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Even Bad News Won’t Derail This 6% Yield
AT&T (NYSE: T) shares took a beating last week. The price fell after weaker-than-expected first quarter results. The lower price pushed the yield up to a mouthwatering 6%. The company pays a 6% per share quarterly dividend and has raised the dividend 34 years in a row. Some investors are worried that AT&T could run into more difficulties if the federal […]
WTI Crude Oil And Natural Gas Forecast – Thursday, May 3
WTI Crude Oil The WTI Crude Oil market initially fell during the day on Wednesday, as we got a higher-than-expected inventory build. However, a less than exciting statement from the FOMC sent the US dollar a bit lower. This put bullish pressure on the oil markets, and we, of course, when higher as a result. […]
The Great Contagion
Hyperbole is such a vile term. Defined as “extravagant exaggeration,” we are nothing short of drowning in it. What little is left of journalistic integrity is sacrificed daily at the altar of hyperbole. Politicians have raised their rhetoric to such deafening volumes their speech writers are at the risk of running low on exclamation points. […]
Stalled Markets, Baby Boomers, And Accelerating Information
BABY BOOMERS & THE INFORMATION AGE The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines a Baby Boomer as a member of the generation born between 1946 and 1964. If the average age of Baby Boomers is 65 years, then 1953 would be an important year for them. A lot of stuff happened that year, including the end of the Korean War. Read more at ThePeopleHistory.com At the […]
Sensex Trades In The Red; Biocon Down 5%
After opening the day in the red, share markets in India witnessed choppy trading activity throughout the day and are presently below the dotted line. All sectoral indices are trading in the red with stocks in the pharma sector and stocks in the realty sector leading the losses. The BSE Sensex is down by 110 points (down 0.3%) and the NSE Nifty is trading down […]
Gold Prices Rise After Fed Decision
Gold prices are moderately up in early trading Thursday after the Federal Reserve left interest rates unchanged. “The Committee expects that, with further gradual adjustments in the stance of monetary policy, economic activity will expand at a moderate pace in the medium term and labor market conditions will remain strong. Inflation on a 12-month basis […]
1.36 Will Be A Tough Nut To Crack For GBP/USD
The Technical Confluences Indicator shows that after the recent fall, the GBP/USD will find it hard to recover above $1.3605. This is the convergence of several lines: the Bolinger Band 15m-Middle, the Simple Moving Average-5-1hv, the SMA-5-4h, the Fibonacci 38.2% one-day, the SMA10-15m, the Bolinger Band 1h-Middle, and the SMA-5-15m. The pair may find a more accessible […]
IOTA Continues Bullish Momentum On Launch Of Ecosystem
The market bounced back on Wednesday with IOTA leading the top 10 cryptocurrencies with a 17% gain by the end of the trading day. The gains came as the Berlin-based company behind IOTA technology, IOTA Foundation, announced the launch of IOTA ecosystem platform on Twitter. The IOTA ecosystem was created for the global community of […]
EC The Bull & Bear Case For Stocks
In this article, we will discuss some of the countervailing trends which are occurring to help you formulate a balanced outlook on the markets and the economy. It’s easy to cherry pick data to fit an agenda, but that doesn’t do you much service. There’s always valid counter arguments that need to be discussed no […]
Charting Long-Term Growth In America
With all the high frequency data available these days, like weekly economic data, and market pricing by the second, it can sometimes be good to tune the noise levels down and take a look at some longer term trends to help keep things in perspective. This article looks at 5 charts which map out the […]
