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What The Dickens?

What The Dickens?

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it […]
Does Weaker Homebuilder Sentiment Signal Higher Macro Risk?

Does Weaker Homebuilder Sentiment Signal Higher Macro Risk?

The hard data on the US housing market has been weakening for most of this year but the blowback for sentiment in the homebuilder industry has been mild – until now. The Housing Market Index (HMI), a monthly benchmark of survey results, fell in the November update to the lowest reading in more than two […]
Deutsche Bank Shares Hit Record Low On Massive Money Laundering Fears

Deutsche Bank Shares Hit Record Low On Massive Money Laundering Fears

The situation for Deutsche Bank investors is going from bad to worse, as shares of the largest bank in Europe have now erased half their value since the beginning of the year over concerns of the bank’s possible role in enabling Danske Bank to possible launder more than $200 billion in suspicious money through the […]
GBP/USD Is Not As Stable As It Seems

GBP/USD Is Not As Stable As It Seems

GBP/USD is looking relatively stable for a change, just like Prime Minister Theresa May that does not suffer a broad rebellion just yet. However, the currency pair faces more upside resistance than support. The Technical Confluences Indicator is currently struggling with a dense cluster of technical lines around 1.2860. This includes the Simple Moving average 100-15m, the SMA 10-15m, […]
Equity Slide Continues

Equity Slide Continues

Overview: Yesterday’s 3% drop in the Nasdaq is setting the tone for today. The US stock market advance had been led by a narrow group of equities, and those have come under strong pressure amid slower consumer demand and stricter export control. Asian equities were a sea of red today. Chinese markets led the sell-off […]
BTC/USD Forex Signal – Tuesday, Nov. 20

BTC/USD Forex Signal – Tuesday, Nov. 20

Yesterday’s signals were not triggered as there was insufficiently bullish price action when both the support levels were hit. Today’s BTC/USD Signals Risk 0.75% per trade. Trades may be taken before 5pm Tokyo time today, over the next 24-hour period only. Long Trades Go long after a bullish price action reversal on the H1 time frame […]
This Is The Reason The Gold Price Has Stumbled

This Is The Reason The Gold Price Has Stumbled

Why Does the Gold Price Keep Dropping After Every Bullish Move? The gold price has shown signs of life over the past few weeks. It has risen and fallen, even going above $1,240 per ounce, only to drop back toward what we can establish as the current floor price of $1,200 per ounce. Before we […]
Bitcoin Daily Forecast – Tuesday, Nov. 20

Bitcoin Daily Forecast – Tuesday, Nov. 20

BTC/USD Bitcoin markets initially tried to rally on Monday but then broke down significantly yet again. In fact, we have crashed into the $5000 level, an area that has a lot of psychological importance. The market looks broken at this point, and if we can break down below the $5000 level, I’m not really sure […]
CADCHF: Inception

CADCHF: Inception

This piece will be about an instrument which is definitely not the most popular on the market. Despite the fact that it’s a minor pair, we have an interesting technical situation here, which I can easily call ‘Inception’. CADCHF is in a symmetrical triangle pattern, which is directly in the middle of a bigger symmetrical […]
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                        Looking At Schweitzer-Mauduit For A Dividend Portfolio

E Looking At Schweitzer-Mauduit For A Dividend Portfolio

This week, I’m seeking the second robust dividend-paying stock from the basic materials business sector for my Ivy portfolio.  That basic materials sector has thirteen industries all related to mining, making, and delivering essential commodities. They are: agricultural inputs; aluminum; building materials; chemicals; coal; copper; industrial metals; gold; paper; silver; specialty chemicals; steel. Today I’m […]