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Higher Yields And A Shift In The Markets… Where’s The Balance?
Eddie Ghabour, Co-Owner of Key Advisors Group LLC joins me today to share his thoughts on rising yield environment and how this could impact the US markets. Eddie has a target of 3.25% in the 10-year yield as the peak this year but sees the upward trend in yields continuing next year. As for the […]
Profit Taken On GBP/USD, EUR/USD View Remains Bullish
This is how my trades are for now: EUR/USD Trading strategy: Long Open: 1.1530 Target: 1.1750 Stop-loss: 1.1430 Recommended size: 1.50 mini lots per $10,000 in your account Short analysis: EUR/USD could be gearing up for another assault on the daily cloud, which now spans 1.1546-75, as the long tail on Tuesday’s candlestick line hints […]
ETFs That Tend To Win & Lose When Rates Rises
Treasury yields have been surging lately on the back of strong economic data and hawkish Fed comments. The 10-year yield jumped above 3.25% for the first time since 2011, sparking fears of inflationary pressure, which would increase the cost of products and dampen consumer spending. This, in turn, would hurt economic growth, making investors cautious […]
Producer Prices: Up 0.2% Month-Over-Month, Down 0.2% Year-Over-Year
The BLS reports another mostly benign producer price report. Trucking is one exception. The Producer Price Index for final demand increased 0.2 percent in September, seasonally adjusted, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Final demand prices declined 0.1 percent in August and were unchanged in July. On an unadjusted basis, the final demand index advanced […]
Yields Up Or Down Gold Bullish… Why?
A discussion on stocks, the bond market and the banks. Video Length: 00:16:11
Long-Term Trends In Employment By Age Group – Wednesday, Oct. 10
The Labor Force Participation Rate (LFPR) is a simple computation: You take the Civilian Labor Force (people age 16 and over employed or seeking employment) and divide it by the Civilian Noninstitutional Population (those 16 and over not in the military and or committed to an institution). The result is the participation rate expressed as […]
How Long Is Cardinal Health’s Record Of Annual Dividend Increases?
According to the last list of Dividend Champions, Contenders and Challengers, compiled by the late David Fish, Cardinal Health (CAH) has managed to increase dividends for 21 years in a row. This track record is impressive, as there are only a couple of hundred companies in the US with this impressive record of annual dividend increases. According […]
Look At These 3 Best Dimensional Mutual Funds
Dimensional Fund Advisor offers investment solutions from different asset classes to institutional and individual investors, investment consultants and financial advisors. With a workforce of more than 1200, Dimensional Fund Advisor has 13 offices in nine different countries, including the United States. It invests in both domestic and foreign equities, fixed income securities, retirement income funds, […]
Defining Accommodative
Here are two statements from the Federal Reserve’s Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) immediately following their interest rate decisions of August 1, 2018 and September 26, 2018. August 1, 2018 – In view of realized and expected labor market conditions and inflation, the Committee decided to maintain the target range for the federal funds rate at […]
September Producer Price Index: Core Final Demand Up 0.2% MoM
Today’s release of the September Producer Price Index (PPI) for Final Demand came in at 0.2% month-over-month seasonally adjusted, up from last month’s -0.1%. It is at 2.6% year-over-year, down from 2.8% last month, on a non-seasonally adjusted basis. Core Final Demand (less food and energy) also came in at 0.2% MoM, up from -0.1% […]
