Last Chance For The Dollar To Rally
I think we need to focus on what is happening to the dollar. The intermediate cycle is now 63 weeks long. Clearly that isn’t normal. I’ve maintained for several years that the end game was going to play out in the currency markets. There has to be consequences to printing trillions and trillions of currency […]
Treasury Snapshot: 10-Year Yield Down To 2.24%
Let’s take a closer look at recent activity in US Treasuries. The yield on the 10-year note ended the day at 2.24% and the 30-year bond closed at 2.81%. Here is a table showing the yields highs and lows and the FFR since 2007 as of Friday’s close. The 2-10 yield spread is now at […]
U.S. Smashes Record: Highest Production Of Lowest Quality Fuel In The World
Yes, it’s true… the United States smashed another fuel production record this year. According to the U.S. Energy Information Agency (EIA), the country produced over one million barrels per day of this liquid gold in the first six months of 2017. Unfortunately, this isn’t something to brag about. It would be wise just to keep […]
E Japan’s Fully Employed Economy Is Growing Slowly, But So Is Its Labour Force
Government data published Tuesday revealed that the country’s labor shortage has reached its most extreme level in more than 40 years. Japan now has 1.48 jobs for every applicant. That’s the highest number since 1974, when rapid growth pushed the ratio to 1.53. It also exceeds the labor shortage peak Japan hit during its economic […]
Quantitative Easing In The Eurozone: What’s Next?
(Video length 00:03:40) In this week’s edition of Market Week in Review, Consulting Director Sophie Gilbert discussed with Kara Ng, senior quantitative investment strategy analyst, the key takeaways from European Central Bank (ECB) President Mario Draghi’s July 20 press conference on the bank’s quantitative easing (QE) program. In Ng’s view, the main message is that […]
3 Effective Penny Stock Trading Tips
The following is a guest blog post: Penny stocks are stocks that are traded for less than $5, and they are known as ‘Penny stocks’ because they can cost as little as a few cents, or a few pennies. Penny stocks are usually sold by companies who don’t have many real assets as they may […]
Focus On Earnings
Podcast: Play in new window | Play in new window (Duration: 13:15 — 7.6MB) DOW – 31 = 21,580 SPX – 0.91 = 2472 NAS – 2 = 6387 RUT – 6 = 1435 10 Y – .03 2.23% OIL – 1.25 = 45.67 GOLD + 10.50 = 1255.50 BITCOIN + 1.33% = 2703.19 USD ETHEREUM + 3.41% = […]
100-Year Bonds? Rate Pigs Have Finally Lost It
Video Length – 00:02:59 Transcript: Here’s a big slap for the rate pigs out there. What’s a “rate pig”? It’s someone who looks at only the yield on a dividend stock or bond and ignores all the fundamentals and red flags. They’re looking at only the income. And a recent bond offering by Argentina might […]
Dollar Slide Continues
The US dollar lost ground against all the major currencies, save sterling, over the past week, and also fell against most emerging market currencies. There is little from a technical or fundamental perspective, including next week’s FOMC meeting, that suggests a reversal is at hand. Investors accept that the US economy rebounded in Q2 from […]
