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Stocks In Qatar Dive Most Since Blockade As U.A.E. Says Fighter Jets Intercepted Airliner

Stocks In Qatar Dive Most Since Blockade As U.A.E. Says Fighter Jets Intercepted Airliner

If you were under the impression that relations between Qatar and the Saudi-led bloc that cut diplomatic ties with the filthy-rich sheikdom last summer were set to thaw, you might want to rethink that assumption because, on Monday, Qatar fighter jets intercepted a U.A.E. plane on a regular flight to Bahrain’s capital. Or at least according to the U.A.E’s […]
Is This The Cheapest ‘Stock’ In The World?

Is This The Cheapest ‘Stock’ In The World?

Despite roaring to a 162% return in the last 12 months, this ‘stock’ trades at a mere 0.0168x trailing price-earnings ratio… and a record-breakingly cheap 0.009x 2017-estimated P/E… Are you a buyer? The ‘company’ has a market capitalization of CHF 495 million and ‘earnings’ of CHF54 billion! How much would you like? The name of this mystery stock? Simple […]
US Stocks Top Weekly Performance List As REITs Sink

US Stocks Top Weekly Performance List As REITs Sink

US equities led most markets higher last week, posting the strongest gain among the major asset classes, based on a set of exchange-traded products. Meanwhile, real estate investment trusts (REITs) in the US suffered the biggest weekly loss, extending a slide for this yield-sensitive sector in the wake of rising Treasury yields. Vanguard Total Stock Market (VTI) […]
WTI Crude Oil And Natural Gas Forecast – Monday, Jan. 15

WTI Crude Oil And Natural Gas Forecast – Monday, Jan. 15

WTI Crude Oil Oil markets initially fell during the day on Friday, and as we had formed a shooting star on Thursday, it looks like we may be getting a bit of a pullback. However, we turned around and rallied significantly as the US dollar fell. It now looks as if the market is going […]
Macro Mondays: REITs

Macro Mondays: REITs

Welcome to another installment of Macro Mondays! It occurred to me recently, that I never discussed one of the quintessential asset classes for investors: real estate. While it’s nice to be able to afford pieces of physical property as an investment, sometimes that’s not always the case. There is an easy way for ordinary investors to […]
Strong Start To The Week; HDFC Hits All Time High

Strong Start To The Week; HDFC Hits All Time High

Indian share markets continued to witness buying momentum in the afternoon session and closed on record highs. At the closing bell, the BSE Sensex closed higher by 251 points and the NSE Nifty finished higher by 60 points. The S&P BSE Mid Cap finished down by 0.1% while S&P BSE Small Cap finished up by 0.3%. Gains were largely seen in consumer durables stocks, bank stocks and power […]
Taxing Money: The Goodfriend Approach To Monetary Policy

Taxing Money: The Goodfriend Approach To Monetary Policy

At a time when the inflation rate has been consistency been well below the Federal Reserve Board’s 2.0 percent target, Donald Trump has nominated Marvin Goodfriend to fill one of the Fed’s vacant governor positions. Goodfriend argues that the Fed’s major policy failing has been that it has inadequately convinced the public of its commitment to fighting […]
Crude Oil – Monday, January 15

Crude Oil – Monday, January 15

The 50% Fibonacci retracement of the 2014-2015 bear market (around $67) is the next target for bulls. A close below $62,50 will create suspicion for a bull trap though. source: INVESTING.com
Norway’s $1.1 Trillion Wealth Fund Goes All-In On Asset Bubbles, Seeks Permission To Invest In Private Equity

Norway’s $1.1 Trillion Wealth Fund Goes All-In On Asset Bubbles, Seeks Permission To Invest In Private Equity

Just over a year ago we noted that, after being forced to withdraw at least $15 billion to fund 2017 budget deficits, the $860 billion Norwegian sovereign wealth fund announced that it was going all in on the global equity bubble to try to make up the difference. The change resulted in 75% of the fund’s capital being […]
Forex Metrics And Chart Week 3 / 2018

Forex Metrics And Chart Week 3 / 2018

The Top 10 of the Ranking and Rating list for the coming week shows the following stronger currencies being well represented for going long: the NZD(5X) followed by the AUD(2X). The weaker currencies are the USD(4X) followed by the CHF(3X). By diversifying a nice combination can be traded in the coming week like e.g.: NZD/USD with […]