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Lighthizer: China’s Trade Abuses Continue Despite US Warnings

Lighthizer: China’s Trade Abuses Continue Despite US Warnings

It almost seems like the White House is trying to push stocks further into the red. Barely two hours after all three US equity benchmarks turned red for the year, White House Trade Representative Robert Lightizer has released an update to a section 301 report in which he accuses China of pressing ahead with some of its more egregious […]
Secular Trends In Residential Building Permits And Housing Starts – Tuesday, Nov. 20

Secular Trends In Residential Building Permits And Housing Starts – Tuesday, Nov. 20

This morning, we reported separately on the latest residential building permits and housing starts in the government’s monthly report, courtesy of the Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development. Despite the fact that both are monthly SAAR series (seasonally adjusted annualized rate), they are exceptionally volatile and subject to extensive revisions. Thus it is unwise to […]
Natural Gas Sell-Off Fails

Natural Gas Sell-Off Fails

Today’s December natural gas contract trading range eclipsed that of yesterday as prices continued to whipsaw around. Prices initially were strong before selling off through the day and spiking right into the settle to close only a few percent below yesterday’s settle.  The January contract led the way lower today, with strong physical prices helping […]
This Chart Shows You What To Expect As The Market Top Nears Completion

This Chart Shows You What To Expect As The Market Top Nears Completion

Bull market tops are long, drawn out processes, often lasting 18 months, give or take. But they are predictable. They happen when the central bank decides that enough is enough. I had warned in 2017 that when the Fed started talking about balance sheet reduction, the process of ending the bull market and beginning a […]
Holiday Week Key Levels And Volatility Update

Holiday Week Key Levels And Volatility Update

In tonight’s video, Corey updates you on the key SP500 and Nasdaq daily chart levels to watch for any bounce or breakdown for the holiday week and beyond. Then, using these levels as focal points, he discusses likely bounce or potential additional breakdown targets beneath current support zones for short-term traders to target. (Video length […]
5 Best Retail Earnings Charts To End Earnings Season

5 Best Retail Earnings Charts To End Earnings Season

(Video length 00:05:00) It’s the end of earnings season and that means we’re left with the retailers. A couple dozen names are set to report the week of Thanksgiving and the week after Thanksgiving, in the midst of Black Friday and Cyber Monday shopping extravaganzas. Hopes are running high that this holiday season will be […]
Facebook Ends Cycle From IPO. What’s Next For The Social Networking Giant

Facebook Ends Cycle From IPO. What’s Next For The Social Networking Giant

Even today with the explosion of advancements in quantitative analysis utilizing the most sophisticated algorithms and artificial intelligence available the debate rages on between whether a technical-based trading methodology is superior to a fundamental-based trading methodology and vice versa. That debate is examined below via analysis of individual financial instruments such as Facebook (FB). The […]
Gap Reports Q3 EPS 69c, Consensus 68c

Gap Reports Q3 EPS 69c, Consensus 68c

The Gap Inc. (GPS) reports Q3 revenue $4.1B, consensus $4.B. Due to the 53rd week in fiscal 2017, comparable sales for the third quarter of fiscal year 2018 are compared with the 13-week period ended November 4, 2017. On this basis, the company’s third quarter comparable sales were flat compared with a 3% increase last […]
Agriculture Market Report – Tuesday, Nov. 20

Agriculture Market Report – Tuesday, Nov. 20

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