USDCAD Daily Analysis – Friday, Nov. 17
Nov 17, 2017Jeremy Parkinson0
USDCAD is facing the support of the rising trend line on the 4-hour chart. A clear break below the trend line support could take price to next support level at 1.2666. Below this level could trigger further downside movement towards 1.2570, followed by 1.2433. On the upside, as long as the trend line support holds, […]
Crude Oil Prices May Fall As Gold Gains Amid Risk Aversion
Nov 17, 2017Jeremy Parkinson0
Crude oil and gold prices found little impetus for trend development over the past 24 hours, languishing within familiar congestion ranges. Top-tier scheduled event risk is notably absent through the week-end, hinting that sentiment trends may emerge as the central driver of performance. FTSE 100 and S&P 500 futures are pointing lower, before London and New York come online, hinting at […]
AUD: Breaking Out Of Ranges On Crosses; What’s Next & How To Position?
Nov 17, 2017Jeremy Parkinson0
The Australian dollar slipped a bit lower amid a not-so-great jobs report. What’s next? Here is the view from Nomura: Here is their view, courtesy of eFXnews: Nomura FX Strategy Research discuss AUD outlook, recommending to tactically positioning for further AUD downside against the EUR via an options structure expiring on Dec-21. “AUD continues to fall […]
Top REITs For Beginner Investors
Nov 17, 2017Jeremy Parkinson0
New investors are rarely risk-hungry. Knowing that investment is like educated gambling in that luck can turn bad in a blink, they prefer to take it slow, establish balanced portfolios, and cultivate investments that are easy to liquidate if they get spooked. As a result, few beginner investors put money into real estate properties; most […]
BoE Warns Weekly Fund Redemptions Of 1.3% Would Break Corporate Bond Market
Nov 17, 2017Jeremy Parkinson0
The Bank of England has done some timely and truly eye-opening research into the resilience of corporate bond markets. The research is contained in the Bank of England Financial Stability Paper No.42 and is titled “Simulating stress across the financial system: the resilience of corporate bond markets and the role of investment funds” by Yuliya Baranova, Jamie Coen, […]
Mortgage Default During The Great Recession Came From Real Estate Investors, Not Subprime Credit Holders
Nov 17, 2017Jeremy Parkinson0
from Voxeu.org — this post authored by Stefania Albanesi, Giacomo De Giorgi and Jaromir Nosal The Global Crisis narrative has suggested that an expansion of subprime credit was the reason for rising mortgage defaults, leading to the large-scale recession in 2007-09. Taking a closer look at the characteristics of subprime credit holders over the period, […]
EUR/USD And GBP/USD Forecast – Friday, Nov. 17
Nov 17, 2017Jeremy Parkinson0
EUR/USD The EUR/USD pair fell during the trading session on Thursday, as we continue to see quite a bit of volatility. A breakdown below the shooting star from the Wednesday session was the first signal that we are probably going to continue to drift towards the 1.17 level. While not looking for some type of […]
Unique Evidence Of Recessionary Conditions In China From 2014 To 2016
Nov 17, 2017Jeremy Parkinson0
Back in June 2014, we were among the first to observe in near real-time that China’s economy had cooling to the point where it could be considered to be in recession, which we based on a unique combination of trade and environmental data. The recessionary conditions that we observed persisted from 2014 through mid-2016, when they finally began to reverse. We noted […]
U.S. Dollar Gains After House Republicans Pass Tax Reform Bill
Nov 17, 2017Jeremy Parkinson0
The House Republicans on Thursday finally get enough votes to pass the largest tax reform bill in history to ease tax burden and stimulate broad-based economic productivity. A total of 227 representatives voted in favor of the bill while the remaining 205 voted against it. However, the Senate still have to vote in December to decide […]
You’ll Never Guess What Happened To BuzzFeed’s IPO Chances After It Missed Revenue By 20%
Nov 17, 2017Jeremy Parkinson0
Buzzfeed’s plans for a rumored 2018 IPO, first reported back in March by Axios, just suffered a serious setback. In what amounts to a serious blow to the digital media pioneer’s credibility with investors, not to mention the potential impact on its lofty venture-capital-fueled valuation, the Wall Street Journal is reporting that Buzzfeed is on […]