Category Archive: Finance
One Bank Asks: “Who Will Burst This Bubble?”
Well damn. Just when everyone was excited about the prospect of Emmanuel Macron making it to the second round of the French elections where, according to the pollsters who regained a bit of legitimacy on Sunday evening, he’ll swiftly put down the populist uprising spearheaded by Marine Le Pen, SocGen’s Andrew Lapthorne decided to rain on the […]
A Long-Term Look At Treasury Yields
TNX – the yield on the 10yr US Treasury note – gained 0.22% last week closing at 22.37 but 14-day RSI remains below its own 20-dma; bearish. The break of support at 23.35 (now resistance) has opened a door for a return to 20.00. The monthly chart below shows how the long-term trend line has […]
Sugar Futures – Not So Sweet
The Mar 2018 Sugar Futures contract has completed a 10-month failure top on the weekly and daily graphs. The daily chart displays a possible 3- week bear pennant.I am interested in shorting Sugar Futures, even though it has fallen a long way from the Oct 2016 high.
Angst In America, Part 5: The Crisis We Can’t Muddle Through
<< Read Part 4: Angst in America: Disappearing Pensions “The ship of democracy, which has weathered all storms, may sink through the mutiny of those on board.” – Grover Cleveland, the 22nd and 24th president of the United States “It is your concern when your neighbor’s wall is on fire.” – Horace “The biggest mistake investors make is […]
5 Stocks To Buy As Existing Home Sales Hit 10-Year High
In a clear sign that the housing industry is on a firm footing, existing home sales surged to their highest level since Feb 2007 last month. A strong labor market has led to an increase in income levels which is leading to a surge in demand for housing. Home prices are likely to rise as […]
Metals Turning Down From Resistance
It has been a while since my last article, simply because we have been busy developing a range of tools for investor and traders to use, but we have now completed renovations to our site and have once again opened our doors to the general public, and that in turn has freed me up to […]
Exchange-Traded Funds Make Decisions Easy
Stock Market Forecast Big Picture: The broad stock market is working through a more complex corrective price pattern. My recent forecast, as displayed in the chart below, indicates that the next leg up is toward 2500.The market may be about to start a larger A-B-C correction to test the 2300 level to fully cleanse itself, before starting the next […]
Americans Work Almost 4 Months Just To Pay Taxes
Tax Day 2017 has passed for individual taxpayers, but America’s tax bill is still due, and it’s a big one. Americans will collectively pay close to $1 trillion more on taxes than will be spent on essentials like food, clothing, and housing combined. Taxpayers won’t pay off this year’s local, state, and federal tax burden […]
Can Macron Save The World? Save France?
The markets appear giddy today over the election prospects of Emanuel Macron in France. Equities are up along with bond yields. Gold is down. The day is still young though. Macron won round one of the French election yesterday and will square off against Marine Le Pen in round two on May 7. He is widely […]
Swamp Creatures Sack D.C.; Fed Drops MOAB On Wall St.
Wall Street and our central bank are in for a rude awakening very soon.! The idea that the US economy is on stable footing and about to experience a surge in growth is ridiculous. Hence, the consensus that the Fed can normalize interest rates and its balance sheet is nothing short of a bad joke… […]
