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Amazon’s Split HQ Will Spark Apartment Boom In NY Queens And VA Crystal City

Amazon’s Split HQ Will Spark Apartment Boom In NY Queens And VA Crystal City

Amazon’s decision to split its headquarters will also split rental needs. Expect an apartment boom in two cities. Rent Cafe comments on an Amazon-Related Apartment Boom in two cities. Key Findings With a high occupancy rate of 98.2% in Long Island City, future Amazon employees may have a hard time finding an apartment for rent near work. […]
Oil Price On Longest-Ever Losing Streak: 5 ETF Zones To Benefit

Oil Price On Longest-Ever Losing Streak: 5 ETF Zones To Benefit

Oil price resumed its downward trend after hitting the highest level since 2014 just six weeks back. In fact, U.S. crude dropped for the 12th consecutive session, marking the longest losing streak on record since 1983. Both the U.S. crude and Brent is in the bear territory, tumbling more than 27% and 24%, respectively, since […]
October 2018 CPI

October 2018 CPI

Shelter inflation had another moderate month, bringing the trailing 12-month shelter inflation rate down a little. Core CPI still running just over 2% and core CPI excluding shelter still running at about 1.4%. Still in a tight but not problematic territory.
Four Day Sell-Off

Four Day Sell-Off

My Swing Trading Approach For a second straight day, I am entering the trading session 100% cash. I attempted to trade two stocks long yesterday, but quickly pulled out of them, once it became obvious that the market had no intention of rallying, following an intraday breakout.  Indicators Volatility Index (VIX) – Very little giveback yesterday, […]
Small Business Continues To Be Highly Optimistic

Small Business Continues To Be Highly Optimistic

Today’s NFIB Small Business Optimism Index was reported at a strong 107.4, down only 1.4 points from the Index’s 45-year August high. According to the NFIB report for October, “Small business optimism continued its two-year streak of record highs. Overall, small businesses continue to support the 3%+ growth of the economy and add significant numbers of new […]
Bitcoin Breaks Down

Bitcoin Breaks Down

It’s been a long 2018 for Bitcoin, but because the price ran up so much towards the end of 2017 and into January, up until this point it stayed off the new low list even after losing more than two-thirds of its value.  Partly because of lower numbers falling off and a 10% breakdown in […]
Another Dead-Cat-Bounce Dies

Another Dead-Cat-Bounce Dies

Apple back below its 200-day moving average…after another downgrade. Goldman in the red for the 4th day in a row… And the S&P, Dow, and Nasdaq are all now in the red after such a hopeful open… Having done nothing but dump from the open…
Buying Opportunity?

Buying Opportunity?

Due to the California wildfires, and their associated liability, Pacific Gas & Electric has gotten absolutely torched, having lost a heart-stopping 70% of its value. This is a UTILITY company, people. If you’ll look at the left portion of the graph, it has suffered such shock events before, only to come roaring back. I’m not going to do it myself… angels fear to tread, and […]
GBP/USD In Focus As Brexit Grabs Attention; USD Pullback Continues

GBP/USD In Focus As Brexit Grabs Attention; USD Pullback Continues

GBP/USD IN FOCUS AS BREXIT COMES INTO FURTHER VIEW It’s a big day in the UK and we will likely see updated headlines throughout the session. Brexit negotiators have come to an agreement on a proposed deal, and at this point, Theresa May needs to sell it to her cabinet to gain approval. This appears […]
Volatility Expected On The GBP/USD Pair As Traders Look For Direction On Brexit

Volatility Expected On The GBP/USD Pair As Traders Look For Direction On Brexit

On Monday, sterling had a volatile day as traders received mixed news about the ongoing Brexit news. As a result, traders pushed the GBP/USD pair to a weekly low of 1.2695. After that, traders started receiving optimistic news again. This led the pair to climb to continue moving up. Yesterday, the positive news was confirmed […]