Protection Always Beats Prediction (The Un-Beta Portfolio Part II)
<<< Back to: Sidestep The Decline: The UN-Beta Portfolio I can’t say if we are in a bear rally or, after 7 years, phhht, that was all the correction we got before heading off to the races again.But since I don’t know, I’m very happy with our Un-Beta Portfolio. In my last article, here, introducing this […]
Forex Strength And Comparison For Week 12 – 20 March, 2016
This is the article “Strength and Comparison” for the coming week, the article “Ranking, Rating and Score” has also been published this weekend. The last 3 months currency classification from a longer term perspective updated on 28 February 2016 are provided here for reference purposes: Strong: USD / JPY / NZD. The preferred range is from […]
E Ben Bernanke On The Pros & Cons Of Negative Interest Rates
…We can’t rule out the possibility that, at some point in the next few years, our economy will slow, perhaps significantly. How would the Federal Reserve respond? What tools remain in the monetary toolbox? In this and a subsequent post, I discuss some policy options the Fed might consider, focusing first on negative interest rates. […]
The Greenback Remains Technically Vulnerable
The US dollar had a difficult week. The price action after the ECB meeting had undermined the technical tone, and the dollar took another leg down after the FOMC moved closer to the market expectation by reducing the number of rate hikes the median official thinks will be appropriate this year from four to two. The […]
4 Stocks To Buy For A Lifetime Of Increasing Dividends
As a cash flow and income focused stock investor, I really don’t get the market valuation of Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN). The stock trades at close to 500 times earnings per share and has always had an extremely high share value compared to its net income. However, Amazon has become and continues to grow as a […]
T2108 Update– A Different Kind Of Market Breakout
The S&P 500 (SPY) is UP year-to-date 0.2%. That does not sound like much for mid-March, but consider from whence we came…The S&P 500 (SPY) has finally reversed all its losses for the year just as it has printed a bullish breakout above 200-day moving average (DMA) resistance. The S&P 500 (SPY) has now […]
We’re Off To The Races
Friday was a quad witching day and began with some wild heavy, heavy, volume swings but in the end, it was just noise. Stocks and markets are acting great and look to have more upside in the week to come. Good stuff from the SPY ETF as it moves nicely towards the 207.50 resistance area. Great […]
EUR/USD Forecast March 21-25
EUR/USD backed down from the post-Draghi highs only to shoot even higher on the Fed’s dovishness. The highlights for the upcoming week are the dual German business surveys as well as PMIs. Here is an outlook for the highlights of this week and an updated technical analysis for EUR/USD. The Fed went to the extreme dovish edge, hitting the […]
E Markets Weekend Update – March 19, 2016
VIX declined beneath weekly mid-Cycle support at 15.93, making a new Master Cycle low.The Cycles Model suggests VIX may begin to rally next week.An aggressive buy signal (NYSE sell signal) may be made with a rally back above mid-Cycle resistance. (AFR) Even as a gauge of investor anxiety hovers close to the lowest level of […]
Duke Energy Hits A 52-Week High On Fed’s Soft Approach
On Mar 17, 2016, shares of Duke Energy Corporation (DUK – Analyst Report) soared to a new 52-week high of $80.22. The stock pulled back a bit to end the trading session at $79.99. This utility giant with a market cap of around $55.03 billion has seen its shares rise roughly 12.05% so far this year, outperforming the 0.16% […]
