Sensex Trades Rangebound; Rupee Weakens Further
Aug 30, 2018
Jeremy Parkinson
Finance
Stock markets in India are trading flat with a negative bias as investors remain cautious ahead of August F&O expiry, due later in the day today. Losses are largely seen in realty stocks and bank stocks. The BSE Sensex is trading down by 25 points and the NSE Nifty is trading down by 12 points. Meanwhile, the BSE Mid Cap index is trading up by […]
What’s Bigger Than A Bubble?
Aug 30, 2018
Jeremy Parkinson
Finance
I spent a lot of time recently looking at the long-term index charts. We’re all familiar with the history of the Internet Bubble and the Housing Bubble. How gigantic they were, how they were fueled by puffery or outright lies, and how the housing bubble in particular was made possible through completely bogus credit ratings. Both of these prior bubbles were […]
New Risk Resistant Economy
Aug 30, 2018
Jeremy Parkinson
Finance
Recency bias is causing many investors and economists to believe we are in a new era of uncertainty because of the dot com bubble and the 2008 financial crisis. It’s like saying inflation would always stay high after the bout of inflation caused by monetary policy mistakes in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Analyze […]
The S&P Has Become Overbought For The First Time In 7 Months. What’s Next?
Aug 30, 2018
Jeremy Parkinson
Finance
The U.S. stock market (S&P 500) has become overbought for the first time in a long time. It’s 14 daily RSI has reached 70 for the first time since late-January 2018 while it remains above its 200 daily moving average. In other words, momentum has returned to the stock market. When momentum returns to the stock […]
EUR/USD Is Bullish But Close To Strong Resistance
Aug 30, 2018
Jeremy Parkinson
Finance
Source: Admiral Markets MT5 with MT5 The EUR/USD has made a breakout in the form of an inverted head and shoulders pattern, but the upside could be contained due to strong resistance close to the M H3 and W H4 pivot points, along with historical sellers. 1.1735-55 is the POC zone, and we might see some rejections within the zone. […]
EURUSD: Euro Bulls Recovered Their Losses With Some Help From The Pound
Aug 30, 2018
Jeremy Parkinson
Finance
Previous: On Wednesday the 29th of August, trading on the euro closed up despite falling during the first half of the day. The main driver for the pair’s growth was an increased appetite for risk among investors, as well as a decline on the dollar which was brought about by a sharp rise on the British […]
S&P 500 And Nasdaq 100 Forecast – Thursday, August 30
Aug 30, 2018
Jeremy Parkinson
Finance
S&P 500 The S&P 500 rallied during trading on Wednesday, breaking above the 2900 level quite decidedly. At this point, I’m looking for short-term pullbacks to take advantage of, as we have cleared a major hurdle. I believe that now we will eventually go looking towards the 3000 level, but it’s going to take some […]
Why Diesel Prices Are Set To Soar
Aug 30, 2018
Jeremy Parkinson
Finance
A new rule coming into effect for marine shipping in 2020 promises to drive up the price of diesel, as well as low sulfur crudes like West Texas Intermediate. The world is ticking down to a deadline that promises to have major ramifications in the global fuel markets. On January 1, 2020, the International Maritime Organization […]
Midsummer Scenes From The U.S. New Home Market
Aug 30, 2018
Jeremy Parkinson
Finance
We’re going to tell the story of the United States’ new home market primarily through pictures today, where our first chart visualizes the median and average sale prices of new homes in the U.S. from January 2000 through the just-reported preliminary data for July 2018. There’s quite a bit of month-to-month volatility in the sales […]