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E Gold – “Make Me Feel Good…Tell Me Anything”
Most technical analysis of gold boils down to “what the charts tell us about gold’s next move”. The next move according to most seers of the trade – is “imminently bullish” and represents one, last chance for investors to save their financial souls. The problem is that more people have lost more money by ‘investing’ in gold […]
How A Fund Betting On “The End Of The World” Outperformed The S&P 500
Ten years after the financial crisis, with the bull market now the longest on record, “black swan” fund Universa Investments chief investment officer, Mark Spitznagel, spoke on Bloomberg TV and said that “We are going to continue to see deeper and deeper [crashes], simply by virtue of the fact that the degree of interventionism is larger and […]
Financial Market Surprise Coming Before The Election?
As trouble in the bond market continues, and foreign creditors continue to walk away from the dollar, I wonder if we’ll see volatility ahead of this year’s elections. Call it more suspicion than fact, but in today’s video I cover some of the reasons why that’s on my mind.
Australian Dollar Gains May Be Stymied By Fed Meet, Aftermath
Fundamental Australian Dollar Forecast: Neutral AUSTRALIAN DOLLAR TALKING POINTS: The Australian Dollar has posted some quite strong gains in the past three weeks This is somewhat surprising given ongoing trade tensions The coming week could see those gains level off The Australian Dollar has risen to three-week highs against its big US brother, getting perhaps even […]
Weekend Market Profile
Friday was quadruple witching day. That means that many index futures and options, plus stock futures and options expired. With expectations of increased volatility after new all-time highs in the SPY and DIA, the day was comparatively placid. Yet another example of the volatility is in the hype, not the market. Last Thursday, we saw lots of […]
Natural Foods Outlook: Can Strategies Perk Up Growth Rate?
The natural food products industry has been gaining from consumers’ growing preference for health and wellness. Shoppers have been enthusiastically filling their carts with natural and healthy food offerings, which include organic fruits, vegetables, juices as well as delectable like organic ice cream and much more. This has made the natural food space a booming […]
EC Q3’18 Earnings Season Preview
We have to wait another few weeks before Q3 earnings season really takes the spotlight, but the reporting cycle has gotten underway already, with results from 8 S&P 500 members out and another 8 index members on deck to report this week. All of these early reporters have fiscal quarters ending in August, but they […]
EC Q3 Earnings Season Preview – Saturday, Sept. 22
We have to wait another few weeks before Q3 earnings season really takes the spotlight, but the reporting cycle has gotten underway already, with results from 8 S&P 500 members out and another 8 index members on deck to report this week. All of these early reporters have fiscal quarters ending in August, but they […]
Oil Firms Ahead Of Algiers OPEC Meeting That May Set Stage For Q4
Fundamental Forecast for USOIL: Bullish FUNDAMENTAL CRUDE OIL PRICE TALKING POINTS: The ONE Thing: The OPEC meeting with allies in Algiers is expected to focus on production gains as Iranian sanctions and depletion rates in Venezuela look to force the hand of OPEC. Reuters reported on Friday that the likely increase would be around 500k barrels per day. […]
