Author Archive: Jeremy Parkinson
An Important Breakout And Vindication For Silver Speculators
Last week, I noted that silver speculators returned to “maximum bullishness” but warned… “Just like the plunge on March 2nd, the key for SLV is the follow-through. On March 3rd, a small relief rally fell short of 200DMA resistance; two days later SLV gapped down on its way to a 50DMA breakdown. I am guessing […]
Fate Of Turkey’s Stock Market Is In The Hands Of An Algo Named “The Dude”
I mean, didn’t you notice on the plane when you started talking, eventually I started reading the vomit bag? Didn’t that give you some sort of clue, like hey, maybe this guy is not enjoying it? You know, everything is not an anecdote. You have to discriminate. You choose things that, that are funny or […]
The Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF Is Looking Like A Buy Again
Just when the Fed zigged, the treasury yield curve zagged. The widely expected March interest rate hike was supposed to help push fixed income yields higher too but then the opposite happened. Treasuries rallied on the news and the yields ended up dropping. So what happened? My take is that the market got a little […]
Forex Ranking, Rating And Score For Week 16 / 2017
The Top 10 of the Ranking and Rating list for the coming week shows the following stronger currencies being well represented for going long: the JPY(5X) followed by the AUD(2X). The weaker currencies are the EUR(4X) followed by the CHF(3X). A nice combination for coming week may be e.g: EUR/JPY with the AUD/CHF CHF/JPY with the EUR/AUD Ranking […]
(Almost) $400 Billion Weighs In On Tax Reform, The Fed, And The Dollar
Bank of America’s latest rates and FX survey comprises responses from 74 fund managers with $368 billion in AUM. In other words, hopefully these folks are some semblance of smart and/or prescient, because if they aren’t, well then there’s nearly $400 billion in possibly misallocated capital floating around out there. There’s some sarcasm there. Most of the folks surveyed have […]
US Dollar Eyes CPI, Liquidity Drain May Boost Knee-Jerk Volatility
Talking Points: G10 FX marks time Good Friday market closures drain liquidity US Dollar may edge lower if US CPI falls short of expectations Thin liquidity conditions may amplify knee-jerk volatility threat The major currencies marked time in Asian trade as liquidity levels diminished amid market closures for the Good Friday holiday. Bourses in Australia and […]
Congress Panics As US Oil Assets Could Fall Into Russian Hands If Venezuela Defaults
As we noted last night, Venezuela’s state-owned oil company PDVSA made principal and interest payments of $2.2 billion today, avoiding default yet again despite what Vice President Tareck El Aissami called a “ruthless economic war” being waged against the Maduro government. That’s the good news, the bad news is that PDVSA has $62 billion more in principal […]
Technical Market Report For April 15, 2017
The good news is: • The market is oversold and ready for a bounce. The Negatives New highs continued to deteriorate, new lows increased a little and the secondaries continue to under perform the blue chips. The first chart covers the past 6 months showing the OTC in blue and a 10% trend (19 day […]
Forex Strength And Comparison For Week 16 / 2017
In the Currency Strength table, the JPY was the strongest currency while the EUR was the weakest. There were some significant changes last week with the AUD gaining 5 points and the USD losing 4 points. The CHF and CAD lost 3 points. The other currencies remained around the same level of last week with a maximum difference of just […]
Trump Talks Down U.S. Dollar: What Lies Ahead For ETFs?
The U.S. dollar has been in the spotlight since before the presidential election. Initially what Donald Trump delivered in speeches was mostly “inward looking”. Many research organizations then believed that Trump’s policies may hinder U.S. growth and thus may cause an upheaval in the dollar. An ABN Amro analyst then saw prospects of inflation outdoing […]
