Archives by Month:
- January 2025
- December 2024
- November 2024
- October 2024
- September 2024
- August 2024
- July 2024
- June 2024
- May 2024
- April 2024
- March 2024
- January 2024
- December 2023
- November 2023
- October 2023
- August 2023
- July 2023
- June 2023
- May 2023
- February 2023
- January 2023
- December 2022
- November 2022
- October 2022
- September 2022
- August 2022
- July 2022
- June 2022
- May 2022
- April 2022
- March 2022
- February 2022
- January 2022
- December 2021
- November 2021
- October 2021
- September 2021
- August 2021
- July 2021
- June 2021
- May 2021
- April 2021
- March 2021
- February 2021
- January 2021
- December 2020
- November 2020
- October 2020
- September 2020
- August 2020
- July 2020
- June 2020
- May 2020
- April 2020
- March 2020
- February 2020
- January 2020
- December 2019
- December 2018
- November 2018
- October 2018
- September 2018
- August 2018
- July 2018
- June 2018
- May 2018
- April 2018
- March 2018
- February 2018
- January 2018
- December 2017
- November 2017
- October 2017
- September 2017
- August 2017
- July 2017
- June 2017
- May 2017
- April 2017
- March 2017
- February 2017
- January 2017
- December 2016
- November 2016
- October 2016
- September 2016
- July 2016
- June 2016
- April 2016
- March 2016
- February 2016
- January 2016
- December 2015
- November 2015
- October 2015
- September 2015
- August 2015
- July 2015
- June 2015
- May 2015
- April 2015
- March 2015
- February 2015
- January 2015
- December 2014
- November 2014
- October 2014
- September 2014
- August 2014
- July 2014
- June 2014
- May 2014
- April 2014
- March 2014
- February 2014
- January 2014
- December 2013
- November 2013
- October 2013
- September 2013
- August 2013
- July 2013
- June 2013
- May 2013
- April 2013
- March 2013
- February 2013
- January 2013
- November 2012
- October 2012
- August 2012
- July 2012
- June 2012
- May 2012
- April 2012
- March 2012
- February 2012
- January 2012
- December 2011
- November 2011
- October 2011
- September 2011
- August 2011
- July 2011
- June 2011
- May 2011
- April 2011
- March 2011
- February 2011
- January 2011
- December 2010
- November 2010
- October 2010
- September 2010
- August 2010
- July 2010
- June 2010
- May 2010
- April 2010
- March 2010
- February 2010
- January 2010
- December 2009
- November 2009
- October 2009
- September 2009
- August 2009
- June 2009
- April 2009
- February 2009
- December 2008
- November 2008
- October 2008
- August 2008
- June 2008
- May 2008
Archives by Year:
OPEC+ Floats 1 Million Barrel Production Cut After Oil Price Tumbles Into Bear Market
Oil prices entered a bear market last week, tumbling 21% from recent highs as it became clear that Trump will significantly water down Iran oil export sanctions by granting waivers to its 8 largest clients even as US inventory stockpiles are once again rising amid almost weekly records in US oil production. OPEC and its […]
Weekly Commentary: Back To Fundamentals
The Dow (DJIA) jumped 545 points (2.1%) in Wednesday’s post-midterms trading. The S&P 500’s 2.1% rise was overshadowed by the Nasdaq Comp’s 2.6% and the Nasdaq 100’s 3.1% advances. Healthcare stocks surged, with the S&P 500 Healthcare Index up 2.9% (Healthcare Supplies index jumping 4.5%). Led by Amazon’s 6.9% (113 points!) surge, the S&P Internet […]
Trading Support And Resistance – Sunday, Nov. 11
This week we’ll begin with our monthly and weekly forecasts of the currency pairs worth watching. The first part of our forecast is based upon our research of the past 16 years of Forex prices, which show that the following methodologies have all produced profitable results: Trading the two currencies that are trending the most strongly over the […]
GBP/USD Forecast November 12-16 – Waiting To Burst On A Brexit Deal
GBP/USD traded up on rumors that a Brexit deal is imminent and down on worries that it could all break up. What’s next? Apart from Brexit, the UK releases three top-tier figures. Here are the key events and an updated technical analysis for GBP/USD. Rumors of a decisive cabinet meeting to approve a Brexit deal proved […]
Weapon Sales Across The Globe Drive Safety & Security Theme
The 2018 $717 billion Department of Defense budget included more than 20,000 more troops, 90 new F-35s, a $4 billion missile defense system and the creation of the Space Corps as a new arm of the Air Force. That budget was big news for defense contractors here in the United States, but doesn’t tell the […]
3 Tech Stocks Bucking The Market Downturn
The tech sector has just finished its worst month since the Great Recession, and after glancing at the headlines you might be forgiven for thinking that the sky is falling. After all, Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Microsoft, and Alphabet (parent company of Google) did lose $75 billion dollars at the end of last week. News network CNBC summarized […]
S&P 500 Will Look To Trade Wars, FTSE To Brexit, DAX To GDP Data
TALKING POINTS: Major event risk in the US midterm elections has passed but trade war threats linger for the S&P 500 FTSE will look to Brexit as a key UK minister tendered their resignation and the November 21st ‘deadline’ approaches DAX will continue to take cues from the Italian budget fiasco and trade wars Trade Wars Emerge as the Headline […]
Sector Shorts: Auto Manufacturing
Preface to all sector posts: I’m not going to dance around it: I am very short again. I have 99 different short positions and am aggressively positioned for the week ahead. I have gone through all my charts and have broken a portion of them into distinct sectors.
Home Prices Are Now Plummeting In These 8 Major Cities
In late September, we outlined how Bank of America called it: “The Peak In-Home Sales Has Been Reached; Housing No Longer A Tailwind.” Then in October, we noticed how existing home sales data retreated in September, dropping to the lowest level in nearly three years. All the while, an affordability crisis remains widespread in most cities across the US, but could […]
