Category Archive: Finance
USD/CAD Forecast April 24-28
USD/CAD reversed directions last week and posted a sharp gain of 170 points. The pair closed the week at 1.3481. This week’s key events are retail sales reports and GDP. Here is an outlook on the major market- movers and an updated technical analysis for USD/CAD. Last week’s US data was soft. Construction numbers were mixed and manufacturing and employment […]
Stocks Going Ex Dividend The Fourth Week Of April
Here is our latest update on the stock trading technique called ‘Buying Dividends,’ also commonly referred to as ‘Dividend Capture.’ This is the process of buying stocks before the ex dividend date and selling the stock shortly after the ex date at about the same price, yet still being entitled to the dividend. This technique generally works only […]
3 Key Predictions For Twitter’s Q1 Earnings Report
Despite its well-documented struggles, Twitter (TWTR – Free Report) still attracts plenty of investor attention, and as the company gets set to report its first-quarter results next week, there are likely still some optimists who think this will be the quarter that the struggling social media company turns it around. The micro-blogging site has revolutionized the way […]
Get Ready For Gap Open In EUR-Crosses Thanks To French Election
Fundamental Forecast for EUR/USD: Neutral – With French election results coming out before markets open up on Sunday, expect a sizeable gap in the EUR-crosses (results due out at 14:00 EDT; FX markets open at 17:00 EDT). – The ECB policy meeting on Thursday, without new staff economic projections (SEPs), is pretty much an afterthought. – See how […]
Deutsche Bank: “It Was Good While It Lasted”
It all started in February, when we first reported that something unexpected had happened: for reasons that were at the time unknown, the global credit impulse had unexpectedly tumbled, turning negative, a move which we predicted would result in a steep slide in the “soft” economic data, end the “reflation” optimism and unleash a wave of dovishness […]
USD Cycle Update – Sunday, April 23
This Update will provide both a near term and long term update on the USD and where I think it stands in its short and long term cycles. My first two charts are the same near term daily chart. The first provides my cycle counts for the past 6 Trading Cycles. The second shows a […]
Can The Electric Grid Handle Self-Driving Electric Trucks?
In response to some of my recent posts on self-driving and electric vehicles, several readers asked if the electric grid could handle the increase. Other readers flat out stated the electric capacity was insufficient. What’s the real story? An electrical engineer in the utility industry emailed his thoughts in a pair of emails yesterday. Mish, I […]
French Fate And British Snaps
We are back from the vacation just in time for the biggest political event of 2017: the French elections. We look at the potential market reactions and the probabilities of the various scenarios. We cross the channel for more election news from the UK and discuss the impact on the pound before previewing a busy week. […]
Dogs Of The Dow Falling Further Behind
It has been several months since updating the performance of the Dogs of the Dow investment strategy. The strategy is one where investors select the ten stocks that have the highest dividend yield from the stocks in the Dow Jones Industrial Index (DJIA) after the close of business on the last trading day of the year. Once […]
E Macro-Concerns Dominate The Trading Week As Volatility Takes Center Stage
It’s enough to make you close up shop and seek out a new career if you’re a portfolio or hedge fund manager. I say that tongue and cheek of course, but next week will prove to be quite interesting if you have been reading the headlines and/or listening to what the major media outlets have […]
