Author Archive: Jeremy Parkinson
Is Trade War Good For Gold Prices?
Gold prices have come under pressure quite a bit so far this year. However, as the week ended last week, the price of gold started to find its way upward. Ultimately, the gains in the price of the commodity have to do with a move that was made by United States President, Donald Trump, to […]
Why We See US Steel As A Strong Buy
United States Steel Corporation (X) is an integrated steel producer with major production operations in the United States and Central Europe. United States Steel manufactures a wide range of value-added steel sheet and tubular products for the automotive, appliance, container, industrial machinery, construction, and oil and gas industries. An integrated steel producer uses iron ore […]
January 2018 Headline Consumer Credit Growth Rate Declined
The headlines say consumer credit rate of annual growth declined from last month. Our analysis sees a negligible change in the rate of growth. Analyst Opinion of the Consumer Credit Situation There was little revision of the previous months’ data. Not only does this data set suffer from backward revision (moderate to significant enough to […]
Late March Trends Colder, But Natural Gas Volatility Drained
Natural gas prices continued their grind upwards Wednesday as late March kept trending colder, rallying another percent. Through much of the day the prompt month March contract led, though it dipped a bit into the settle with the rest of the strip remaining firm. Yet even with back-to-back days of prices moving more than a […]
Indian Indices Continue Slump, PSBs Under Pressure, Top Stocks In Action
On Wednesday, share markets in India opened flat but ended the day in red. The BSE Sensex closed lower by 284 points to end the day just above the 33,000 mark. While the broader NSE Nifty ended the day lower by 95 points to end at 10,150 levels. Among BSE sectoral indices, infrastructure stocks fell […]
E Trade Setup In Natural Gas Future
There is a Trade setup in Natural Gas Futures. On 15 mins chart, there is a Diamond Pattern formed. This can act as a reversal or continuation pattern. But since at the top pullbacks are strong (red bars), It might work as a reversal pattern. This will be contra trade if price breaks the Diamond […]
Trade As A Percentage Of GDP Over Time
A Tweet claims trade makes up close to 30% of GDP today vs. 19.8% in 1990. Let’s investigate the claim. Total #exports and #imports is close to 30% of #GDP compared to 20% in 1990 pic.twitter.com/Xwxqng4ubC — Kathy Jones (@KathyJones) March 7, 2018 The Tweet makes the claim by adding up real exports and real […]
Is Your Risk In Check?
Video length: 00:16:32 The roller coaster ride started last night as the economic adviser to the President stepped down. The sell-off lasted until the opening bell this morning when there was a sharp reversal ending the day higher. In this important video newsletter update we look at how much risk the market is telling you […]
Hallelujah! The Goldman Sachs Regency At The White House Is Finally Over
The financial commentariat and the robo-machines are all in a tizzy because Gary Cohn up and quit. But we say good riddance: The man gave Trump bad advice on nearly every single issue—trade, taxes, fiscal policy, and the Fed. We didn’t make any bones about that viewpoint during our appearance on Fox Business this AM. […]
Trump To Sign Tariffs Proclamation Tomorrow, No Carve-Outs
It’s on like donkey kong. After a day of uncertainty, The Wall Street Journal confirms that President Trump is expected to sign a new proclamation Thursday afternoon (at 330ET) outlining his plan to impose new tariffs on steel and aluminum, according to a White House official familiar with the planning. Critically, the US equity market […]
