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Cryptopocalypse 2018
Down 75%, does Bitcoin make any sense? Earlier today I grabbed this screenshot from Yahoo’s Cryptocurrency Screener showing a lot of declines for the day including Bitcoin below $5000, it took back that level shortly thereafter but is back below as I publish this post. I’ve written about Bitcoin a few times and traded it once […]
Money-Supply Growth Falls To 8-Month Low As Mortgage Rates Rise
Money supply growth slowed in October, falling to the lowest rate recorded since February of this year. Overall, money-supply growth remains well below the growth rates experienced from 2009 to 2016, and has fluctuated very little since March. In October, year-over-year growth in the money supply was at 3.7 percent. That was down from September’s […]
Macro Observations: The Trade War Doesn’t Mean A Trade Surplus
Photo Credit: PAS China President Trump has been promoting a trade war with China. His defenders argue it is time to rebalance what has been a win-lose trade relationship. Although there are positives in getting cheap goods from China that the trade balance can’t capture, it is true that China’s long growth spree should be accompanied […]
AUD/USD Bullish Sequence Sputters Ahead Of RBA Minutes
The near-term advance in AUD/USD appears to be stalling ahead of the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) Minutes as it struggles to extend the recent series of higher highs & lows, but the exchange rate may stage a larger correction over the remainder of the month as long as the Relative Strength Index (RSI) preserves the bullish […]
Why Another Volatility Spike May Be Ahead
In early October, when the U.S. stock market had reached an all-time high and investor sentiment was extremely complacent, I published a warning in Forbes called “Why Another Market Volatility Surge Is Likely Ahead.” I showed three indicators that I believed pointed to an imminent volatility spike, most likely as a result of a bearish market movement. […]
Who Didn’t Learn From 2008 Housing Crash?
This article will review household balance sheets and the housing market, but we’ll quickly start with reviewing the updated data on earnings and leading indicators to show you the economic growth slowdown in real time. The table below from The Earnings Scout shows a continuation of the recent trend of weakening earnings estimates. Source: The Earnings Scout The […]
Natural Gas Keeps Shooting Higher On Cold Risks
It was another great day for natural gas bulls, as colder weather trends on weekend model guidance primarily in Week 2 helped the December natural gas contract shoot 10% higher on the day. After a large gap up prices did fall some on warmer overnight model trends before colder afternoon models sent prices right back […]
Victoria’s Secret: Sex Isn’t Selling, The Lingerie Empire Risks Collapse
The CEO of L Brands’ Victoria’s Secret division, Jan Singer, resigned last Wednesday amid a continued slowdown in sales and a lack of diversity at the line’s iconic annual fashion show. The departure comes about a week after the brand’s marketing director Ed Razek, triggered outrage for saying in a Vogue interview that Victoria’s Secret decided against including plus-size and transgender models in their show, which this year […]
Opportunities Keep Coming As Market Pain Persists
Stocks slowly crater today with big tech stocks like AAPL and AMZN getting annihilated. What an incredible time to be a trader as opportunities are everywhere. Watch this video newsletter now so you’re on the front line of the trading opportunities… (Video length 00:14:20)
World Markets Update – Monday, Nov. 19
Two of eight indexes on our world watch list have posted gains through Monday, November 19, 2018. The top performer this year is India’s BSE SENSEX with a gain of 5.80%. In second is our own S&P 500 with a gain of 0.64%. In third is Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 with a loss of 4.15%. Coming […]
