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3-Facts Investors Are Learning The Hard Way About The Markets
Passive, In Reality Is Active, Sometimes RADIOactive. The ‘passive’ revolution we’re witnessing is to provide a portfolio solution which is based on the demand for the products, regardless of how expensive the products may be. To be clear, I’m an advocate for index investments and lower internal portfolio costs. I was one of the first financial professionals […]
Employment Costs Surge 0.8% In Third Quarter But Year-Over-Year Unchanged
Employee compensation, wages plus benefits, rose at the fastest pace since the recession. The BLS Employment Compensation Index shows a surge in wages and benefits for the third quarter of 2018. Compensation costs for civilian workers increased 0.8 percent, seasonally adjusted, for the 3-month period ending in September 2018. Wages and salaries (which make up about 70 […]
Q3 Equity Manager Report: The Froth Has Left The Market
Does the stock market still have more to give? Geopolitical concerns are undeniable. Many equity market valuations appear to be expensive. Despite those truths, our manager research team has found that equity managers are generally bullish.1 We’ve also seen some managers use the market pullback over the first half of October as a buying opportunity, as they […]
October 2018 ADP Job Growth Is 227,000
ADP reported non-farm private jobs growth at 227,000 which was above expectations. Analyst Opinion of ADP Employment Situation This month the rate of ADPs private employment year-over-year growth is slightly above the tight range seen over this year. Last month’s employment numbers were revised marginally downward. ADP employment has not been a good predictor of […]
Analysts Question The Case For Another Hike In Interest Rates
The Federal Reserve remains on track to raise interest rates again in December, according to the futures markets. But the wisdom for another round of policy tightening is drawing more criticism in the wake of a surge in stock market volatility and signs that economic growth has slowed in the US, China and Europe. Richard […]
Iranian Oil Thriller
It’s close to midnight and something’s selling oil in the dark. Under the moonlight, you see a drop that almost Stops Your Heart. You Try to Scream, but the computer takes the trade before you change It. You Start to scream, as oil sells hard right before your eyes. You’re Paralyzed! Cause this is a […]
First Look At October: ADP Says 227K New Nonfarm Private Jobs
The economic mover and shaker this week is Friday’s employment report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. This monthly report contains a wealth of data for economists, the most publicized being the month-over-month change in Total Nonfarm Employment (the PAYEMS series in the FRED repository). Today we have the ADP October estimate of 227K new nonfarm private employment jobs, […]
Rules For Managing Volatility
Volatility is back. Your success as an investor is based on how you’ll deal with it. Here are some rules to help you cope. First, reconsider your allocation. If you have 50% or 60% stock exposure in what’s often called a ‘balanced” portfolio, and you can’t handle a 5% or 10% portfolio hiccup, you’re probably in […]
Morning Call For Wednesday, Oct. 31
Overnight Markets And News Dec E-mini S&Ps (ESZ18 +0.68%) this morning are up +0.69% on strength in technology stocks led by a rally in Facebook which is up almost 4% in pre-market trading after it reported better-than-expected Q3 earnings. European stocks are up +1.59% at a 1-week high on better-than expected quarterly earnings results from L’Oreal […]
BTC/USD Forex Signal – Wednesday, Oct. 31
Yesterday’s signals were not triggered, as none of the key levels were ever reached. Today’s BTC/USD Signals Risk 0.75% per trade. Trades must be entered before 5pm Tokyo time today, during the next 24-hour period only. Long Trade Long entry after a bullish price action reversal on the H1 time frame following the next touch of […]
