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E The U.S. Treasury Sell-Off Needs To Be Confirmed By Inflationary Pressures
As bond yields worldwide surged last week, the bond bears were out in full force to announce that the 35-year bull market has ended. Although these claims have been made numerous times over these past three decades, this ‘time could be different’ or so it seems. Of course, we cannot declare the demise of this […]
This Is Not The End Of The Bull Market
A review of the US stock market and the S&P 500. Video Length: 00:05:12
Stocks And Precious Metals Charts – Lows Of The Day
“It’s probably early days, but now might be the time to start taking precautions against a 2008 class event in the financial markets. I would suggest it might arrive anytime between now and July 2020. These sorts of things depend on the magnitude of any ‘trigger event,’ which is why it is so difficult to […]
Volatility Explodes, Get Ready To Trade
Stocks crushed as investors scramble for the exit. Volatility explodes higher presenting plenty of trading opportunities for patient traders who thrive in these markets. Video Length: 00:14:34
Nasdaq Down 5%, DOW And S&P Down Over 3%: Just A Start
The FANGs led the Nasdaq on the way up and lead again on the way down. Technology shares were hammered close to 5%. The Wall Street Journal reports Quickening Retreat From Tech Sinks Market. U.S. stocks suffered their biggest decline in more than seven months Wednesday, as investors accelerated their retreat from fast-growing technology stocks in […]
28 Firms Going Ex-Dividend Next Week, Including The Gap, Verizon And ConocoPhillips
There are several well known large cap stocks going ex-dividend next week including the following five dividend stocks: The Gap Inc., Darden Restaurants, Verizon, AT&T and Verizon. Ex-dividend dates are important to dividend investors because one must own a stock on its ex-dividend date in order to be eligible to receive its next dividend. Any stock ranked by […]
The Three Largest Cryptocurrencies – Wednesday, Oct. 10
With so much focus on bitcoin lately, we’ve added a new weekly update that tracks the three largest cryptocurrencies by market share: bitcoin, Ether, and Ripple. According to Wikipedia, a cryptocurrency is “a digital asset designed to work as a medium of exchange that uses cryptography to secure its transactions, to control the creation of additional […]
Sell-Off Affords Another Opportunity To Evaluate Capital Defense
World markets are bright red today across the board:commodities, emerging markets, developed markets, dividend-paying companies, REITs, tech stocks, corporate bonds, cryptocurrencies, pot stocks, most currencies relative to the US dollar, you name it–it’s pretty much all getting shellacked. The rare exceptions are US Treasuries, Canadian government bonds and the US dollar (as mentioned) which are […]
Weakness In The Markets Being Lead By Large Caps And Tech
Raghee Horner, Futures and Currency Expert at Simpler Trading joins me to address the sell-off in US markets. Being lead by tech and the large caps it is the problem we were pointing out weeks ago in terms of breadth. We also discuss the gold market, which Raghee and I have not discussed for a […]
Millennials And The Labor Force: A Look At The Trends – Wednesday, Oct. 10
Millennials make up the largest percentage of our population today, yet have seen some of the lowest labor force participation growth and highest unemployment out of all age groups since the turn of the century. This has larger implications when coupled with slow wage growth, high home prices, and mounting student debt. The general consensus […]
