Dollar Firms In Quiet Trade
The US dollar is firm as the losses suffered in the wake of the FOMC meeting are retraced. Over the last few days, no less than five Federal Reserve officials have come out endorsing a resumption of the normalization cycle. And no fewer than three regional Fed manufacturing surveys have shown greater strength than expected, with gains in […]
WTI Crude Oil And Natural Gas Forecast – March 23, 2016
WTI Crude Oil The WTI Crude Oil market fell slightly during the course of the session on Tuesday, but still looks as if we are trying to break above the $42 level. Ultimately, the market looks as if it will try to get above there but we have the Crude Oil Inventories number coming out […]
EC Bear Market Rally
The term bear market rally is one that has been used with great enthusiasm over the last month. Many believe that the recent uphill climb in the market is due to a sharp rebound as a result of oversold conditions rather than an intermediate or long-term investable bottom. Bear market rallies are often characterized as […]
These 3 Stocks Are Safe Bets To Outperform In 2016
There is a lot of positive news coming out of the sector that these three stocks operate in that will get any investor excited about their prospects for outperformance in 2016. One statistic is reaching a high not set since 2007 and is what will fuel the rally in these three stocks. It seems only […]
Binary Options Trading Opportunities – March 23, 2016
During the course of the day on Wednesday, the only notable we have of note will be the Crude Oil Inventories number coming out of America, and that of course will move oil, but beyond that it should be a fairly straightforward trading session. DAX looking to consolidate The German index looks as if it […]
A Brief History Of The British Pound
The British Pound (GBP) has a long and storied history that stretches back more than 1200 years. In addition to its credible claim of world’s oldest living currency, the pound plays a major role in the global foreign exchange, a market valued at $5.3 trillion per day. While the pound is a symbol of British […]
Mutual/Hedge Fund Favorites Tank In Q1
Mutual and hedge fund favorites have taken a beating in the first quarter so far, dragging down most funds right along with them. Long-only and levered hedge funds were among the hardest-hit as the stock market favored stocks with low institutional ownership. At least one firm has highlighted that individual investors who have bet agaibet aga institutions […]
Recipe For Collapse: Rising Military And Social Welfare Spending
Leaders faced with unrest, rising demands and dwindling coffers always debauch their currency as the politically expedient “solution.” Whatever you think of former Fed chair Alan Greenspan, he is one of the few public voices identifying runaway entitlement costs as a structural threat to the economy and nation. We can summarize Greenspan’s comments very succinctly: there is […]
Fly Away From Helicopter Money
Photo Credit: Shiny Things || Apologies, this was the best I could find at Flickr with a Creative Commons License Once I wrote a piece advocating helicopter money, and I called it 2300 Smackers. For those who were not reading me back during the bailout, you should know that I vociferously opposed it, and wrote a lot […]
Gold Marks First Gain In Four Sessions
Gold prices edged slightly higher on Tuesday, putting an end to three-session streak of declines, as investors sought safety after several explosions rocked Brussels. The XAU/USD pair traded as high as $1260.12 an ounce but investors’ risk aversion faded over the course of the day and as a result the market pared gains – similar […]
