Whatever order there was in the global capital markets has broken down. They did not stabilize in Asia, but there is an attempt underway in Europe. Asian shares were mostly lower, with the MSCI Asia-Pacific Index off more 1.1%, though China’s Shanghai Composite recouped much of yesterday’s loss rising almost 3% today. European stocks are…
The EUR/JPY pair fell rather hard during the session on Tuesday, but found quite a bit of support at the 156.50 level. With that, I feel that this market should continue to go higher, and that it will find buyers if we can break above the top of this hammer. I think that should send…
Note from dshort: I’ve updated this commentary with the latest numbers from last week’s Employment Report. In my earlier update on demographic trends in employment, I included a chart illustrating the growth (or shrinkage) in six age cohorts since the turn of the century. In this commentary we’ll zoom in on the age 50 and older Labor…
The US Daily Cash Surplus for Monday 12/8/2014 was $4.7B bringing the December 2014 Deficit through 8 days to $65B Not a lot of change since the last report, but revenues have taken a small step backwards. they now sit at just $+2B while outlays have grown to +$39B. This will be a slow week,…
The EUR/USD pair initially rallied fairly significantly during the session on Tuesday, but the closer we get to the 1.25 level we begin to see quite a bit of selling pressure. Of course Tuesday was no different, and the market continues to struggle in that general vicinity. With that being the case, the market looks as if…
Written by Paul Hanly “Buy low and sell high” is the oft quoted mantra. “Buy when there is blood in the street” is another. Now is your chance. Australian energy and resource stocks have fallen significantly over the past 3 to 6 months as commodity prices have come off and the China story has begun to…
DOW – 51 = 17,801 SPX – 0.49 = 2059 NAS + 25 = 4766 10 YR YLD – .04 = 2.22% OIL + .80 = 63.85 GOLD + 27.80 = 1233.00 SILV + .73 = 17.21 We’ll start with economic news. The Labor Department reports there were 4.83 million job openings in October, up…
About two months ago, UK-based education technology startup Quipper started its expansion into Thailand, a market it has high hopes for. Only a month into its launch and according to Takuya Homma, Marketing Director for Quipper, the company has managed to sign up more than 30,000 students and teachers in Thailand to use its services: Quipper School…
You’ve navigated a competitive market, steered your company to profitability, and put it on track for healthy growth and expansion. It’s now time to start thinking about an exit strategy. Sound premature? It’s not. Proper planning can help ensure both a successful business transition and an equally successful retirement for the owner. Too often, owners get…
