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Retail 2018: Are Retailers’ Problems Really Over?

Retail 2018: Are Retailers’ Problems Really Over?

Change seems to be the only constant for the retail sector, which is undergoing a major transformation owing to shifting consumer preferences. While the overall outlook for the sector has been rosy following a spectacular holiday season, retailers may still have some challenges to face. Innovation is a key factor that drives the retail sector […]
Australian Dollar Could Struggle With RBA Rate Call, Lowe Speech

Australian Dollar Could Struggle With RBA Rate Call, Lowe Speech

Fundamental Australian Dollar Forecast: Bearish The Reserve Bank of Australia will set interest rates for March this week Its Governor Philip Lowe is due to speak too Will the rhetoric against a stronger Aussie be ramped up? The Australian Dollar remains stuck in a downtrend against its US cousin but probably remains far closer to three-year highs than […]
Bearish Momentum Accelerates For McDonald’s

Bearish Momentum Accelerates For McDonald’s

Regular readers will be familiar with my analysis of the last few weeks for McDonald’s, which was already showing signs of increasingly bearish sentiment. Indeed my most recent post two weeks ago was entitled Ronald McDonald Not A Happy Clown which really summed up the mood for the stock. Friday’s price action drove the nail firmly […]
Forex Metrics And Chart Month March 2018

Forex Metrics And Chart Month March 2018

The Top 10 of the Ranking and Rating list for the coming month shows the following stronger currencies being well represented for going long: the GBP(4X) with the JPY(4X). The weaker currencies are the USD(3X) with the CAD(2X) followed by the AUD(2X). By diversifying a nice combination can be traded in the coming month like e.g.: […]
Stocks To Trade: Twitter, Steel Dynamics, IR

Stocks To Trade: Twitter, Steel Dynamics, IR

Take a look at these three trading ideas to prep you for the next trading session. Long Steel Dynamics (STLD) Long Twitter (TWTR) Short Ingersoll-Rand (IR)
Silver Looking Better Than Gold?

Silver Looking Better Than Gold?

  Based on Commitment of Traders (COT) data John Rubino at Dollar Collapse prefers silver over gold. The gold COT chart (GC) shows large speculators are net long 178,718 contracts while the commercial traders are short 199,796. Short specs are long 20,808 contracts, making up the difference. Data is is reported on Friday for the prior Tuesday. […]
Swing Low In Russell 2000?

Swing Low In Russell 2000?

It was a strong finish for markets as they clawed back some of the early week losses. Some indices do look better than others and could offer bulls the opportunity they need into next week. The best of these could be the Russell 2000. The index left a picture perfect ‘tweezer bottom’ which has the […]
One Company Now Owns Over 7% Of The Entire S&P 500

One Company Now Owns Over 7% Of The Entire S&P 500

By now it has become common knowledge that in the ongoing war of attrition between expensive – but very much underperforming under central planning – active investing and cheap and efficient passive, ETFs, the latter are winning and the former will likely concede majority control of market AUM in just over a year. Furthermore, as […]
Forex Forecast: Pairs In Focus – March 4

Forex Forecast: Pairs In Focus – March 4

The difference between success and failure in Forex trading is very likely to depend upon which currency pairs you choose to trade each week, and not on the exact trading methods you might use to determine trade entries and exits. Each week I am going to analyze fundamentals, sentiment and technical positions in order to […]
Forex Strength And Comparison March 2018

Forex Strength And Comparison March 2018

In the Currency Strength table, the JPY was the strongest currency while the CAD was the weakest. There were some significant changes last month with the JPY gaining 6 points while the CAD lost 3 points. On a month-to-month basis the GBP and EUR showed a very good performance and to a lesser extent the […]