Category Archive: Finance
E Shorting Volatility Affords Multiple Opportunities
The last few weeks have been quite turbulent for volatility traders with swings in the VIX of greater than 20% on several occasions. The roller-coaster ride in volatility indicated in the chart below identifies, however, real opportunity and not just implied opportunity. Timing volatility from the long side would prove to be difficult, but adding […]
EUR/USD Bullish, Resumes Its Medium Term Uptrend
EUR/USD: The pair remains biased to the upside after resuming its medium term uptrend the past week. Resistance comes in at the 1.1950 level with a cut through here opening the door for more upside towards the 1.2000 level. Further up, resistance lies at the 1.2050 level where a break will expose the 1.2100 level. […]
The Top 9 Cryptocurrencies Of 2017 In One Chart
The top 9 cryptocurrencies of 2017, in terms of market cap, are visualized in this one chart. It is a 6-month chart, and it includes the start of the big rise of alt-coins in March of this year. It is amazing to see how strong most of these cryptocurrencies have risen. Interestingly, there is a diverse picture […]
Do Women-Led Companies Outperform?
Is There Alpha In Gender Disparities? The conventional wisdom for years, as this Harvard Business Review post exemplifies, has been that having more women as senior executives and directors would improve corporate performance. It appears that this may be untrue. I elaborate below, and discuss whether awareness of this may be a potential source of […]
Forex Forecast: Pairs In Focus – Sunday, August 27
The difference between success and failure in Forex trading is very likely to depend upon which currency pairs you choose to trade each week, and not on the exact trading methods you might use to determine trade entries and exits. Each week I am going to analyze fundamentals, sentiment and technical positions in order to […]
All Things Bullish
“Bull markets are born on pessimism, grow on skepticism, mature on optimism, and die on euphoria.” – Sir John Templeton Dogs bark, birds sing, stock markets (and stocks themselves) fluctuate. Bonds, commodities, currencies, and all else that moves in the economic world will fluctuate. Only the economic market, however, transforms into a new beast when […]
Gold Wars
Gold is not the main focus of this blog although it is an important signal we monitor that can indicate that something important may be happening the in the monetary system. Gold has been in and out of the official monetary system for a long time so people do view it more like money than […]
Fed Models Facing Technological Disruption
By Financial Sense Technology is having a massive disinflationary impact on the global economy and, when it comes to interest rates and monetary policy, we need to rewrite the playbook to a certain degree, noted a strategist from BlackRock in a recent interview with FS Insider. skeeze / Pixabay Consider Blackrock Outlook: Technology Causing Historic Supply-Side Shock […]
Weekly Forex Forecast – Sunday, August 27
USD/CAD The US dollar fell significantly during the week, testing the uptrend line on the longer-term charts. Because of this, I think if we can break down below the 1.2450 level, the market should continue to go much lower and I think we could see the end of the uptrend if that happens. However, it’s […]
Japanese Inflation Weak But Stable; Yen Trends Remain Elusive
Fundamental Forecast for JPY: Neutral This week was somewhat of a wash for the Japanese Yen, as the currency moved sideways against the British Pound, Aussie and U.S. Dollar. The Yen did show a bit of deference to trends of strength in the Euro and CAD, as the one piece of significant Japanese data for this week indicated continued weakness in inflation. […]
