Financial

As boring days go, today was a fairly boring day. Given all the florid headlines about the confrontation in the Ukraine, the markets shook it all off. Have a pleasant …

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A little bit of knowledge can often be worse than none. Common sense suggests that reading esteemed financial publications and major brokerage house research reports would help investors make good …

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Today I used Barchart to sort the NASDAQ 100 Index to find the stocks with the best technical indicators and charts. First I sorted for new high frequency in the last month. …

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I tried to borrow shares to sell at the red arrow, and wouldn’t you know that the shorts were already all over it and there were none for my broker …

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European sovereign bond spreads have not batted an eyelid during the recent Russia-Ukraine crisis… and why should they, Draghi will do “whatever it takes.” Even HY credit in Europe is …

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A daily summary of global stock index price action & what caused it in Asia, Europe and the US- to help investors and traders of forex, stocks, indexes etc., get …

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Friday’s employment report again highlights an ongoing conflict between the jobs number in the Establishment Survey versus the roughly comparable data in the Household Survey. The Nonfarm Payrolls of the …

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Econintersect analysis is that total consumer credit growth decelerated 0.1% month-over-month, and the year-over-year growth is 5.9%. The seasonally adjusted consumer credit headlines are showing a growth of 5.25%. The underlying …

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Rather than attempt to reduce a very complex system to a cartoonish  “explanation” of events, we would be better served by seeking out the geopolitical linchpins. In trying to put …

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AUDJPY (and therefore US equities) is sliding this morning after the ubiquitous pre-open melt-up providing a green open for retail investors to believe in. Notably, from the close before Putin’s …

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