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Forex Forecast: Pairs In Focus – Sunday, Oct. 21

Forex Forecast: Pairs In Focus – Sunday, Oct. 21

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 […]
CAD Falls On CPI, AUD May Gap Lower As Euro Price Risks Reversal

CAD Falls On CPI, AUD May Gap Lower As Euro Price Risks Reversal

ASIA PACIFIC MARKET OPEN – CANADA CPI, BREXIT LATEST, AUSTRALIAN DOLLAR, EURO Canadian Dollar sinks on softer-than-expected inflation report ahead of BoC rate decision British Pound sees knee-jerk volatility as potential Brexit compromise creates a new issue Australian Dollar may gap lower given political uncertainty while Euro could turn lower The Canadian Dollar underperformed against its major counterparts Friday following a softer-than-expected […]
What’s Not Up?

What’s Not Up?

Global equity markets had a hard time finding equilibrium. US Equities, while still the global leader, barely stayed positive with IWM closing down on the week. The Russell 2000 (IWM), which is the broadest gauge of the US economy, broke down on daily charts in late September and is now showing the same thing on […]
AUDUSD Weekly Analysis – Sunday, Oct. 21

AUDUSD Weekly Analysis – Sunday, Oct. 21

AUDUSD remains in the downtrend from 0.8135. The bounce from 0.7041 is likely consolidation for the downtrend. As long as the price is below the bearish trend line on the daily chart, the downside movement could be expected to continue and next target would be at the 0.6900 area. Only a clear break above the […]
The Hot Breath Of Mr. Bear On The Back Of My Neck

The Hot Breath Of Mr. Bear On The Back Of My Neck

Extreme volatility (Dow Jones 2% Days) continues being a major feature in the market; Tuesday of this week saw the Dow Jones close 2.17% above the previous day’s close. Yes, this was a big daily gain, but big daily percentage gains are events usually seen in bear markets. So, that’s the third day of extreme […]
Weekly Fundamental Forecast: Markets Trade The EU Summit For ECB Rate Decision And US GDP Next Week

Weekly Fundamental Forecast: Markets Trade The EU Summit For ECB Rate Decision And US GDP Next Week

High level fundamentals proved substantive this past week between a possible Brexit path after the EU Summit and the slowest pace of growth for China in 9 years. Ahead, the scheduled updates are still material – such as US 3Q GDP as well as ECB and BOC rate decisions – but we should also keep […]
Square Is A Fast Growing Company In A Great Industry

Square Is A Fast Growing Company In A Great Industry

Earlier this year, we went through many of our very favorite industries to go hunting for investments in. One of the industries we highlighted was the payment processing industry. There are so many wonderful attributes of this business. For one, payment processing is a very stable business, with a very high percentage of recurring revenues. These companies process […]
EURUSD Weekly Analysis – Sunday, Oct. 21

EURUSD Weekly Analysis – Sunday, Oct. 21

EURUSD is facing 1.1432 support and a breakdown below this level could trigger further downside movement towards the next support level at 1.1301. Below here would aim 1.1000. Near term resistance is at 1.1622, a break of this level could bring the price back towards 1.1851 key resistance. he price back towards 1.1851 key resistance.
Barclays Sees Disney Becoming ‘Core Holding’ Again, Upgrades To Overweight

Barclays Sees Disney Becoming ‘Core Holding’ Again, Upgrades To Overweight

Barclays analyst Kannan Venkateshwar upgraded Disney to Overweight from Equal Weight and raised his price target for the shares to $130 from $105. The shares closed yesterday down 91c to $116.18. The stock is likely to become a “core holding” again, Venkateshwar tells investors in a research note partially titled “The Force Awakens.” While almost […]
Book Review: D’Aveni, The Pan-Industrial Revolution

Book Review: D’Aveni, The Pan-Industrial Revolution

Richard D’Aveni, a professor at Dartmouth’s Tuck School of Business, has set forth a bold hypothesis. As 3-D printing or, more generally, additive manufacturing (AM) becomes increasingly sophisticated, manufacturing will be transformed and pan-industrial companies will come to dominate the world economy. At the moment, although investors certainly haven’t bought into this story, among the […]