COT Black: Crude Balance Here?
Oil prices have had a very good run for several months now. Dating back to the recent low reached June 21, WTI is up an impressive 35% to a new two-year high. Crude hasn’t traded at $57 since June 2015. During this latest increase, the oil futures curve has finally achieved backwardation (which isn’t necessarily […]
E Small Caps – Long Term Consistent Outperformance
Small cap stocks which ignited in September have been under pressure since then. However, small caps represents a very attractive investment segment and offer a very compelling reason for a long-term portfolio allocation – outperformance. Small caps simply outperform other stock market segments and asset classes over the long-term. The Enduring Power of Small Caps Small-cap […]
Top-Ranked ETFs That Crushed The Russell 2000 Post Election
Since Trump’s election a year ago, the stock market has been on a spectacular rally. While gains are broad-based, small caps are clearly outperforming. This is especially true as the Russell 2000 index has gained 24% in a year compared with a gain of 21.3% for both the S&P 500 and S&P Mid Cap 400. […]
Precious Metal Report – Friday, Nov. 10
A review of the day’s trading in precious metals markets. Video Length: 00:13:13
GDPNow, Nowcast Near Convergence In 4th Quarter GDP Estimates
Following months of wide differences between GDP forecast models, the Atlanta Fed GDPNow and the New York Fed Nowcast models are in near convergence at 3.3% and 3.2% respectively. GDPNow Forecast: 3.3 Percent — November 9, 2017 The GDPNow model forecast for real GDP growth (seasonally adjusted annual rate) in the fourth quarter of 2017 […]
Global Consumer Sentiment Update
The November readings of the Thomson Reuters/Ipsos Consumer Sentiment indexes revealed a picture of solid consumer confidence at a global level. The global GDP weighted reading was up +0.13pts to 57.76 with Developed Economies up +0.08pts to 54.04 and Emerging Markets up +0.17pts to 61.35. This follows on from a strong round of PMI data for October […]
My 5 Favorite Mid Cap Stocks
Today I wanted to find 5 Mid Cap Stocks that not only made great returns in the last year but still seemed to have some more upside momentum. I used Barchart to sort the S&P 400 Mid Cap Index stocks first for the highest Weighted Alpha, then again for technical buy signals of 80% or more. Next […]
