Category Archive: Finance
Best & Worst ETFs Of Thanksgiving Week
The 2018 Thanksgiving week defied historical trends. The holiday-shortened week is usually a treat for stock investors, even with low volumes. However, this time around, bitter U.S.-China trade relations and global growth worries kept investors jittery. Additionally, the oil price rout worsened last week and took a toll on sentiments. The three major indices logged […]
Net Worth Is About To Collapse
Have I mentioned that this bubble in stocks – the one that most economists and analysts still claim “is not a bubble” – is now the greatest by far in its numerical advance, its percentage gains, and time frame? You’re damn right I have! I’m broadcasting the warning far and wide, to any who will listen. Hopefully […]
Too Big To Fail: Is Ripple Gleaning Inspiration From Its Own Customers?
Is Ripple’s XRP too big to fail? This article analyzes why it may be too late for XRP to be classified as a security. How low can Litecoin go? We’ll also take a look at Litecoin’s price action. How low can the silver to Bitcoin’s gold go? In his article on Monday, Crypto Briefing senior […]
Summary Of Last Week’s Economic Indicators
Even with the holiday, last week we saw 17 US economic data releases. It was very negative with only 3 of those indicators beating forecasts or their previous readings. The front half of the week was predominately housing data. Homebuilder sentiment badly missed estimates on Monday. Tuesday saw the release of housing starts and permits. […]
Cyber Monday Optimism: Amazon Will Get Half Of Retail Earnings Growth
Online sales are stealing the show this holiday shopping season. Amazon is pressuring brick-and-mortar profits. Cyber Monday is expected to set a New US Record Online Shopping Day but it will also test the limits of retailers’ e-commerce operations. Target and Amazon.com are pulling out all the stops to get customers’ attention by offering deliveries with no […]
Warmer Weekend Forecasts Hit Natural Gas
It was another volatile day for the December natural gas contract, as it gapped down significantly last evening and recovered through much of today’s trading session but still settled down almost a percent and a half below Friday’s settle. The February and March contracts were hit the hardest. This came following significant weekend GWDD losses. […]
EC The Best Lithium Stocks: Industry Investment Analysis From Mining To Batteries
Lithium, also dubbed “white petroleum,” is one the flashier metals that you will come across. While it is white or gray in typical form, when it is thrown into a fire it turns bright red. Lithium mineral was documented in the 1790’s, but it wasn’t until 1855 that the element was separated and identified. Lithium […]
Fake-Out Breakout Trading Strategy
(Video length 00:35:31) “Discomfort is your friend. It doesn’t matter if you’re sick, if you have other stuff going on, etc.… if you’re a pro, you go to work and get the job done.” Crude Oil is bullish into consolidation tonight, so I’m looking for a failed bear breakout for buying opportunities tomorrow morning… E-Mini S&P […]
Selling USTs + Hedging Costs ≠ Bond Rout
Maybe blame the ECB. On June 5, 2014, Europe’s central bank announced a change in monetary policy. Beginning June 11, their deposit account mechanism that acts as a hard floor for European money rates would be set below zero for the first time. It would mean any funds left on deposit with the ECB in […]
