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A Copper Price Forecast For 2019
The price of copper did not perform well this year, after being amazingly bullish a year ago. What is 2019 going to bring for the price of copper? This article features our copper price forecast for 2019. One very important remark before we look into our copper price forecast for 2019: copper is, similar to […]
VMWare Grows Through Acquisitions
According to a recent report published by Market Research Future, the global server virtualization market is estimated to grow 7% annually through to the year 2023. Another report published by Computer Profile last year pegs VMWare (NYSE: VMW) as the market leader with over 75% market share, with Microsoft at a distant second with 17% market share. VMWare […]
Can Traditional Retailers Battle Online Competition? 5 Picks
On Cyber Monday, retail stocks enjoyed solid gains thanks to strong online sales on Black Friday. Even as in-store traffic and footfall declined, online purchases enjoyed a strong improvement. Meanwhile, initial estimates indicate that Cyber Monday likely was the biggest online shopping day in U.S. history. However, traditional retailers have managed to remain relevant using […]
EUR/USD Moves In For Another Test At 1.1300 As USD Re-Claims 97.00
EURO BACK ON OFFER AS ITALIAN BUDGET OPTIMISM DISSIPATES A bit of optimism showed around the single currency yesterday as news began to spread that Italy was close to softening their deficit targets. This morning has seen that optimism turn towards confusion as a set of conflicting reports have indicated two totally different directions: One report earlier this morning […]
Remember! Home Sales Lead; House Prices Follow
Remember: home *sales* peak first; house *prices* peak later! That’s because it is reduced sales themselves that give sellers the signal to reconsider their asking prices, and buyers to consider becoming more aggressive. This morning two important measures of house prices were released, both for September. First, the Case Shiller indexes all rose: Before seasonal adjustment, the […]
Removing The Cloak From Gold
The new Alchemist is out. What can we learn from the latest publication of the LBMA? We invite you to read our today’s article and find out! Banque de France and Gold The latest edition of LBMA’s Alchemist focuses on the role of central banks in the gold market. Sylvie Goulard, Deputy Governor of Banque de France, […]
Five Dividend Stocks Boosting Shareholder Distributions
There were several companies over the past week which announced their intent to raise dividends to shareholders. It is always great to see companies that are able to extend their long streaks of annual dividend increases. I find dividend increases to be a good indicator of how company executives feel about the near-term business environment. […]
Consider These 3 TIAA Mutual Funds For Striking Gains
Previously known as TIAA-CREF, Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America Fund (TIAA) was founded by Andrew Carnegie in 1918. TIAA had $1 trillion in assets under management as of Dec 31, 2017. A major portion of its assets is allocated to stocks and fixed income securities. Nuveen, the investment management arm of TIAA, seeks […]
Morning Call For Tuesday, Nov. 27
Overnight Markets And News Dec E-mini S&Ps (ESZ18 -0.36%) this morning are down -0.21% and European stocks are down -0.19% after President Trump late yesterday said that additional tariffs on China are still likely. Trump told the WSJ he expects to move ahead with an increase on tariffs to 25% on $200 billion of Chinese goods […]
Pump And Dump
Oil did a pump and dump after it was announced that Saudi Arabia raised oil production to an all-time high in November, pumping 11.1 million to 11.3 million barrels per day (bpd). Yet, oil rebounded because it is just not about production but also oil exports that the Saudis are signaling will be falling sharply. […]
