National Security And Trade Deficits
National Trade Council Director Peter Navarro writes in the WSJ: The national-security argument that trade deficits matter begins with this accounting identity: Any deficit in the current account caused by imbalanced trade must be offset by a surplus in the capital account, meaning foreign investment in the U.S. … running large and persistent trade deficits also […]
Agriculture Markets Report – Wednesday, Mar. 8
A review of the day’s trading in the agriculture markets. Video Length: 00:09:00
4 Amazing Charts For March 2017
After the strong Trump-rally markets have stabilized in the last 2 months. Stocks have gone bit higher, gold as well, but all other markets have been rather stable. That could be coming to an end now, as we see the first signs of a new trend. Spotting trends as they arise is one of the […]
Market Talk- March 8th, 2017
There was plenty to get excited about today, from Asia all the way through the time zones. First up came the Chinese Trade data and the surprise that Imports outpaced Exports giving them a deficit of around $9.1bn for the first time in over three years. However, many see this as a seasonal adjustment and […]
Small Caps Accelerate Losses
A mixed day with most indices experiencing minimal change. The only index to come out feeling blue was the Russell 2000. Yesterday’s selling confirmed a ‘bull trap’ and today saw some follow through with sellers continuing to pressure. The next rally will be critical; will it be attacked shorts? Or will bulls breeze past 1,414? […]
China Trade Skews
Chinese trade figures for the month of February 2017 were decidedly mixed. On the import side, total trade rose by 38.1% from February 2016. That latter month, however, was one of the lowest trade figures in years (the first time imports had added up to less than $100 billion in any month going back to […]
Tailored Brands Inc. Posts Disastrous Q4 Earnings & 2017 Guidance
Written by StockNews.com Tailored Brands Inc. (NYSE: TLRD) late Wednesday [Mar 8, 2017 | 4:28pm] posted extremely weak earnings and offered a much lower than anticipated outlook for 2017, sending its shares plunging as much as 26% in aftermarket trading.
Stocks And Precious Metals Charts – The Vain And The Inglorious
Stocks were mixed today, with big tech attempting to rally while the broader markets were sluggish. Traders were impressed with the print on new jobs added in a report from ADP this morning. I had thought that ADP was obtaining their numbers from actual data from their payroll services business. Instead, I find from reading this […]
Daily Trading Opportunities For Thursday, Mar. 9
We get an interest rate decision coming out of the ECB, but more importantly, is the conference afterwards. We also get the ADP Nonfarm Payroll numbers in the United States, and thus it’s likely that we will get a bit of volatility during the day. EUR/USD The EUR/USD pair fell a bit during the day […]
5 Stocks To Watch That Report Earnings Thursday, Mar. 9
Ulta Beauty (ULTA): Many investors hold Ulta in high regards due to a track recorded extending of topping analyst’s top and bottom line targets. The cosmetics company delivered at least 20% growth in each of the past 8 quarters with double digit gains in key same store sales metrics. When you factor in that similar businesses […]
