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Week Ahead: Crude Oil, Brexit, And Black Friday

Week Ahead: Crude Oil, Brexit, And Black Friday

Last week, the uncertainty about Brexit was the biggest news. This is after the cabinet endorsed the new draft. The decision led to the prompt resignations of key ministers, including Dominic Raab, the Brexit minister who had an important role in the negotiations. This week, the following may be the biggest movers. Brexit This week, […]
Brexit Developments’ Impact On The GBP

Brexit Developments’ Impact On The GBP

In the last several days, anyone who has been within a trade with the U.S. dollar and British Pound pair may have been feeling a little on edge, as the spike in the market and complex fundamental announcements have caused quite a turn in the market with a rather huge candle size after United Kingdom […]
Homebuilders Come Clean – Admit Housing Market Optimism Has Collapsed

Homebuilders Come Clean – Admit Housing Market Optimism Has Collapsed

As Upton Sinclair once famously said: “It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it.” But, after a couple of years of exuberant ignorance, Homebuilders have finally started to face reality – or admit reality – slashing their optimism about the US housing market dramatically… […]
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                        EURGBP: Price Into A Sharp And Firm Reversal

E EURGBP: Price Into A Sharp And Firm Reversal

EURGBP can be unfolding an EW ending diagonal within wave 5 of a bigger, bullish impulse. An ending diagonal once completed, will push the price into a sharp and firm reversal which tends to reach the starting point of the pattern. In our case, this is at 0.882 level, where the bigger pullback can look […]
Make This Easy Trade To Get Into The Real Estate Market

Make This Easy Trade To Get Into The Real Estate Market

When most people talk about asset allocation, they are talking about stocks and bonds. Typically, those earlier in their life want to have a higher allocation to stocks. Then, when they reach retirement age, they switch that around and have a higher allocation to the safe haven of bonds with the aim of living on […]
NAHB Housing Market Index: “Builder Confidence Drops As Housing Affordability Issues Rise”

NAHB Housing Market Index: “Builder Confidence Drops As Housing Affordability Issues Rise”

The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) Housing Market Index (HMI) is a gauge of builder opinion on the relative level of current and future single-family home sales. It is a diffusion index, which means that a reading above 50 indicates a favorable outlook on home sales; below 50 indicates a negative outlook. The latest […]
RBC Capital: These 4 Stocks Can Win The AI Race

RBC Capital: These 4 Stocks Can Win The AI Race

We are on the cusp of the Artificial intelligence (AI) era. Whether you like it not, the future is coming. Artificial Intelligence has gone from science fiction to the research labs and now into real-life applications. And this will have very broad implications across a wide swath of industries (e.g. Internet, Autos, Banking, Software, Macro […]
Will U.S. Markets Rally Or Tank Into Year End?

Will U.S. Markets Rally Or Tank Into Year End?

Just a few words describe U.S. market action, so far, this year, as depicted on the following monthly, weekly and daily charts of the SPX (N.B. the ‘input value’ for both the momentum and rate-of-change indicators is shown as ‘one’ and in histogram format to emphasize the following)… indecisive increased expansion/contraction (fluctuation) of volatility (compared with 2016 and 2017) lack of convincing directional […]
The Gold & Silver Corrective Rally Is Almost Over

The Gold & Silver Corrective Rally Is Almost Over

Strong words, aren’t they? And yet, we are not afraid to put them right in the title. The number of factors (and their importance) that point to a nearby reversal and continuation of the major decline is too significant to believe in the bullish case, even though gold, silver, and mining stocks moved higher in […]
Central Banks Have Officially Pulled The Plug On The Markets

Central Banks Have Officially Pulled The Plug On The Markets

Last week the markets rallied on hype and hope of a potential trade deal between the US and China… and the fact it was options expiration week. With those items out of the way, the markets will now begin to adjust to economic realities again. Those economic realities? That the global economy is slowing… and […]