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S&P 500 Snapshot: Down 1.0% From Last Week, 0.6% From Yesterday
The S&P 500 began dropping midweek and closed the week down 1.0% from last Friday and is its worst week in over a month. The index is up 7.04% YTD and down 0.6% from Thursday. The U.S. Treasury puts the closing yield on the 10-year note at 3.23%. Here is a daily chart of the […]
Are Trade Tensions Slowing Down China’s Economy?
(Video length 00:05:14) On the latest edition of Market Week in Review, Adam Goff, managing director, investment practice, and Sam Templeton, manager, global communications, discussed recently released economic data points for China and the U.S., as well as U.S. Federal Reserve (the Fed) Chair Jerome Powell’s remarks on inflation and the state of monetary policy. […]
Metals Market Report – Friday, October 5, 2018
Ira Epstein reviews the days trading in the metal markets. Video length: 00:07:57
Elliott Wave Weekend Review – Did Stocks Just Top Out?
Elliott wave analysis on Gold, Crude Oil, Dow Jones, S&P500, US10yr, Silver, USDFX, EURUSD, GBPUSD, and USDJPY. Video Length :00:24:52
E Apple Shows How Successful Companies Deploy Their Capital
Apple (AAPL) is not only the most valuable company in the world and a world-class hardware manufacturer, the company also is a showcase in corporate capital allocation. Company Overview Apple, which was founded in the 1970s, has turned into a hardware giant that offers smartphones, tablets, computers, media devices, etc. On top of that Apple […]
Yale Provides Update On Its Asset Allocation
There’s a lot to learn from college endowments but very little to directly copy. The Yale Endowment posted its results and its asset allocation. It said the return was 12.3% for the year ending June 30th, 2018 which is almost identical to the return of the S&P 500 but the endowment’s allocation looks nothing like 100% […]
EC Q3 Earnings Season Brings Growth Deceleration
Here are the key points: The big banks will put the spotlight on the Q3 earnings season when they start reporting results on October 12th, but the reporting cycle has officially gotten underway already, with results from 19 S&P 500 members out. It is premature to draw any conclusions from the results thus far, but […]
Think You’re Prepared For The Next Crisis? Think Again
Scottish poet Robert Burns aptly penned the famous phrase: “The best laid schemes o’ mice an’ men/Gang aft a-gley.” (commonly adapted as “The best laid plans of mice and men often go awry.”). How right he was. History has shown time and time again that the only 100% predictable outcome to any given strategy is that, when […]
Energy ETF (FXN) Hits New 52-Week High
For investors seeking momentum, First Trust Energy AlphaDEX Fund FXN is probably on their radar now. The fund just hit a 52-week high, and is up more than 42% from its 52-week low price of $12.83/share. But are more gains in store for this ETF? Let’s take a quick look at the fund and the near-term outlook on […]
