Author Archive: Jeremy Parkinson
Emerging Markets: Preview Of The Week Ahead – June 24
Emerging markets FX ended Friday mixed, and capped off a mixed week overall as the dollar’s broad-based rally was sidetracked. Emerging markets may start the week on an upbeat after PBOC cut reserve requirements over the weekend. Best EM performers last week were ARS, MXN, and TRY while the worst were THB, IDR, and BRL. Indonesia reports […]
Questions And Answers On “Passive” Investing, Part Deux
Here’s part two of the Q&A on passive investing. If you haven’t read part 1 it will be helpful to do that first since I laid out the necessary definitions and foundation for a clear discussion. I answered Marks’ first question about passive investing in the first post, but as it was running a little long […]
E Market Briefing For Monday, June 25
Pervasive ‘data collection’ really overshadows OPEC’s limited move to increase production levels (constrained below their aspirations, much as I suggested would be the likely outcome from the Vienna conference). What OPEC really did was reduce the previously agreed production cutbacks and basically it was lower when ‘guesstimated’; hence the Oil rally we had suspected would ensue. […]
Historic Step Sum Bear Boxes & US Treasury Bonds
The Dow Jones is having a problem with its BEV -5% line, (25,285) in the chart below. It easily broke above it on February 26 (Red Circle), closing the day at -3.41%. However, that advance was short lived. Then again in early March it broke above the -5% line, just barely, before the Dow Jones […]
Upcoming Earnings To Watch: CCL, ACN, PAYX
The market was up and down all week as investors remained uncertain exactly how to react to the continued trade war dispute between the U.S. and China. But there is no rest for the weary because remaining aware of what to expect from stocks ahead of earnings is still as important as ever. Tech giant […]
Do You Have What It Takes To Be A Contrarian?
One of the hardest, but probably the most important traits for a trader to learn is patience. I’ve seen this over and over throughout the years. Traders invariably give up right before a big move is ready to start, either because the market chopped sideways for too long, or because price suffered a big correction. […]
Australian Dollar’s 360 Degree Hammering Likely To Continue
FUNDAMENTAL AUSTRALIAN DOLLAR FORECAST: BEARISH The Australian Dollar’s interest rate differential position arguably worsened last week- and it was pretty bad to begin with The RBA dropped a telling phrase from its minutes Growing trade tensions didn’t help either. The Australian Dollar limps into a new trading week buffeted by what might be termed a perfect storm. […]
Gold Again Boxed; Silver’s Hard Knocks
From the “Just Mail It In Dept.” the following thought (not for the first time) crossed our mind: take the piece penned November 11, change its date to today and post it. After all, it was aptly titled “Again We Find Gold Again Boxed-In Again“. For with price settling the week Friday at 1271, en route making […]
