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China’s Questionable Start To 2018

China’s Questionable Start To 2018

The Chinese government reported estimates for Industrial Production, Retail Sales, and Fixed Asset Investment (FAI) for both January and February 2018. The National Bureau of Statistics prepares and calculates China’s major economic statistics in this manner at the beginning of each year due to the difficulties created by calendar effects (New Year Golden Week). Despite […]
Is Price Inflation Falling?

Is Price Inflation Falling?

Price inflation increased in the January CPI report and the average hourly earnings from the labor report came in hot. This combination caused economists and analysts to start making projections for inflation to trend higher in 2018. This is just like how investment banks raised their 2018 year end S&P 500 forecasts after stocks rallied […]
Trade War: US Launches WTO Challenge Of Indian Export Subsidies

Trade War: US Launches WTO Challenge Of Indian Export Subsidies

The US Trade Representative announced the launch of a WTO challenge to Indian export subsidy programs, in the latest global trade skirmish which is likely to grow into something far bigger. U.S. LAUNCHES WTO CHALLENGE TO INDIAN EXPORT SUBSIDY PROGRAMS -OFFICE OF U.S. TRADE REPRESENTATIVE USTR SAYS APPARENT INDIAN EXPORT SUBSIDIES ALLOW INDIAN EXPORTERS TO […]
Nutanix – Chart Of The Day

Nutanix – Chart Of The Day

The Chart of the Day belongs to Nutanix (NTNX). I found the cloud services stock by suing Barchart to sort today’s Top Stocks to Own list first by the highest Weighted Alpha, then I used the Flipchart feature to review the charts for consistent price appreciation. Since the Trend Spotter signaled a buy on 3/2 the stock gained 40.42%. Nutanix, Inc. […]
This Math Is Magic

This Math Is Magic

Last week, I told you about how adding a technical analysis layer to my stock vetting made me a much better investor. This week, I’m going to share with you how I do it. Today, I’ll be discussing another neat tool: Fibonacci retracements. It’s not the only tool I use. In fact, Fibonacci is most […]
Craft Oil: The Lesser Known Side Of America’s Energy Industry

Craft Oil: The Lesser Known Side Of America’s Energy Industry

Go back a decade, and America’s energy industry was quite the hot button issue. Oil prices were soaring past $100/bbl, the country was still reliant on OPEC for imports, and a lack of energy independence was becoming a costly issue. Meanwhile, the United States was being outclassed on the energy production front by both Saudi […]
The 3 Must-See Silver Charts Of 2018

The 3 Must-See Silver Charts Of 2018

In our Silver Price Forecast 2018 which we wrote last October we explained why we did a neutral trend forecast for the price of silver in 2018, with a bearish bias. We also said that we had a hard time forecasting the 2018 silver price because of the hard-to-read setup, and we promised readers to continuously follow […]
Why The New U.S. Tariffs On Steel Could Be A Pandora’s Box

Why The New U.S. Tariffs On Steel Could Be A Pandora’s Box

President Trump’s import tariffs on steel and aluminum has provoked righteous anger from the EU. The Commission wants to respond with targeted tariffs on US goods such as motorcycles, jeans, and bourbon whiskey—tradeables with major producers in GOP areas. The “National Security” Excuse The spectacle is rather depressing. As my colleague Dan Ikenson has outlined, in isolation Trump’s […]
March – The Second Most Bullish Option Month

March – The Second Most Bullish Option Month

SPX Monitoring purposes;  Long SPX 3/14/18 at 2749.48. Monitoring purposes GOLD: Short GDX on 3/6/18 at 22.02. Long-Term Trend SPX monitor purposes: Long SPX 3/14/18 at 2749.48. Yesterday the TRIN closed at 1.43 and the Ticks at -261, and today TRIN closed at 1.37 and the Ticks at -133. A bullish combination is suggesting that […]
PG&E Corporation Shares Gain In Late Trade After Reports Of Liability Rules Updates By California

PG&E Corporation Shares Gain In Late Trade After Reports Of Liability Rules Updates By California

  ↵ PG&E Corporation (NYSE: PCG) Shares of PG&E spiked after in late trading on Tuesday after the state government of California unveiled a proposal to look into effects of climate change and natural disasters. The move follows the recent devastating fires on the state’s wildlife, which could cut down liabilities that utility companies face. The stock, […]