Category Archive: Finance
Forex Weekly Outlook September 11-15
The US dollar plunged against its counterparts last week following increased Hurricane damage and North Korea missile threat. These uncertainties weighed on economic activities and plunged new job creation. The labor market added fewer jobs, 156,000, in August than expected, below the 180,000 jobs projected by economists and 189,000 recorded in July. Also, while the […]
EUR/USD: Price Sitting On The Balance Line
Previous: On Friday the 8th of September, trading on the euro/dollar pair closed down. After hitting a new high of 1.2092 in Asia, buyers started cashing in on their long positions during the European session. The rate first fell to 1.2036 (-56 pips). During the second wave of euro selling, it fell against the dollar to […]
Spaghetti Charts And The S&P 500’s Future In Week 1 Of September 2017
After the last two weeks of seeing so many spaghetti models that forecast the potential trajectory of hurricanes in the news, we can’t help but note that the forecasting charts that we show each week really represent a similar concept being applied to the future path of the S&P 500. Only for us, the difference between the […]
Weekly Gold Forecast – Monday, Sept. 11
Gold prices settled at $1346.48 an ounce on Friday, rising nearly 1% over the course of the week, as safe-haven demand continued to lure investors into the market. The latest data from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) revealed that speculative traders on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange increased their net-long positions in gold to 245298 […]
Macro Mondays: GDP Per Capita
Welcome to another edition of Macro Mondays! Today I want to shift the focus globally and talk about determining how much wealth exists relative to the number of people in individual countries. This is meant to supplement our article a couple weeks ago on which countries possess the strongest economies: today we will talk about part […]
US Equities – Are They Still In A Bull Market?
European investors investing in US equities are not happy. Since March 2017 their holdings are losing value measured in Euro: Source: Stockcharts.com While the S&P 500 (the lower panel of the chart) is still in its strong bull market, its equivalent measured in Euros is in its correction phase (the upper panel of the […]
As A Flurry Of Activity Hits This Week, All Eyes Will Still Be On Apple
After a weekend that was filled with news and analysis surrounding the impact of Hurricane Irma, we’re doing our best to turn our attention to what’s going to be the focus on the trading week ahead. There is something distinctly unnerving seeing equity markets relatively calm when mother nature is tossing a whopping 4 apocalyptic-like […]
Stock Bulls Shake Off Worries About Mounting Global Dangers
As expected, August brought more volatility. Early in the month, the large cap, mid cap, and small cap indices all set new all-time closing highs while the CBOE Volatility Index (VIX) hit an all-time low. But then tough resistance levels failed to yield, the expected late-summer volatility set in, and support levels were tested. Nevertheless, […]
Dollar Stabilizes Despite Irma
The U.S. dollar headed higher on Monday morning despite the potential damage from Hurricane Irma, as President Donald Trump put pressure on Congress to speed up his overhaul of the tax system, placing the urgency on the hurricane and its expected economic impact which can be tempered by the tax reforms. Traders are also questioning the […]
2,000 Years Of Economic History In One Chart
ALL MAJOR POWERS COMPARED BY GDP FROM THE YEAR 1 AD Long before the invention of modern day maps or gunpowder, the planet’s major powers were already duking it out for economic and geopolitical supremacy. Today’s chart tells that story in the simplest terms possible. By showing the changing share of the global economy for each country […]
