EUR/USD Uptrend Bounces At Critical 1.20 Support Zone
EUR/USD 4 hour The EUR/USD uptrend retraced back to the broken resistance (dotted red lines) at 1.20 which has provided support for a bullish bounce. Price could use the support zone to make a new rally but a larger resistance zone (red lines) is still present which makes this particular spot difficult and a larger […]
Greenback Continues To Consolidate Recent Losses
The US dollar is sporting a softer profile across the board, though remaining largely in the ranges seen over the past couple of sessions. At the same time, the news stream suggests that the global synchronized growth cycle strengthened late last year and is bound to carry over into the New Year. The mostly firm manufacturing […]
Russell Has Good Metals
Every New York stock exchange trading day I’m posting a daily dividend stock or fund review. I’ll share the three chief qualities of just one equity or fund that could be selected for a dividend stock portfolio I’ve named the Safari to Sweet Success. This week’s slot in the Safari portfolio is reserved for the […]
E Bulls On GBP/USD Pushing Higher
Hello, traders and a good day. Today, let us take an Elliot wave perspective and take a look at GBP/USD and its 4h time frame. On the 4h chart of GBP/USD, we can see that cable can be trading in a bigger five-wave bullish development. Specifically, we see price trading at the end of an […]
Economists Think Inflation Will Rise Sharply In 2018: They’re Wrong
Let’s investigate six reasons economists think inflation is about to pick in 2018 and why I think they are dreaming. Reason Number One – Wage Hikes Minimum wages rise in 18 states starting in 2018. Former Fed Vice-Chairman Stanley Fischer told Bloomberg TV on October 4, “I still believe we will have higher inflation. The basic mechanism here is […]
Oil Prices Tighten As Dollar Steadies
Oil prices headed higher on Thursday, hitting two-and-a-half year highs, buoyed by political strife in Iran after the country’s Revolutionary Guard deployed forces to quell anti-government unrest in three different provinces. Tensions have been running high in the region since last week, with 21 casualties of the violence thus far. Also driving oil prices higher is the […]
Amazon Vs. Google: The Battle For Smart Speaker Market Share
To see the full resolution version of this infographic that has higher legibility, click here. Steve Rabuchin, the VP of Amazon Alexa, has a vision. He dreams of customers having a conversation – not just with voice-enabled devices like the Amazon Echo, but with appliances, cars, and everything in between. Though that dream may not be […]
The US Dollar Has Begun To Strengthen. We Are Waiting For Important Statistics
Yesterday, the US dollar strengthened against other major currencies. The reason for this was the publication of the minutes of the Fed’s meeting in December and positive data on the index of business activity in the manufacturing sector of the US from ISM. The minutes showed that officials expect that the tax cut for companies […]
Is The Correlation Between Gold & Bonds Changing?
Recently Gold and long-term bond prices have trended in the same direction. When bond yields declined, Gold gained. However, in the past few months Gold has held up well and performed as long-term bond prices move towards a potential major breakdown. (Video length 00:08:21)
Germany Services PMI Hits Two-Year High In December
Germany’s services sector expanded at the fastest pace in two years in December, according to the IHS Markit report released on Thursday. The Services PMI grew at 55.8 in December, up from 54.3 in November. This is the highest reading since December 2015. Growth was recorded across broad categories of the services sector: Financial Intermediation, […]
