EC Still Bearish, Rally Notwithstanding
[this is the content of our letter to clients today] Discussed in this letter: How market condition rating can be used in allocation shifting 4 Factor allocation shifting indicator with current readings % US broad market stocks in Correction, Bear or Severe Bear condition Relative performance of smaller-cap indexes vs larger-cap indexes as simple breadth indicators […]
Precious Metals Report – March 14, 2016
Ira Epstein leads us through the day’s precious metal highlights. Video Length: 00:07:42
Paragon Tech – Sell Signals
Today in the Barchart Van Meerten Speculative portfolio I placed a sell order for Paragon Tech (OTCPK:PGNT) for negative price momentum. The portfolio contains stocks selling under $10 that have current price momentum. Barchart technical indicators: 48% technical sell signals Trend Spotter sell signal Below its 20 and 50 day moving averages 40.27% off its recent high Relative Strength […]
CXFS conference tackles customer dissatisfaction among financial industry leaders
On 23-24 February, senior executives from across Europe attended the two-day CXFS event. The conference’s customer-centric focus aimed to provide insight and improve relationships between customers and companies. The event accommodated around 80 executives, VPs and directors engaged in customer experience, marketing and digital strategy from leading corporations. The attendees gained exclusive access to knowledge from the […]
Inverse Head And Shoulders On The Big Banks: C, BAC, GS, JPM
The big banks appear to be setting up for a bigger move here. I am already long in JP Morgan (JPM), but all four of these charts are posting solid reward/risk ratios with the potential to break higher any day now. Take a look at each chart, you’ll see that over the past two months […]
The Rats Keep Pressing The Bar: Two Amazing Stories, One Inevitable Result
Anyone who doubts that the global financial system has run out of (good new) ideas has only to track the recent words and deeds of central bankers and mainstream economists: Slightly-negative interest rates didn’t lead people to borrow more? We’ll go more negative! Buying up all the government bonds didn’t prevent deflation? We’ll start buying […]
Morgan Stanley Pumps Money-Losing Bonds
I rarely bother to make any note at all of the “calls” made by the Big Banks, on precious metals markets, or any others. However, sometimes the nonsense which emanates from these fraud-factories is so extreme and absurd that it requires some sort of acknowledgment (i.e. condemnation). This is one of those cases. Let’s begin […]
Oil Rally Faces Big Test This Week
Business Plans Did Not Include Oil Prices This Low The issues facing the oil industry can be summed up via a quote that recently appeared on Bloomberg: “Asset managers bought the story that we’d have $100 oil forever,” said Tim Gramatovich, chief investment officer with Peritus Asset Management in Santa Barbara. “Bondholders are left holding the […]
Binary Options Trading Opportunities For March 15, 2016
During the course of the session on Tuesday, we get several announcements that could move the markets, including employment numbers out of Europe, the Core Retail Sales numbers coming out of the United States, as well as the PPI number and Empire Manufacturing Index number. Nasdaq 100 breaking out The Nasdaq 100 broke out during […]
Natural Gas Rebounds On Inventory, Weather News
The U.S. Energy Department’s weekly inventory release showed that the decrease in natural gas supplies were in line with expectations. This, together with favorable weather forecasts, helped the commodity rebound off its 17-year lows. But topping 2.4 trillion cubic feet (Tcf), natural gas inventories are still 41% above the 5-year average. As a result, prices […]
