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Trend Reversal On EUR/USD, Fed To Signal December Rate Hike
Next week, the Federal Reserve will end its seventh regular FOMC meeting of the year. It is widely expected that the committee will keep the target range for the federal funds rate at an unchanged 2.00% to 2.25%, while reiterating the outlook for another 25bp move in December. Newly appointed Vice Chair Richard Clarida said […]
E Market Briefing For Monday, Nov. 5
Drilling down into variables – one can readily see the market challenges; which go way beyond simplicity expectations of a late year rally. That’s not at all out of the question as I’ve noted before; but how we get there (if at all) varies upon the two most obvious issues that remain unresolved. (Midterm Elections; the […]
Crosby, The Behavioral Investor Book Review
In 2014 Daniel Crosby, a psychologist and asset manager, co-authored the bestselling Personal Benchmark: Integrating Behavioral Finance and Investment Management and followed that up in 2016 with The Laws of Wealth. Another two years and he’s produced a new book: The Behavioral Investor (Harriman House, 2018). His “admittedly audacious” goal for this book is “to […]
Commitment Of Traders This Week: Futures, Hedge Fund Positions
Following futures positions of non-commercials are as of October 30, 2018. 10-year note: Currently net short 502.8k, down 41.2k. The 10-year Treasury rate continues to trade in a no-man’s land. Sort of. On October 5, it began retreating after touching 3.25 percent. That was the highest since May 2011. Then by the 26th, it was down […]
5 Highlights Of Berkshire Hathaway’s Third Quarter Report For 2018
Berkshire Hathaway (BRK-A, BRK-B) today released its Form 10-Q for the third quarter of 2018. Five highlights during the third quarter were: (1) Berkshire’s operating earnings increased by 100% as compared to the third quarter of 2017. (2) Berkshire repurchased $928 million of its stock, indicating that both Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger conclude that […]
Forex And Cryptocurrencies Forecast For Nov. 05-09, 2018
First, a review of last week’s events: EUR/USD. Recall that most experts (55% vs. 45%) voted for further strengthening of the dollar, calling the year’s low of 1.1300 recorded on August 15 as the goal. This forecast came completely true, and the pair touched the bottom at this point on the last day of October, […]
Is It Better To Rebalance Your Portfolio Periodically Or Leave It Alone?
Whether you hold only stocks or a wide variety of assets, a question you’ll be forced to face sooner or later is whether you should rebalance to a specific preset weight periodically or just let some positions get bigger and others smaller. This article aims to help you make that choice wisely. Part I: The […]
Will Red Hat Put IBM In The Cloud?
IBM (IBM) is an information technology company which provides integrated solutions that leverage information technology and knowledge of business processes; the company was founded in 1911. On October 16, 2018, IBM reported third-quarter earnings results. Revenue of $18.68 billion declined 2% year-over-year, but was flat in constant currency. Revenue missed analyst estimates by $330 million. […]
Hackers Claim Breach Of 120 Million Facebook Accounts; Put Private Messages Up For Sale
Back On September 28, Facebook (FB) announced that as many as 90 million users may have had their “access tokens”, which keep people logged into their account, stolen by hackers. The number was subsequently reduced to 30 million accounts whose phone numbers and email addresses were accessed in the largest security breach in the company’s […]
3 Key Insights From Q3 Earnings Season
At this stage of the game, the majority of S&P 500 companies have reported earnings. So it’s a pretty good time in which to analyze this earnings season. I am going to rely on theam going to rely on the in-depth analysis done by my good friend Sheraz Mian, Director of Research at Zacks and […]
