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Sex, Money & Happiness

Sex, Money & Happiness

“Sex” and “Money” are probably two of the most powerful words in the English language. First, those two words got you to look at this article.They also sell products, books, and services from “How To Have Better Sex” to “How To Make More Money” — ostensibly so you can have more of the former. Unfortunately, they are also the two primary causes […]
The 1820s Are More Relevant Than The 1950s

The 1820s Are More Relevant Than The 1950s

Many supporters of Donald Trump have expressed nostalgia for the 1950s, when large companies, strong unions and international competition that had been bombed flat guaranteed well-paid blue-collar jobs. Yet the current situation looks nothing like the 1950s. With robots, genetic engineering, self-driving vehicles, serious emerging market competition and debt defaults on the horizon, we are […]
Traders Increase Long Positions On Forex Into March ECB

Traders Increase Long Positions On Forex Into March ECB

EURUSD Non-Commercials increased their net long positions in the Euro last week buying a further 12k contracts to take the total position to 138k contracts. Following a few weeks of position squaring, investors have started rebuilding their long positions heading into the March ECB meeting this week. The meeting is widely expected to confirm the […]
Barrel By Barrel

Barrel By Barrel

You can talk about shale oil and rig counts all you want but you must also talk about oil in storage or the lack thereof. My buddy Matt Smith, at Clipper Data, points out that home to one of the world’s largest crude storage facilities, in Saldanha Bay in South Africa, has seen its supply […]
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                        Blockchain Industry Builds On Impressive Q4, Continues To Grow

E Blockchain Industry Builds On Impressive Q4, Continues To Grow

The blockchain sector, encompassing everything from business-level implementation of distributed ledger technology (“DLT”) to cryptocurrency trading and mining, has passed the stage of fighting for legitimacy. Now fully established and globally recognized, its expansion and development tour is underway. The industry’s participation pool has drastically shifted since its earlier days when essentially only CypherPunks and […]
Morning Call For Monday, March 5

Morning Call For Monday, March 5

OVERNIGHT MARKETS AND NEWS Mar E-mini S&Ps this morning (ESH18 -0.28%) are down -0.29% on concern about the implications of U.S. tariffs on the global economy. European stocks are up +0.33% after Germany’s Social Democrats voted by 66% in favor to join Chancellor Merkel’s Christian Democrats in a coalition government, higher than expectations of only […]
U.K. Services PMI Expands At Fastest Pace In 4-Month

U.K. Services PMI Expands At Fastest Pace In 4-Month

Despite supply chain disruption that weakened business activity in the manufacturing sector in February, the U.K. services sector experienced a modest growth during the month. The Services PMI grew at 54.5 in February, up from the 16-month low of 53 recorded in January, according to the IHS Markit report released on Monday. Business activity rose at the fastest […]
US Dollar At The Start Of Multi-Year Downtrend

US Dollar At The Start Of Multi-Year Downtrend

Since the US Dollar trades freely in the 1970s, on average it has rallied and declined in a period of 7.5 years. The chart below shows short term and long term US Dollar cycle: Short Term and Long Term US Dollar Cycle   From the chart above, we can see that since 1970s, the cycle […]
Koninklijke Ahold Sources Retail Food

Koninklijke Ahold Sources Retail Food

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 […]
There’s Only 1-2 Years Left In This Bull Market. You Should Be Long Stocks

There’s Only 1-2 Years Left In This Bull Market. You Should Be Long Stocks

Written by Troy Based on current economic data, the Medium-Long Term Model predicts that this bull market still has 1-2 years left. A reader asked As a fellow 3x ETFer, are we not playing with fire with a correction being so close? Here’s my detailed response. The stock market can go up a lot in the final […]