Category Archive: Finance
Stock Market Valuation And The Macroeconomy
from the San Francisco Fed — this post authored by Kevin J. Lansing History suggests that extreme run-ups in the cyclically adjusted price-earnings ratio are a signal that the stock market may be overvalued. A simple regression model using a small set of macroeconomic explanatory variables can account for most of the run-up in the […]
Banks Failing To Pass On Interest Rate Boost To Savers
It’s now been more than a week since the Bank of England announced the first increase in interest rates in several years. A decision with inevitably unfortunate repercussions for millions of borrowers, but good news for those who’ve been finding it borderline impossible to access decent savings account with viable rates of interest. Or at […]
E USD Index Trading At The End Of A Correction; Bearish Reversal In Sight
Good day traders! Let’s look at USD Index and its intra-day movement. USD Index can be trading at the end of a three-wave bullish correction. We can see waves A and B completed so current rally can be final wave C, with potential resistance and turning point coming in around the upper channel line or […]
Gold Pulls Back From 1-Month Highs
Gold prices fell $15.53 an ounce on Monday, weighed down by a rally in the U.S. dollar index. The greenback was boosted by a fall in the euro after German coalition government talks collapsed. World stock markets that edged higher at the start of a busy week also put downside price pressure on gold. This […]
The Long And Winding Road… To The Blockchain
I still talk a lot about blockchain, distributed ledgers, cryptocurrencies and more, but often feel it’s falling on deaf ears. The price of bitcoin flies around in the $7,000 a coin bracket, having risen from a tenth of that amount a year ago; and many people talk about blockchain and distributed ledger interchangeably, as did […]
How To Explain ETFs To Anyone
Odds are you’re going to be seeing a LOT of your family of the next week (and possibly month), and the discuss of retirement planning may come up in one of those many discussions. One of the main things that family and friend like to ask me about are ETFs — a simple and effective […]
EUR/USD: Uncertainty In Germany Continues To Weigh Down On The Euro
Previous: On Monday the 20th of November, trading on the euro/dollar pair closed down. The euro was under pressure from the off due to the fact that German chancellor Angela Markel has failed to reach an agreement with other parties to form a coalition government. After a drop to 1.1722 (-73 pips), the euro hit a […]
Taiwan Yields Put Rest Of Asia To Shame
Four Pillars of GDP: Driven by private consumption Taiwan’s GDP has been growing at a slow pace of late, 2.4% in the most recent quarter. Private consumption and investment have been the main contributors to GDP growth, but exports have put a slight drag on overall growth. Good profitability and the highest dividend in Asia […]
Industrial Metals Stock Outlook – November 2017
Industrial metals such as iron, aluminum, and copper are essential to regular technology and infrastructure. President Trump’s promise to go on an infrastructure binge naturally gave a boost to the price of industrial metals. Growth in U.S. GDP and continued improvement in end-use sectors like automotive, aerospace, construction and packaging also bode well for metals. In fact, […]
Oil Prices Steady Despite U.S. Production Increase
Oil prices were fairly stable on Tuesday despite predictions that U.S. output would climb more quickly than expected, causing perhaps as much as an 18 percent increase in active rigs in 2018. Energy consultancy FGE said on Tuesday morning that the production cuts by OPEC and its non-member partners could reduce the stocks surplice to approximately […]
