In its latest effort to counter financial instability – and show its commitment to maintaining order and support for the economy – Russia’s Central Bank (CBR) has unveiled 7 new measures. Ranging from bank recaps to measures aimed at helping manage interest-rate and credit risks, the reaction in the Ruble is positive for now… as perhaps, taking a…
As we all nervously await the Anti-Christ, and whatever miniscule tweaking she has done to the syntax and grammar of the Fed announcement, I’ll share with you a short of mine which is doing particularly well – Las Vegas Sands: It’s already had a nice tumble, but just in case you think such drops are…
The 2015 Tech IPO Pipeline focused exclusively on U.S. based companies, ignoring the hundreds of other companies planning on going public in the coming year. These are four non-U.S. startups worth keeping an eye on. With over 67 tech IPO exits valued at $33.3 billion in total, 2014 has shaped up to be one of…
Though it may be hard to do, we need to shift our attention away from the twisted wreckage within the energy sector for a second. That’s because, as 2014 winds to an end, investors need to make a plan for 2015. And in order to formulate a strategy, we need to reflect on the past…
Yesterday’s signals gave a short trade after there was bearish price action following the first touch of 1.2564 with a bearish engulfing candle on the H1 chart. This did reach 20 pips of profit at which half of the position should have been cashed out and the stop moved to break even, so there was a…
Are profits in the market a matter of luck or timing? Charles Schwab (SCHW), an investment company, studied the effects of timing your investments and how this may affect their success. They divided various types of investors into five “characters” with different names, and each one invested $2,000 each year over a twenty-year period: Peter Perfect was the…
While the rest of the world is on the brink of recession, the US might increase interest rates, and the US dollar could continue its upward trend, which started in 2011, for 5–7 years. The US is leading again In the US, recent data confirms the job market trend appears to be strengthening. In November, the…
Midcoast Energy Partners (MEP – Snapshot Report) has seen significant estimate downgrades over the past ninety days. This Zacks Rank #5 (Strong Sell) has had its stock estimates significantly trimmed for the next two quarters and for Fiscal 2014 & 2015. The table below shows the estimate revisions for Midcoast Energy from the past 90 days for the…
Winston Churchill famously said of Russian foreign policy that it was “…a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma.” What people leave out is what followed. Churchill offered an answer: “… perhaps there is a key. That key is Russian national interest.” And so it is. Like most crises, the crisis Russia is experiencing is…
The November industrial production data reported yesterday shows no slowdown yet in US oil and gas production, and as goes oil and gas, so goes the US economy. There’s more data and analysis below, but in honor of the occasion I wrote new lyrics for that great old Temptations classic, What Becomes of The North Dakotans….
