Financial

As the world awaits the outcome of the stand-off in Crimea, I thought it might be useful to look at the huge country on other side of the globe, China. …

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Top scoring weekly returns:  Buy and Hold 1 Year     The best scoring sector across our universe is industrial goods. Financials have moved into the top scoring this week …

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While we realize that the world has long since stopped caring about trivial things like macro events or newsflow, it probably should be noted that while everyone was either sleeping …

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Here’s a brief review of the charts from a few of last week’s economic data releases. JOLTS The Labor Department’s Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey reported 4.12 million job …

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FX Traders’ weekly EURUSD fundamental & technical picture, this week’s market drivers that could change it- the bullish, the bearish and likely EURUSD direction & Putin’s song dedication to the …

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This morning we got the latest Empire State Manufacturing Survey. The diffusion index for General Business Conditions showed improvement, posting a reading of 5.6, up from 4.5 last month. TheInvesting.com forecast was …

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A few days ago, copper prices and the Chinese stock market were roiled by speculation that another – the second in a row – Chinese bond default may be imminent, …

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The headlines say seasonally adjusted Industrial Production (IP) improved in February. Econintersect‘s analysis using the unadjusted data concurs – but adds that the downward revision of the previous months makes this data set …

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The ratio of Canada’s Wild Wild West of the resources speculation world (CDNX) to a normal stock index (TSX) indicates that risk has obviously come back on in the resources …

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US equity markets are jubilant at the decision by President Obama to apply travel sanctions against numerous Russian citizens and entities (though we – like every other rational investor out …

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