Category Archive: Finance
Weekly Economic & Political Timeline – 3/13/2016
The coming week ahead is full of important news releases that are going to have a big effect on the Forex market, so a much more volatile week can be expected. Central Bank input can be expected for five of the eight major global currencies, including the U.S. Dollar, so there is a near-certainty we […]
Economic Events Of The Coming Week – 3/14/2016
Monday: January’s Machine Orders data will see light in Japan, with analysts eyeing annual contraction deepen to -3.8%, from a current -3.6%. The Eurozone’s Industrial Production print will also see light, with analysts expecting a significant recovery, from a current 1.3% annual contraction to a 1.5% annual expansion. Tuesday: In Japan, the final estimate for January’s […]
WBA: Pays A Quality Dividend, But Healthcare Is Evolving Quickly
Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA) has steadily grown its dividend for 40 straight years and has an operating history that dates back more than 100 years. Few businesses have demonstrated such durability, and the ones that have are always worth a look for our Top 20 Dividend Stocks portfolio. After all, it takes meaningful competitive advantages for […]
Leaked Case Photos Reveal Features Of The New IPhone 7
The iPhone rumor mill has been hot this past week, as there have been many new reports in multiple online publications, all of which are making claims about new information regarding the type of display, to the sound quality and the size of the new iPhone. To begin, the Motley Fool ran a story using information […]
10 Warning Signs Of A Dangerous Stock Market
By Attain Alternative Blog While many investors may be breathing a sigh of relief thanks to the bounce off the February low, with the S&P up 11% since the start of February – it’s still not all lollipops and rainbows out there in market-land. There’s some worrying undercurrents that could spell more trouble ahead, not to […]
Surprise ETF Winners & Losers Post ECB Easing
As expected, the European Central Bank (ECB) president Mario Draghi turned super dovish in the March meeting held on March 10. In fact, the announcements were way more accommodative than what the market expected. The bank has lowered the deposit facility rate to negative 0.4%, down from the previous rate of negative 0.3%. It […]
Forex Forecast: Pairs In Focus – 3/13/2016
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 […]
ECB Ignites Market Volatility
■ EUR/USD dips to lowest since late Jan, as ECB announces accommodative measures ■ Market flips as Draghi says no further rate reductions anticipated ■ EUR/USD concludes 1.3% weekly gain, following Draghi’s comments ■ U.S. markets respond quite positively to ECB’s easing ■ Oil prices rise to highest in 2016 Last week’s wait for […]
Southern Company: A Safe High-Yield Dividend Stock For Retirees
Yield-starved investors should familiarize themselves with Southern Company (SO), a highly dependable business that has paid dividends every quarter for more than 65 consecutive years. With a high yield of 4.4%, low stock price volatility, and a track record for outperforming the S&P 500 Index over the last 30 years, Southern Company is the type […]
$67 Oil Has All The Majors Converging Here
Argentina offers one of the few places on earth where oil companies are not suffering from the full force of the collapse in prices. Argentina regulates oil prices, a policy originally intended to insulate the public from the whims of the market, protecting people from triple-digit crude prices. But with the crash in prices since […]
