Sensex Trades In The Red; PSU Stocks Top Losers
After opening the day in red, share markets in India witnessed choppy trading activity throughout the day and are presently below the dotted line. Sectoral indices are trading mixed with stocks in the PSU sector and stocks in the realty sector trading in red. While stocks in the consumer durables sector are trading in green. The BSE Sensex is down by 202 points (down 0.6%) […]
Manufacturing Cyclical Weakness Coming?
In the financial media, it’s easy to see what the economists and analysts think about the current economy because usually they propose more of the same when asked about the future. It’s simple to extend the current trend indefinitely, but that’s not always a good idea, nor is it realistic. Even during economic expansions, there […]
WTI Crude Oil And Natural Gas Forecast – Wednesday, March 7
WTI Crude Oil The WTI Crude Oil market initially rally during the trading session on Tuesday but turned around to form a shooting star. The shooting star of course is a negative sign, and I think at this point were going to continue to go back and forth in a tight range around the $62 […]
Stock Market Outlook – Wednesday, March 7
Thoughts Trump’s ongoing tariff threats are a short term bearish factor for the stock market. Confirmation: Trump’s tax cut is a big medium term bullish factor for the U.S. stock market. The Citigroup Economic Surprise Index is coming down. A medium term bullish sign for stocks The global economy is still improving. Medium-long term bullish […]
Will We Repeat A Crash Trigger From The Past?
Written by Rick Ackerman, Rick’s Picks Is Smoot Hawley Back With a Vengeance? Index futures have plunged Tuesday night on news that Gary Cohn, Trump’s top economic adviser, is resigning. The sell-off has brought the E-Mini futures down to within an inch of triggering a ‘mechanical’ buy, I’d flagged at 2687.00. Ordinarily, I’d say jump on it […]
AUDUSD Daily Analysis – Wednesday, March 7
AUDUSD broke above the falling trend line on the 4-hour chart, suggesting that the downtrend from 0.7988 had completed at 0.7712 already. Further rise to test 0.7893 resistance is still possible, a break of this level could take price to 0.7950 area. Support is at 0.7750, only break below this level could trigger another fall […]
World’s Largest Crypto Exchanges Are Raking In $3M A Day
It doesn’t matter whether the price of Bitcoin (or any other cryptocurrency) is rising or falling. The exchanges that execute the bulk of global crypto transactions are winning either way. As Bloomberg points out, while investors have fixated on the massive price appreciation across cryptocurrency pairs, in reality, it’s the exchanges that are pulling in the real money. […]
Factor Premiums And ETFs
David Blitz has recently discussed the concern in some quarters that factor premiums may disappear as they are arbitraged away by exchange-traded funds. Blitz, the head of quantitative equity research at Robeco Asset Management, says that such a concern is not justified, because “the exposures of ETFs that may be suitable for factor investors are almost perfectly […]
USD/CAD Snaps Bullish Series – Outlook Hinges On BoC Guidance
The Bank of Canada (BoC) meeting may spark a limited reaction as the central bank is widely expected to keep the benchmark interest rates on hold, and Governor Stephen Poloz and Co. may merely attempt to buy more time as ‘as uncertainty about the future of NAFTA is weighing increasingly on the outlook.’ The BoC may sound […]
Stock Investing: 5 Reasons Why We Keep Hanging On To That Loser
One of the popular songs that is sung by Kenny Rogers is entitled the “Gambler.” It is a song about two men on a train talking about the secret to life.It has a catchy melody, is very popular and easy to sing. The lyrics of the well-known chorus share this refrain.“You got to know when […]
