BigTrends.com Weekly Market Outlook Talk about a 180-degree turnaround! Traders were bullish leading up to last Wednesday’s big news, and remained a little bullish for the last part of that session. With a night to sleep on it though, they changed their minds. Thursday as bearish and Friday was even more so, turning what started out…
‘The’ Bear Market – was not launched in the last two days; a trap-door doesn’t lie-in-wait for investors; and there also isn’t a bullish longer-term prospect, yet. We have repeatedly argued that history will record market internals, and a likely Recession as well (or a slip-back within the ‘Controlled Depression’ as I’m prone to refer to…
With commodity prices sliding it is not surprising to see the FTSE 100 trading at current levels. The overall trend is bearish below last week’s high of 6172, and as long as this high is respected I assume that the FTSE 100 will try to reach 6000 (and it might even reach last week’s low…
The process to buy gold in the future will change. When you go to a gold shop these days you can buy your gold and its price tag will reflect the price you see on the stock market. But the price of gold could change in the coming years. There will be something fundamentally different about this transaction in the future….
The Federal Reserve has been a major topic of discussion throughout the year 2015, and for good reason. At the end of 2014, the Fed ended its quantitative easing program and announced that they planned on increasing their record low interest rate by the end of the year 2015. While earlier attempts at a rate hike were…
US economic growth is on track to decelerate in the fourth quarter, according to The Capital Spectator’s average estimate via several econometric forecasts. Q4 GDP is projected to rise at a sluggish 1.5% rate (seasonally adjusted annual rate), down from the 2.1% advance in Q3. Today’s updated Q4 estimate represents a modest decline from last month’s…
In a shot in the arm to the oilfield services sector, in August Schlumberger SLB announced it was acquiring Cameron International CAM for $66 per share — a 56% premium to its previous share price. The entire oilfield services sector traded up on the announcement. It hurt me personally as I was holding puts on…
Large-cap blend mutual funds seek to offer value appreciation through capital gains with relatively less volatility by investing in both value and growth stocks. Blend funds, which are also known as “hybrid funds” owes its origin to a graphical representation of a fund’s equity style box. In addition to diversification, blend funds are great picks…
Albuquerque Financial advisor and market expert, Lee Munson, was asked to appear on the Fox Business News program Risk & Reward with Deirdre Bolton. The producers at Fox Business News wanted Lee to discuss the implications of the feds one-quarter point rate hike. Here’s what Lee had to say after the interview. Video Length: 00:01:41
Weekly Gains Crumble as Stocks Tumble The U.S. equity markets closed sharply lower for a second-straight session on heavy volume due to quadruple witching, the simultaneous expiration of equity and index futures and options contracts. Oil prices continued to decline, while Japan’s central bank’s monetary policy decision seemed to underwhelm global market participants. Treasuries and…
