Weighing The Week Ahead: Is The Bond Market Sending A Message For Stocks?
After the news-heavy calendar last week, there are few market-moving economic reports in the week ahead. It is also the quiet period for the Fed. How will the punditry fill those empty minutes? Last week’s trading revived a question that many find puzzling. I expect pundits to be asking: How can bonds and stocks both […]
Weekly Trading Forecast: Politics In Focus On UK Election, Comey
An unexpectedly uncertain UK election and testimony from ousted FBI director James Comey may rattle markets and overshadow economic news-flow. US Dollar Forecast:US Dollar at Risk as Political Jitters Rattle Financial Markets The US Dollar is vulnerable to further weakness as political uncertainty shakes global markets and undermines the Fed’s ability to sustain a lasting rate […]
North American Marijuana Index Drops 15% In May, Worst Month In Over A Year
The North American Marijuana Index, a stock index that tracks the top performing cannabis stocks in the U.S. and Canada, decreased 15% in May as stocks sold off in both markets. This marks the worst performing month for the North American Marijuana Index since December 2015. The North American Marijuana Index is a combination of […]
As Short Interest Jumps And Outflows Rise, Bill Blain Warns: “The Amount Of Passive Money Is Scary”
I’ve said this before and I’ll say it again: if you’re a retail investor and you’re long high yield through popular ETFs, it’s probably not a good sign when you see the pros increasingly expressing their own longs via CDS while simultaneously shorting the ETFs you’re in. And that’s exactly what looks to be going […]
B&G Foods (BGS): A High Yield Stock With Double-Digit Dividend Growth
Food stocks can often make excellent long-term dividend growth investments, thanks to the highly defensive nature of their businesses. After all, everyone has to eat no matter what the economy or interest rates are doing. This is why many well-known food blue chips are among the list of dividend aristocrats and dividend kings, which have track records of […]
Forex Ranking, Rating And Score For Week 23 / 2017
The Top 10 of the Ranking and Rating list for the coming week shows the following stronger currencies being well represented for going long: the CHF(4X) followed by the EUR(2X). The weaker currencies are the AUD(4X) followed by the CAD(3X) followed. A nice combination for coming week may be e.g: AUD/CHF with the EUR/CAD CAD/CHF with […]
June 2017 Stock Considerations
Where is 2017 going? I can’t believe we’re already knocking on the door of summer. I guess the older we get the faster time seems to fly by. That point just illustrates to me the importance of staying invested in the market no matter what crazy headlines are being written nor what events transpire around […]
Gamma Is Why Markets Are Exploding To The Upside
Stocks and bonds explode higher together on Friday’s disappointing jobs report. In this weekend’s crucial market update we look at how inefficiencies in the market are causing the markets to explode higher. Watch this video as I share the opportunities and pitfalls to watch out for in the upcoming week.
Weak Reference Rate, Falling HIBOR Could Lead To Pullback In Yuan
Fundamental Forecast for CNH: Neutral Yuan Soared to 7-Month High – What’s Next? Politics Drives Dollar-Yuan Reversal, What Gets Risk Back on Track? The USD/CNH broke Yuan Soared to 7-Month High – What’s Next? (resistance for the Yuan) this week, amid tightened Yuan liquidity in the offshore market. HIBOR O/N, Yuan’s borrowing cost in Hong Kong’s interbank market, soared to […]
May Jobs Report: Nothing More Nor Less Than A Decent Late Cycle Report
HEADLINES: +138,000 jobs added U3 unemployment rate down -0.1% from 4.4% to 4.3% U6 underemployment rate down -0.2% from 8.6% to 8.4% Here are the headlines on wages and the chronic heightened underemployment: Wages and participation rates Not in Labor Force, but Want a Job Now: down -146,000 from 5.707 million to 5.561 million Part […]
