Author Archive: Jeremy Parkinson
E Exeria: Interview With Krystian Juchacz, The Project Manager
We had the opportunity to interview Krystian Juchacz, the Project Manager of Exeria. He launched the Exeria Project in 2015, with a mission to help people with busy lives invest effectively and efficiently. Exeria is a service in which an investor can choose an automated trading system that buys and sells selected financial instruments at […]
Russia Collusion Story: A Big “Nothing Burger” Or A Case For Gold?
Gold got a boost Friday on weaker-than-expected inflation and retail sales figures, casting doubt on the Federal Reserve’s ability to continue normalizing interest rates this year. Consumer prices rose slightly in June, at their slowest pace so far this year. The consumer price index (CPI), released on Friday, showed the cost of living in America […]
Empire Fed Joining Recent Economic Data Downhill Slide
Today’s Empire Manufacturing report came in (are you ready for this?) below expectations. Shocker, right? This has been the accelerating norm of late, yet we keep hearing some in the mainstream financial media claiming the economy is strengthening. Go figure. Expectations were for the index at 15 but it came in at 9.8, with expectations for […]
When A “Black Swan” Will No Longer Do: China Warns Beware The “Gray Rhino”
Early this morning, we discussed the unexpected tumble in the Chinese small-cap stock index, the ChiNext, will plunge by over 5%… … as a result of growing concerns that a new round of deleveraging is about to be imposed by Beijing following the conclusion of China’s 5th National Financial Work Conference (NFWC), which was attended by president […]
Are ETFs And Index Funds More Dangerous In A Bear Market?
Here’s an interesting claim I see more and more often: “The nature of ETFs and passive investment is worth noting. A vanilla S&P 500 ETF, for example, effectively puts company and sector fundamentals to one side and buys or sells 500 stocks at a time. This is fine in a rising market, but potentially dangerous in […]
Five Stocks To Watch – Monday, July 17
Bank of America (BAC): Financials – Diversified Financial Services | Reports July 18, before the open. The Estimize consensus calls for EPS of $0.46, three cents higher than Wall Street consensus and an increase of 28% YoY. Currently, the Estimize community is looking for sales of $22.25B, also higher than Wall Street’s $21.91B. Since […]
Inflation: An X-Ray View Of The Components – Monday, July 17
Here is a table showing the annualized change in Headline and Core CPI, not seasonally adjusted, for each of the past six months. Also included are the eight components of Headline CPI and a separate entry for Energy, which is a collection of sub-indexes in Housing and Transportation. We can make some inferences about how […]
Is Volume/Breadth Aligned With Bullish Case?
An August 2016 analysis outlined a long-term bullish signal for stocks that has occurred only ten other times in the last thirty-five years. If we fast forward to July 2017, is market breadth/volume aligning with or contradicting bullish data we have in hand? The chart below shows up/down volume (1996-2010) for the NYSE Composite Stock Index, along with its […]
S&P 500 ETFs Face Off: SPY Versus IVV
The S&P 500 is marching higher, hitting multiple fresh highs amid Washington turmoil, geopolitical risks, decline in oil price and lofty valuation. The benchmark has risen about 9.8% in the year-to-date timeframe buoyed by strong corporate earnings, accelerating economic activity, continued job gains and improving consumer confidence. The trend is likely to continue in the […]
USD/JPY June Rebound Unravels, Bearish RSI Trigger Takes Shape
Ticker Last High Low Daily Change (pip) Daily Range (pip) USD/JPY 112.74 112.87 112.33 19 54 USD/JPY may continue to give back rebound from the June-low (108.80) as market participants push back bets for the next Fed rate-hike. The Bank of Japan’s (BoJ) July 20 meeting is likely to spark a limited reaction in USD/JPY […]
