US Stocks Top Weekly Performance List As REITs Sink
US equities led most markets higher last week, posting the strongest gain among the major asset classes, based on a set of exchange-traded products. Meanwhile, real estate investment trusts (REITs) in the US suffered the biggest weekly loss, extending a slide for this yield-sensitive sector in the wake of rising Treasury yields. Vanguard Total Stock Market (VTI) […]
WTI Crude Oil And Natural Gas Forecast – Monday, Jan. 15
WTI Crude Oil Oil markets initially fell during the day on Friday, and as we had formed a shooting star on Thursday, it looks like we may be getting a bit of a pullback. However, we turned around and rallied significantly as the US dollar fell. It now looks as if the market is going […]
Macro Mondays: REITs
Welcome to another installment of Macro Mondays! It occurred to me recently, that I never discussed one of the quintessential asset classes for investors: real estate. While it’s nice to be able to afford pieces of physical property as an investment, sometimes that’s not always the case. There is an easy way for ordinary investors to […]
Strong Start To The Week; HDFC Hits All Time High
Indian share markets continued to witness buying momentum in the afternoon session and closed on record highs. At the closing bell, the BSE Sensex closed higher by 251 points and the NSE Nifty finished higher by 60 points. The S&P BSE Mid Cap finished down by 0.1% while S&P BSE Small Cap finished up by 0.3%. Gains were largely seen in consumer durables stocks, bank stocks and power […]
Taxing Money: The Goodfriend Approach To Monetary Policy
At a time when the inflation rate has been consistency been well below the Federal Reserve Board’s 2.0 percent target, Donald Trump has nominated Marvin Goodfriend to fill one of the Fed’s vacant governor positions. Goodfriend argues that the Fed’s major policy failing has been that it has inadequately convinced the public of its commitment to fighting […]
Crude Oil – Monday, January 15
The 50% Fibonacci retracement of the 2014-2015 bear market (around $67) is the next target for bulls. A close below $62,50 will create suspicion for a bull trap though. source: INVESTING.com
Norway’s $1.1 Trillion Wealth Fund Goes All-In On Asset Bubbles, Seeks Permission To Invest In Private Equity
Just over a year ago we noted that, after being forced to withdraw at least $15 billion to fund 2017 budget deficits, the $860 billion Norwegian sovereign wealth fund announced that it was going all in on the global equity bubble to try to make up the difference. The change resulted in 75% of the fund’s capital being […]
Forex Metrics And Chart Week 3 / 2018
The Top 10 of the Ranking and Rating list for the coming week shows the following stronger currencies being well represented for going long: the NZD(5X) followed by the AUD(2X). The weaker currencies are the USD(4X) followed by the CHF(3X). By diversifying a nice combination can be traded in the coming week like e.g.: NZD/USD with […]
Ford Promises All Electric “Mach 1” SUV In 2020, 40 Vehicles By 2022
Ford says it will spend $11 billion producing electric vehicles by 2022. One dubbed the “Mach 1” will be ready in 2020. Ford is doubling down on electric vehicles as noted by an announcement of an All-Electric ‘Mach 1’ SUV coming in 2020. In an announcement at the North American International Auto Show on Detroit, Ford said […]
ETF Watchlist: Week Of January 15, 2018
Perhaps the hottest word in the tech sector right now is “blockchain”. Blockchain, a sort of digital ledger for cryptocurrency transactions, is most commonly associated with bitcoin but could have an immense number of other technology applications. The potential of blockchain is enough that some companies are transforming their businesses to get in on the […]
