Author Archive: Jeremy Parkinson
Dollar Extends Losses As Economic Angst Deepens
The combination of the disappointing US retail sales and small inventory build has encouraged a new bout of dollar selling. The world’s biggest economy may have contracted close to 1% in Q1 and Q2 is off to a weak start. Retail sales have fallen or been flat in four of the past five months. We also […]
EC Guide To Guru ETF Investing
While the U.S. stock market hit multiple highs yet again early this quarter, investors lost hope on bouts of volatility and heightened uncertainty. A slew of weak economic data, soft corporate earnings, and the reemergence of the Greek default drama softened investors’ sentiment, leading to concerns over a slowdown in the U.S. economy. Further, the […]
It’s Only Fair To Tax The Wealthy, Obama Says: “They Are Society’s Lottery Winners”
In yet another attempt to stoke the wealth divide that he, and the Federal Reserve have created and pushed to French revolution levels, yesterday Barack Obama had some more comments about the uberwealthy, the same uber wealthy who are shoveling hundreds of millions of dollars in “speaking fees” and other contributions into the charity of that other Democratic […]
Grexit Or Not: Uncertainty Lies Ahead For Greece And European Union
Whether Greece is able to avoid an exit from the European Union or not, it will still have many problems to avoid and resolve as its times. Stratfor’s Ben Sheen, Senior Managing Editor, discusses Greece’s future political and economic landscape with Europe Analyst, Adriano Bosoni. Video Length: 00:06:45
Yellen Is Half Right About The Market
Stocks too expensive? Peter Schiff on markets. Video Length: 00:10:37
EUR/USD Trying To Break The Massive Barrier
The EUR/USD pair initially fell during the day on Wednesday, but as you can see rose later in the day to test the 1.14 handle. Because of this, I am starting to believe that the breakout is imminent, and essentially what we are doing is waiting to see whether or not we can build up […]
Tesla Throws Down The Gauntlet
Investing Daily Article of the Week by Ari Charney, Investing Daily The century-old business model for power utilities is facing its biggest threat in more than a decade. Sweeping technological changes coupled with a strong regulatory push toward lower emissions is forcing utilities to contemplate whether the grid will eventually be relegated to a backup role. Despite […]
Transports Less Than 2% Away From Failure
Here’s a closer look; just one good strong down day would do the trick. The trendline has held fast for over six miserable years. The triangle pattern is complete. It’s time to do this.
Creating The Bond Bubble – Role Of The Stock Market
All over the place they are touting that the stock market will crash and burn. Indeed, when you say there is a coming crash, everyone immediately assumes that means the stock market. It appears that the bulk of those who claim to be analysts are all proclaiming the coming stock market crash. This is typical […]
The Regulatory State – Central Planning And Bureaucracy On A Rampage
The New 10,000 Commandments Report – It’s Worse than Ever Before we begin, we should mention that the US economy has long been one of the least regulated among the major regulatory States of the so-called “free” world, and to a large extent this actually still remains true. This introductory remark should give readers an […]
