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Technically Speaking: Eating Sardines

Technically Speaking: Eating Sardines

This past weekend, I discussed the recent weekly violation of the market back below its respective 50-dma and the triggering of actions in our underlying portfolios. ‘If the market fails to hold the 50-dma by the end of this week, we will add our hedges back to portfolios, rebalance risk in portfolios and raise cash as […]
US Dollar, Japanese Yen Sink As ’Risk On’ Sentiment Surges

US Dollar, Japanese Yen Sink As ’Risk On’ Sentiment Surges

Is the US Dollar rally over? Developments since FX markets opened up Sunday in New York would suggest that traders may think so. While US President Trump’s comments about starting a global trade war via aluminum and steel tariffs may have been the initial catalyst, knock-on developments have given traders little reason to continue to […]
Corby Has That Canadian Spirit

Corby Has That Canadian Spirit

Every New York stock exchange trading day I’m posting a daily dividend stock or fund review. I’ll share the three chief qualities of just one equity or fund that could be selected for a dividend stock portfolio I’ve named the Safari to Sweet Success. This week my Safari portfolio is adding a company from the […]
Ebay’s (EBAY) Marketplace Is Expected To Do Well In 2018

Ebay’s (EBAY) Marketplace Is Expected To Do Well In 2018

eBay Inc. (EBAY – Free Report) is a well-established player in the e-commerce space and also has a first-mover advantage. To maintain its dominance, eBay has introduced several measures to fuel growth in its Marketplaces business. eBay has been giving more data to its marketplace sellers. These data include price guidance, restocking guidance and more insight into inventory […]
Whether Volatility Is High Or Low, Gamma Trading Can Exploit Opportunity

Whether Volatility Is High Or Low, Gamma Trading Can Exploit Opportunity

Written by Alternatives Team at Calamos Investments In 2018, volatility kicked into high gear. So far, there have been 11 days when the S&P 500 has moved at least 1%. Investors may not like the return of volatility, but it can strengthen the tailwinds for the gamma trading we do in our market neutral income […]
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                        U.S. House Prices Continue To Rise Three Times Faster Than Inflation

E U.S. House Prices Continue To Rise Three Times Faster Than Inflation

According to the S&P Case-Shiller survey of housing prices, year-over-year increases in national prices (as of January 30, 2018) has been 5% or more over the past 16 months. The 20-City house price index has climbed at this same fast pace over the last 28 months. Why is housing inflation so much faster than general […]
AUDUSD Daily Analysis – Tuesday, March 6

AUDUSD Daily Analysis – Tuesday, March 6

AUDUSD is now facing the resistance of the bearish trend line on its 4-hour chart. As long as the price is below the trend line, the bounce from 0.7712 could be treated as consolidation for the downtrend from 0.7988, and another fall towards 0.7600 could be expected after the consolidation. On the upside, a clear […]
Sensex Ends Day In The Red; Emergency Declared In Sri Lanka

Sensex Ends Day In The Red; Emergency Declared In Sri Lanka

After opening the day in green, share markets in India traded flat throughout the day and ended the day on a negative note. Losses were seen across most sectors with stocks in the realty sector and stocks in the banking sector, leading the losses. At the closing bell, the BSE Sensex stood lower by 430 points (down 1.3%) and the NSE Nifty closed down by […]
Transunion Announces Pricing Of Secondary Offering Of 19,889,564 Shares Of Common Stock

Transunion Announces Pricing Of Secondary Offering Of 19,889,564 Shares Of Common Stock

CHICAGO, March 06, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — TransUnion (the “Company”) (NYSE:TRU) announced the pricing of the underwritten secondary offering by certain of its stockholders (the “Selling Stockholders”) of 19,889,564 shares of common stock of the Company (the “common stock”) pursuant to the Company’s shelf registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”).The […]
Want To Know Where Gold Prices Are Headed? Watch The U.S. Dollar

Want To Know Where Gold Prices Are Headed? Watch The U.S. Dollar

U.S. Dollar Could Dictate Gold Prices Ahead If you are looking for direction on gold prices, it’s important you look at the U.S. dollar. If the dollar declines continue, gold prices could rally significantly. iStock.com/mathieukor Gold bugs, be happy; the U.S. dollar is declining. Mind you, don’t pay attention to the daily fluctuations. A lot […]