Category Archive: Finance
EC ‘NYHL’ Had A Divergence In 2000 And 2007; A Divergence Is Also Present In 2017
Bad Breadth Can Foreshadow Bear Markets Market breadth speaks to the number of stocks participating in an advance. Strong market breadth means a high percentage of stocks are making new highs as the major indexes make new highs. Strong breadth also aligns with widespread confidence in stocks and the economy. Bearish Divergence In 2000 The […]
Recession To Recovery: A Decade In Perspective
from the Atlanta Fed The Cyclical Recovery In the complex U.S. economy, trends do not often fit cleanly into categories such as cyclical and secular. Broadly speaking, though, it is possible to classify certain developments as mainly cyclical and others as more persistent, or secular. As the video explained, we have experienced a cyclical economic […]
Each Day JP Morgan Adds Silver Bullion To Its Holdings
Since April 17 each trading day silver prices have been going down. I realize that precious metals bugs are in despair. Yes, it is an awful market. The question is not whether gold or silver prices go down but how deeply they are going to drop. However, JP Morgan does not care about it. Look at […]
A Couple Swing Trades To Watch This Week
Stock Swing Trades to keep an eye on, based on strong trending movement and the price finding support after a pullback. Stocks mentioned: $PIR $LITE I don’t want these articles to be viewed as trade signals, but rather a learning device. There is a lot more to trading than just buying at price A and […]
What Is The Bank Of Japan To Do?
The Bank of Japan is unlikely to change policy. Its current policy of targeting 10-year bond yields and expanding the balance sheet by JPY80 trillion is aimed at boosting core inflation to 2%. However, the risk is that BOJ Governor Kuroda surprises the market as he has done on other occasions. If Kuroda is going to surprise the […]
What Will Policy Normalization Mean For Credit Markets (Wonkish)
Right now, in the wake of the French 1st round election results, the Fed futures market is saying there’s a 72% chance of a Fed rate hike by June. So the obvious question is what this means for the economy, especially given recent yield curve flattening. I am cautiously optimistic. But I have some caveats […]
Still In So Many Ways 2014
What was it that touched off CNY’s devaluation in the first place? When it started, “unexpectedly” of course, it was described as intentional policy designed to thwart speculators betting too heavily on the currency’s continued rise. But the first major move in the chess game between the PBOC and “whatever” it is driving the currency was […]
The Reasons US Markets Are Looking At New All Time Highs
With the Russell 2000 at another all time high and the S&P 500 very close to closing at a daily all time high we need to consider why this is happening. Chris Temple joins me to discuss the reasons why the markets are at this level as well as the risks ahead that could move […]
Amazon Poised To Beat Q1 Earnings: Buy These ETFs
Amazon (AMZN – Free Report) is set to release first-quarter fiscal 2017 results on April 27 after market close. Being a market leader in online e-commerce, it is worth taking a look at the company’s fundamentals ahead of its results. Amazon has been on a torrid run so far this year locking in gains of nearly 21%. […]
One Analyst Compared US Stocks To European Stocks – Here’s What He Found
So one of the things we (and others) noted going into the first round of the French elections was that investors and traders were hardly bearish on anything European. “Overweight” European equities was on everyone’s reco list, € credit was (still) asleep at the wheel despite sovereign spreads’ best efforts to convey redenomination risk, and as […]
