Category Archive: Finance
Stock Market Crashes: The Greater The Deviation, The Better The Opportunity
The reaction when the market starts to correct is the same, run for the hills, the world is ending or some variation of that theme. However, if you spend a little time looking at the history of the markets one thing becomes clear. Those that panic gets hammered and those that remain calm walk away […]
Q3 Earnings Season, U.S. Inflation Worries And Eurozone Growth
In this week’s edition of Market Week in Review, Consulting Director Sophie Antal Gilbert chatted with Senior Investment Strategist Paul Eitelman about predictions for third quarter earnings season, the impact of recent inflationary data on a potential December interest rate hike in the U.S., and the latest industrial production numbers from the eurozone. Earnings growth […]
S&P 500 Snapshot: Up 14% YTD
The index closed with a daily gain of 0.09% and a week-over-week gain of 0.15%. The index is up 14.0% YTD. The U.S. Treasury puts the closing yield on the 10-year note at 2.28%. Here is a daily chart of the S&P 500. Today’s selling puts the volume 2% above its 50-day moving average. Here’s […]
Three Ways To Play A “Fed Trade” That Works Every Time
The next Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting is in 19 days, 4 hours, 59 minutes and 14 seconds as I type. Traders give Team Yellen a 98.5% probability that the Federal Reserve is going to raise rates in November and an 86.7% probability that they’ll raise rates in December. Are you and your money ready? […]
4 Key Upstream Energy Stocks To Buy Under $10 Now
Following supply glut and lackluster global demand, oil prices remained low for more than three years. Since late 2014, crude oil went from over $90 a barrel to under $30. However, the market has recovered from their historic lows with prices finally rebounding to the $50 a barrel threshold mark. The improving commodity pricing environment […]
U.S Retail Sales Climb To 2.5-Year High
The surge in demand for building materials and vehicle replacement in the month of September boosted US retail sales in the month. Retail sales surged 1.6 percent in September, the Commerce Department report showed on Friday. This is below the 1.7 percent expected by economists but better than the 0.1 decline recorded in the preceding […]
Market Talk- Friday, October 13
Today we saw Bitcoin (BTC) close and break through the 5000-dollar mark for the first time –BTC recovered fast from the recent downturn to 2800 level found mid-September, the issue I have is what is the long-term prospects with such a cryptocurrency. The questions we must ask is will Governments allow such a currency without […]
