Category Archive: Finance
S&P 500 Snapshot: A Modest Patrick’s Day Gain
Our benchmark S&P 500 opened in the shallow red and sold off to its -0.25% intraday low about 30 minutes later. It then rose steadily to its 0.94% afternoon high before some late volatility trimmed the St. Patrick’s Day gain to a more modest 0.66%. The index is down a mere 0.16% year-to-date. Its elderly […]
Dotty Confusi-Nomics And The Dollar
Quotable “There are designations, like ‘economist,’ ‘prostitute,’ or ‘consultant,’ for which additional characterization doesn’t add information.” –Nassim Taleb Commentary & Analysis Dotty confusi-nomics and the dollar. I watched America’s lead economist—Fed Chairman Janet Yellen—talking about the economy yesterday; and after she was done I was more confused than when she started—but was happy with the […]
If China Held A Normal Amount Of Reserves, Would Its Currency Be Higher Or Lower Against The Dollar?
That is the question millions are asking, or at least the question that people who talk about whether China’s government is holding down the value of its currency should be asking. Neil Irwin is on that list. In a NYT column today he argued that China is no longer holding down the value of the yuan to […]
Market Advance Does Not Result In Improved Investor Sentiment
Although the S&P 500 Index has bounced significantly higher from the February lows, the market action seems indicative of one where investors were caught on the sidelines. Even with the move higher in stocks, individual investors are indicating their skepticism about the market advance if we look at AAII’s bullish sentiment indicator. Today’s release showed bullish […]
Market Talk – March 17, 2016
The Asian markets responded quite positively to the FED’s unchanged decision yesterday with HSI and China Main trading a little over 1% higher across the board. The Exporters did not fare so well, as such, Japan closed a little lower (-0.22%) on the back of a stronger JPY (+1%). China moved the Yuan mid-point from 6.5172 […]
5 Best Basic Materials Stocks In The Market Today
The Basic Materials sector is staging a rebound after remaining in choppy waters in 2015. The sector, which encompasses a broad range of industries, is finally looking up, supported by a string of factors including relatively encouraging U.S. economic data (including gains in the labor market and construction space) and a steady recovery in oil […]
Great Market Action This St. Patrick’s Day
“Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day-in and day-out.” –Robert Collier Markets and stocks are strong today and acting as they should. Finally we’re seeing nice action this year and I’m heavy into stocks because of it. All my positions are working well with the exception of AMZN, but you can’t win them all, […]
Gold Daily And Silver Weekly Charts – Stock Option Expiry – US Douleur Du Monde
“But there is a sort of ‘Ok guys, you’re mad, but how are you going to stop me’ mentality at the top.” Robert Johnson “A man who procrastinates in his choosing will inevitably have his choice made for him by circumstance.” Hunter S. Thompson Why are our election choices at the end of the day […]
Weakness In The Global Economy; Japan Edition
Setting aside all other considerations and doubts about QQE, there was one factor that was supposed to be unassailable. That was the yen. QQE as a “money printing” operation was understood to act heavily on the exchange value of the Japanese currency so that it would drastically alter the competitive pricing of Japanese goods in […]
