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Weekly Gasoline Price Update: WTIC Up Again – Tuesday, September 4
It’s time again for our weekly gasoline update based on data from the Energy Information Administration (EIA). The price of Regular and Premium are unchanged from last week. According to GasBuddy.com, Hawaii has the highest average price for Regular at $3.72 and Santa Barbara, CA is the most expensive city, averaging $3.754. South Carolina has the […]
Weekly Gasoline Price Update: WTIC Up Again – Tuesday, Sept. 4
It’s time again for our weekly gasoline update based on data from the Energy Information Administration (EIA). The price of Regular and Premium are unchanged from last week. According to GasBuddy.com, Hawaii has the highest average price for Regular at $3.72 and Santa Barbara, CA is the most expensive city, averaging $3.754. South Carolina has the […]
Asia-Pacific Calendar: The Week Ahead – Tuesday, September 4
By Steven Levine (Video length 00:02:35) Interactive Brokers senior market analyst Steven Levine provides some highlights for what to look for in the Asia-Pacific region in the week beginning September 3.
Stocks And Precious Metals Charts – A Generation Of Casual Hatreds And Cruelty – Tipping Points
Gold and silver inventories and trading positions are becoming increasingly interesting. In the first chart below I show CFTC data that shows gold and silver short positions in the futures to be at record highs. And in the inventory reports, physical gold marked as available for delivery, in both Hong Kong and New York, is […]
Best August For US Stocks In 4 Years: 5 Top Leveraged ETFs
The month of August was strong for the U.S. stock market with the Dow Jones and the S&P 500 notching their best performances for the month since 2014, climbing 2.1% and 3%, respectively. Notably, the S&P 500 topped a new milestone of 2,900. The Nasdaq Composite also logged its best August since 2000, with gains […]
The Nasdaq Has Its Best August Since 2000
Nasdaq – Mixed Friday Market Nasdaq – The stock market was mixed on Friday as the Dow was down 9 basis points, the S&P 500 was up one basis point. The Nasdaq was up 0.26%, and the Russell 2000 was up 0.48%. VIX was down 4.95%. As you would expect with that type of action, the […]
4 Sector ETFs That Beat The Market In August
The month of August was solid for Wall Street driven by the dual tailwinds of solid corporate earnings and a booming economy. The Dow Jones and the S&P 500 notched their best performances for the month since 2014, climbing 2.1% and 3%, respectively, while the Nasdaq Composite logged its best August since 2000, with gains […]
Consumer Confidence: Decidedly Lagging Indicator
Consumers have not been this confident since October 2000. Hooray? The Conference Board says Consumer Confidence is at 18-Year High. The Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index® increased in August, following a modest increase in July. The Index now stands at 133.4 (1985=100), up from 127.9 in July. The Present Situation Index improved from 166.1 to 172.2, […]
Unhappy Labor (Day)
In November 1929, faced with the growing prospects for serious economic reverse, President Herbert Hoover gathered the heads of major American industrial businesses to confer at the White House. Primary on his agenda was wages. For workers, depression was simple. Work was hard to find but more than that what labor might be exchanged would […]
