Foreign ETFs Continue To Outperform Nicely

Foreign ETFs Continue To Outperform Nicely

The Leader List The leaders are listed below in blue and green. The S&P 500 is the benchmark.  Foreign ETFs continue to outperform nicely. Emerging Markets are doing well. Even Russian stocks are starting to show a bit of strength. This Biotech ETF is looking interesting. Bad day for Staples. The Transports continue to break […]
Could Copper Lead The Metals Upward?

Could Copper Lead The Metals Upward?

(Audio length 00:11:09) With the precious metals remaining range bound Craig Hemke, Editor of TFMetalsReport.com takes a look at the continued copper and base metals breakout. We try to make sense of this move and what the markets are telling us. We also look ahead to tomorrow’s Jackson Hole meeting and speeches.
Market Talk – Thursday, August 24

Market Talk – Thursday, August 24

We have seen yet another weaker day with the Nikkei declining once more. It had the opportunity to perform but was dragged lower by Industrials, Metals and Manufacturing. The yens strength throughout the week has seen no retracement and remains close the 109 big figure. Core China and Hang Seng both off-set each other with […]
Copper Shorts Squeezed As The Red Metal Shines

Copper Shorts Squeezed As The Red Metal Shines

The current bullish trend for copper shows no sign of slowing just yet with the red metal touching a 3 year high largely driven by increasing demand from China, along with a fall in inventories in the London warehouses. On the London Metal Exchange, it touched a high of $6649 tonnes during the week, a […]
More Noise Than Signal

More Noise Than Signal

A number of people have forwarded this Bloomberg article – Wall Street Banks Warn Downturn Is Coming –  to me over the last couple of days. That fact alone is probably a good argument to ignore it but I can’t help but read articles like this if for no other reason than to know what the crowd […]
Stocks & Bonds Stumble On Donald’s Debt-Ceiling-Doubts & Harvey Hammering Houston

Stocks & Bonds Stumble On Donald’s Debt-Ceiling-Doubts & Harvey Hammering Houston

Terrible housing data for the second day in a row, debt ceiling fears surging in bill markets, chaos in the energy complex as Hurricane Harvey nears landfall, more McConnell-Trump turmoil… and while stocks were lower, only Trannies really dropped… The market said… Video length: 00:00:04   Debt Ceiling Default Doubts continue to surge… Trannies were worst […]
Is The Enthusiasm For Charter Communications Getting Overdone?

Is The Enthusiasm For Charter Communications Getting Overdone?

Shares of cable operator Charter Communications (CHTR) have been on a roll lately, rising more than 50% during the last 12 months. You would think after such a big run that the company must have had a dramatic change of fortune, but really it is just a traditional cable company offering customers bundles of services while consolidating […]
August 2017 Kansas City Fed Manufacturing Remains Positive And Improves

August 2017 Kansas City Fed Manufacturing Remains Positive And Improves

Of the four regional manufacturing surveys released for August, all were in expansion. Analyst Opinion of Kansas City Fed Manufacturing Kansas City Fed manufacturing has been one of the more stable districts and their index improved. Key internals were in expansion. Note that last month the hard data showed contraction whilst all of the Fed […]
How Do You Find Partners To Invest In Real Estate?

How Do You Find Partners To Invest In Real Estate?

A real estate investment partnership can work wonders, or it can be a nightmare. The challenge is finding the right investment partner. Find a real estate partner and there is a likelihood that you can complete twice as many deals or more. Some methods for finding the right fit include an online search, word of […]
3 Patterns That Identify Market Leaders To Buy On Market Pullbacks

3 Patterns That Identify Market Leaders To Buy On Market Pullbacks

Market pullbacks to major moving averages provide a great opportunity to find the stocks and ETFs that will provide great trades when the market recovers or even before! Here are 3 patterns that will help identify which stocks or ETFs are market leaders, because when a market resumes its uptrend the leaders usually provide the […]