USDCAD Daily Analysis – Wednesday, March 7
USDCAD stays above a bullish trend line on its 4-hour chart and remains in the uptrend from 1.2450. As long as the trend line support holds, the upside movement could be expected to continue and next target would be at 1.3100 area. Only a clear break below the trend line support could signal completion of […]
E Market Briefing For Wednesday, March 7
New market angina surrounding Gary Cohn’s resignation late Tuesday is emblematic of the turmoil we’ve projected and seen since late January’s repeated call for a serious S&P breakdown; followed by periods of effort trying to reorient the market (whether or not it became a full Spring rally); but definitely in our view NOT a time […]
Options: The Level One Blues
When you open your first option trading account (or add option capability to an existing equities brokerage account), your broker assigns you an options approval level. Usually the levels run from Level One to Level Five. Your approval level determines which option strategies you are allowed to use in that account. The idea behind the approval […]
The One Investment Every Retiree Needs – But Few Know About
The sell-off that racked the markets last month was the best thing that could have happened to retired investors. No, I’m not being a wise guy. In addition to creating better buying opportunities, sell-offs also drive home the critical and painful point that we have to hold less volatile, more conservative investments as we age. […]
Profit From Share Buyback Boom With These ETFs
President Donald Trump’s biggest tax overhaul in decades has raised the appeal of buyback ETFs. This is especially true as a massive $1.4-trillion tax cut and the repatriation policy have prompted companies from almost every sector to boost their multi-billion dollar share buyback program this year. Notably, approximately $2.6 trillion in American corporate profits are […]
E Corporate Tax Rate Changes Causing Distorted Final Earnings Figures
What happened? As you probably know on December 22, 2017, President Trump signed into law the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (“TCJA”). Among its provisions, the TCJA reduces the statutory U.S. Corporate income tax rate from 35% to 21% effective January 1, 2018. And included was a mandatory deemed repatriation tax on foreign earnings, […]
Of The Fall In Banking Stocks, EU’s Retaliatory Tariff Proposal, And Top Cues In Focus Today
Share markets in India closed on a negative note yesterday. Losses were seen across most sectors with stocks in the realty sector and stocks in the banking sector leading the losses. At the closing bell yesterday, the BSE Sensex stood lower by 430 points (down 1.3%) and the NSE Nifty closed down by 110 points […]
It’s Not Bad Trade Deals–It’s Bad Money, Part 2
In Part 1 we made it clear that the Donald is right about the horrific results of US trade since the 1970s, and that the Keynesian “free traders” of both the saltwater (Harvard) and freshwater (Chicago) schools of monetary central planning have their heads buried far deeper in the sand than does even the orange comb-over with his bombastic affection for 17th century mercantilism. The […]
ADMA Biologics: Almost Ready To Run Between The Toes Of Giants
1. Introduction to the Investment Thesis ADMA Biologics is a sub-$100m capitalization healthcare company that is based in Boca Raton, Florida. The company is aiming to commercialize a novel high-titer hyper-immune globulin product for the treatment of RSV and related respiratory viruses in immune compromised patients. ADMA listed as a public company in February 2013 (on the Nasdaq OTC market […]
Natural Gas Finally Gets Moving
After a period of very slow trading, the prompt month natural gas contract finally had its largest daily change since February 20th, with prices rising 1.7% on the day. Prices moved right into the $2.75 level that we had been warning clients would likely be tested for quite awhile. Back on February 27th, we said […]
