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How President Trump Is Undermining U.S. Oil Producers

How President Trump Is Undermining U.S. Oil Producers

President Trump recently took credit for the plunge in oil prices since early October. As I noted in a recent article, it’s true that the President’s actions have contributed to the drop in oil prices, but at a cost that has been largely ignored. This week the President decided to share the credit for lower oil prices on […]
Euro Is Down Against The Major Currencies After The German And Eurozone Data

Euro Is Down Against The Major Currencies After The German And Eurozone Data

  The euro fell sharply in morning trade with data in the euro zone as data showed that private sector growth in Germany, the eurozone and German GDP. The private sector in the euro area is at its lowest pace in four years The eurozone private sector grew at its slowest pace in nearly four […]
WTI Crude Oil And Natural Gas Forecast – Friday, Nov .23

WTI Crude Oil And Natural Gas Forecast – Friday, Nov .23

WTI Crude Oil While it was Thanksgiving Day in the United States, there are a lot of traders around the world that have been involved during the day. Volume may not be that high, but it does suggest that a trader still believe that the $55 level is going to be resistance. That was an […]
Options, Investor Sentiment Do Not Show Panic For Major Bottom In Stocks

Options, Investor Sentiment Do Not Show Panic For Major Bottom In Stocks

The S&P 500 sits at/near October lows. How the bull-bear duel resolves in the next few sessions will decide the path of least resistance in this seasonally favorable period. Options and investor sentiment do not reflect panic. If stocks rally here, this will not mark a major bottom.   The S&P 500 large cap index […]
EUR/USD The Red On Black Friday, Blame Germany

EUR/USD The Red On Black Friday, Blame Germany

EUR/USD slips below 1.1400 on weak German data and loses uptrend support Positive tones around Brexit, Italy, and China help. Holidays and a global shopping spree could lower liquidity. EUR/USD is below 1.1400, falling off the narrow range. Germany’s Purchasing Managers’ Indices missed, with Manufacturing dropping to 51.6 points, only slightly above the 50-point threshold that separates expansion […]
Stock Market Seasonality

Stock Market Seasonality

Everything in this world has cycles, including the stock market. Stock market seasonality is when the stock market tends to perform better during certain times of the year and tends to perform worse during certain times of the year (from a probability perspective). Whether or not you recognize it, you’ve probably heard about the stock […]
Holiday Trading Can’t Stop Oil’s Decline

Holiday Trading Can’t Stop Oil’s Decline

Even thin trading due to the Thanksgiving holiday weekend in the United States couldn’t prevent oil prices from dropping to 2018 lows on Friday. As of 2:03 p.m. HK/SIN, U.S. WTI futures were down 2.58 percent to $53.22 per barrel. Brent crude futures were down 1.25 percent to $61.82 per barrel. Brent had fallen to […]
Ten Chairs: How To Change The Bank

Ten Chairs: How To Change The Bank

I was in the middle of a conversation about how to change the bank when we started talking about the boardroom issue. As many of you will know, I often reference the fact that, according to research, over nine out of ten bank boardroom members have never had a job in technology. How can you convert […]
Super Black Friday Deal: Melbourne Property Developer Offers $100,000 Off

Super Black Friday Deal: Melbourne Property Developer Offers $100,000 Off

A Melbourne developer is offering the best Black Friday deal around or a dire sign for Australia. Bet on the latter. The Next Level in Black Friday Deals In what’s billed as the biggest Black Friday deal ever, a Melbourne Property Developer Offers $100,000. As the housing market cools, developers and agents have been forced to […]
Australia’s Economy Is A House Of Cards, Set For Sharp Downturn In 2019

Australia’s Economy Is A House Of Cards, Set For Sharp Downturn In 2019

Damien Boey, a research analyst at Credit Suisse, has warned that economic growth in Australia could slow quite sharply next year, raising the prospect that a slowdown could be imminent. Boey expects the recent growth spurt driven by strong infrastructure investment, could fade in the first half of 2019, and the risks associated with housing construction and household spending from the […]