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Our Top Five Weekend Stock Stories

Our Top Five Weekend Stock Stories

Catch up on the weekend’s top five stories with this list compiled by The Fly: 1. Fresenius (FSNUY) decided to terminate the company’s merger agreement with Akorn (AKRX), citing Akorn’s “failure to fulfill several closing conditions.” The company said in a statement, “Fresenius’ decision is based on, among other factors, material breaches of FDA data […]
AUD/USD Forecast Apr. 23-27 – A Sharp U-turn Slams The Aussie, CPI Eyed

AUD/USD Forecast Apr. 23-27 – A Sharp U-turn Slams The Aussie, CPI Eyed

The Australian dollar tried to move to higher ground but collapsed after climbing above 0.78. Rising US yields boosted the greenback and the A$ could not match it. Will we see further falls? Here are the highlights of the week and an updated technical analysis for AUD/USD. The prices of aluminum and other metals shot up, helping […]
Australian Dollar Faces Potential Local CPI And US GDP Miss

Australian Dollar Faces Potential Local CPI And US GDP Miss

AUSTRALIAN DOLLAR FUNDAMENTAL FORECAST: NEUTRAL Talking Points: Australian Dollar paid more attention to sentiment last week than relevant economic data Local CPI and US GDP could disappoint, taking the currency one way and then another This opens the door for risk trends to take the spotlight for the Australian Dollar yet again The Australian Dollar was on […]
Financial Rape Of America – Catherine Austin Fitts

Financial Rape Of America – Catherine Austin Fitts

Investment advisor and former Assistant Secretary of Housing Catherine Austin Fitts warns that the “financial rape of America” is nothing more than “re-engineering” the debt based economy. This “rape” is happening from earth to space, and it connects to $21 trillion in “missing money” that has disappeared from the federal budget since the late 1990’s. […]
Forex Forecast: Pairs In Focus – Sunday, April 22

Forex Forecast: Pairs In Focus – Sunday, April 22

The difference between success and failure in Forex trading is very likely to depend upon which currency pairs you choose to trade each week, and not on the exact trading methods you might use to determine trade entries and exits. Each week I am going to analyze fundamentals, sentiment and technical positions in order to […]
Inflation, With A Shelf Life

Inflation, With A Shelf Life

For the last few weeks we’ve used the conditions noted in the graphic below as a guide. Well, the ‘inflation trade’ (IT) popped last week and that included cyclical metals (as well as silver) ramming upward vs. gold and TIP rising vs. TLT & IEF. As for credit conditions, there is little imminently raising caution […]
The Shameful Silence Of The CEOs

The Shameful Silence Of The CEOs

Congressional Republicans would be more willing to stand up to Trump if their major financial backers – big business and Wall Street – had more backbone. Ever since 1971, when the then future Supreme Court justice Lewis Powell urged corporations to mobilize politically, corporate money has flooded Washington – most of it into Republican coffers. […]
The Pension Crisis Gets A Catchy Name: “Silver Tsunami”

The Pension Crisis Gets A Catchy Name: “Silver Tsunami”

Pensions really are in crisis, but the story is so full of large numbers, obscure projections, and dry terms like “unfunded liabilities” that not many people are paying attention. The same is true for a lot of other big trends out there, which is why those sounding the alarm eventually settle on pithy/scary (if not […]
S&P 500, DAX & FTSE – Outlook Shrouded In Uncertainty

S&P 500, DAX & FTSE – Outlook Shrouded In Uncertainty

Talking Points: A few ‘high’ impact data events, S&P 500 short-term technical outlook murky ECB meeting on Thursday key event for the DAX UK GDP on Friday, FTSE will look to try and hold onto its recent gains S&P 500 Looking ahead to the calendar next week there are a few nuggets of ‘high’ impact data. On Tuesday, we have Consumer […]