Note: We highlighted the contrary bullish bond play right here at TalkMarkets back on December 6.  Now it appears it won’t be long before it goes the other way, as the media have begun to talk bullish.  Wash, rinse, repeat… This is actually a tag-along to the regular ‘Bonds’ segment in this week’s NFTRH 444.  […]

It wasn’t a very good two weeks for economic data with the majority of reports disappointing. Most notable I think is that the so called “soft data” is starting to reflect reality rather than some fantasy land where President Trump enacts his entire agenda in the first 100 days of being in office. Politics is […]

According to the exit polls, Macron leads with 23.7%, Le Pen with 21%. Well behind, Fillon and Melenchon are tied with 19.5%. French exit polls are relatively reliable as they use real data. It seems that neither Fillon nor Melenchon can beat Macron and push him out of the second round. Le Pen could eventually surpass Macron: 2% is not […]

The first results are in and according to IPSOS exit polls, Macron leads with 23.7% of the vote, Le Pen is second with 21.7%, with Fillon and Mellenchon tied for third at 19.5%. However, according to official results, from the French interior ministry, Le Pen is leading with 24.2% of the vote, while Macron has […]

Beleaguered oil stocks are testing important support stretching back 3 decades. Will they hold the trendline again and resume their leadership that they displayed throughout 2016 or is the repeated testing of the trendline wearing it down, leaving it destined to fail sooner than later? Written by Dana Lyons It’s no secret that while the […]