday’s market close, the S&P 500 Index is up 11% on a year to date basis, while most bond strategies have struggled to breakeven at best. Longer term bonds have been the most challenged as evidenced in the below chart. The iShares 20+ year Treasury Bond ETF (TLT) is down 7.7% year to […]
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                        Ethereum’s Triangle Suggests More Weakness

E Ethereum’s Triangle Suggests More Weakness

Cryptocurrencies are more or less in positive correlation, but what is interesting is that many of them can be forming a bearish triangle, but we will focus on Ethereum. Triangle corrections are a five-wave A-B-C-D-E sideways movements, where each wave has three legs a-b-c. As you can see Ethereum is making a perfect triangle correction, […]
Peeling The Onion Of Equity Hedge Fund Alpha

Peeling The Onion Of Equity Hedge Fund Alpha

The founder of CEO of MSR Indices, a Parsippany, N.J.-based index-investors consultancy, has authored a white paper on target volatility, also known as intertemporal risk parity. The gist of the paper is that: (1) equity hedge funds do secure alpha for their investors, obvious if one measures their performance against traditional equity indices on a […]