Author Archive: Jeremy Parkinson
Oil Breakout + Gold Breakout = ???
Oil Futures and Gold Futures are both breaking out but the VIX is still trading under 12. Something need ti give… either OiL and Gold settle down, or SPX volatility will need to rally. Video Length: 00:03:42
That Smell In The Fed’s Elevator
A new paper that was presented last week at the 2017 U.S. Monetary Policy Forum has garnered, rightly, a lot of attention. The paper, entitled “Deflating Inflation Expectations: The Implications of Inflation’s Simple Dynamics,” has spawned news articles such as “Research undercuts Fed’s two favorite U.S. inflation tools” (Reuters) and “Everything the Market Thinks About […]
Apparel/Shoe Maker Adidas Upgraded To “Buy”
For today’s article, we take a look at a recently upgraded stock that has been a big run up lately, Adidas (ADDYY). My Adidas Walk through concert doors And roam all over coliseum floors I stepped on stage, at Live Aid All the people gave an applause that paid And out of speakers I did […]
E Does Donald Trump Want A Financial Depression?
There are many thoughts and policies floating around in the Trump administration that could lead to a financial depression. The disturbing issue for me is that the Austrian Economists who are influencing the administration do not believe that a financial depression is that big of a deal. After this issue is discussed, the concept of […]
A Whole New World Of Gold Demand Is Opening Up
Most analysis of gold and silver markets tends to be U.S.-centric. However, the next secular trend in precious metals markets may have less to do with U.S. debt, U.S. politics, the U.S. central bank, and the U.S. dollar and more to do with a gigantic new source of demand. It’s not the 1970s anymore. Back […]
Market Wrap – Wednesday, Mar. 8
A review of stocks, bonds and commodity markets. Video Length: 00:10:30
Google To Acquire Data Science Competition Specialist Kaggle For Undisclosed Amount
Written by StockNews.com Google parent Alphabet Inc. (Nasdaq: GOOGL) has always been a major force in the data science and machine learning world, and its latest acquisition of Kaggle, a data science and machine learning competition specialist, will only solidify its strong positioning even further.
EC What If This Is As Good As It Gets?
There are a handful of movies that suck me in whenever they come around. Goodfellas. The Godfather. The Shawshank Redemption. Still, there’s only one production where I can never get enough of the main character’s outlandishness. Melvin Udall in As Good As It Gets. He hoards bars of soap as part of an obsessive-compulsive disorder. […]
Will EUR/USD Hit 1.05?
The European Central Bank’s monetary policy announcement will be the market’s primary focus tomorrow. The ECB is widely expected to keep policy unchanged but between their quarterly economic forecasts and Mario Draghi’s press conference, we can be assured that there will be wild swings in EUR/USD tomorrow. Since the last monetary policy meeting in January, […]
EC Fed Hikes And Stock Market Returns
It’s coming. Market participants are expecting the third Fed rate hike since December 2015 at next week’s FOMC meeting. This is a move up in expectations from the start the year when market participants were saying no hike would occur until June. The Fed Funds Effective Rate is now at its highest level since 2008, […]
