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USD/CAD Daily Analysis – Tuesday, Oct. 9
USD/CAD failed to break above the falling trend line on the 4-hour chart and pulled back from 1.3009. Near term support is at 1.2920, as long as this level holds, another rise to test the trend line resistance is still possible and a breakout could take the price to 1.3100 area. On the downside, a […]
China Spy Chips In U.S. Hardware: 3 Security Stocks In Focus
An alarming Bloomberg BusinessWeek report last week claiming that major American corporate giants were under the Chinese government’s surveillance via a minute chip implanted in U.S. hardware, took the country by storm. The companies facing the heat directly are none other than Apple (AAPL – Free Report) and Amazon (AMZN – Free Report). The data center equipment of these giants are […]
Inflation Target Regrets
For the past decade, central bankers have been pursuing a fatuous and dangerous inflation target of about 2%. Well, now that it has been pretty much achieved on a global basis, the cacophony of their remorse is going to be deafening. Beginning this fall, and continuing throughout 2019, the stock market’s performance should be vastly […]
Economics Nobel 2018: William Nordhaus And Paul Romer
Both William Nordhaus and Paul Romer are deserving of a Nobel Prize in Economics, but I was not expecting them to win it during the same year. The Nobel committee found a way to glue them together. Nordhaus won the prize ““for integrating climate change into long-run macroeconomic analysis,” while Romer won the prize “for integrating […]
Towards The Asset-Light Economy
The last two decades of low-interest rates have seen a vast increase in the world’s stock of assets, measured at market value, largely matched by a corresponding increase in debt. However, the increase has not raised global productivity growth, which has slowed as the asset glut has increased. This points to a core economic secret: […]
Don’t Worry About The Pullback In PMS Today
With gold and silver moving down today Doc (Richard Postma) joins me to state why he is not concerned about the metals markets. While not expecting any major pop there is support at slightly lower levels. Audio Length: 00:10:49
Maybe Amazon Will Just Put Google Out Of Business Now, Because Why Not?
Boy, this wasn’t a great day for Google in terms of news. Midway through the session, the Wall Street Journal reported that hundreds of thousands of users might have had their private Google+ data exposed. Once they (Google) figured that out, a decision was apparently made not to disclose it for fear of exacerbating regulatory concerns and […]
Wide Gap Between Wages And Median Home Price: Home Buyers’ Dilemma
The BLS says wages are rising faster than the CPI. Prospective home buyers would not agree. If you do not already own a home it’s getting harder and harder to buy one. Meanwhile, rent outstrips wage growth. Key Ideas Those who seek to buy their first home will have a very difficult time finding one […]
5 Dirt-Cheap PEG Stocks That Value Investors Love
At a time when volatility strikes every second day, investors are often seen to choose value investing over other options like growth or momentum. These investors wait for the moment when other investors start selling their stocks at a discount. They consider this distress selling as the perfect market entry point to get hold of […]
