The rally in gold ETFs that was spurred by the safe haven demand in the wake of the Chinese market rout, overall global growth worries and nagging oil price declines at the start of 2016, has started to lose steam. Possibilities of another Fed rate hike as early as in April, given stronger U.S. economic…
The best mid cap sectors is consumer goods. The highest scoring mid cap industry semi equipment & materials. The average mid cap score is 62.14, which is below the four week moving average score of 63.21. The average mid cap stock in our universe is trading -25.35% below the 52 week high, -0.99% below its…
Financial stress in the US economy has ticked lower in recent weeks after jumping to a four-year high in February. The Cleveland Fed’s multi-factor benchmark is still elevated by historical standards, but this daily measure of distress in the financial system has fallen moderately through most of this month to date. Risk levels have also…
OVERNIGHT MARKETS AND NEWS World equity markets are showing solid gains this morning on relief about Fed Chair Yellen’s dovish comments yesterday, which resulted in delayed expectations for the Fed’s next rate hike. The market is now discounting the chances for a June rate hike at only about 30% versus 50% last week. June E-mini…
Goldman Sachs analyst Salveen Richter downgraded Dimension Therapeutics (DMTX) to Neutral saying other names in the sector offer better near-term opportunities. The analyst views Dimension as well-positioned in the gene therapy space, however. He lowered his price target for the shares to $10 from $12. Richter this morning also initiated SAGE Therapeutics (SAGE) with a…
The large gold royalty companies remain among our top holdings, notwithstanding the high valuations and our comments on the overall gold market and short-term concern on the gold stocks. Osisko Gold Royalties Ltd. (OR:TSX, $12.90) (OKSKF) is all cashed up, as its two core royalties proceed well. It has about CA$650 million available for investments (of…
The major currencies were little-changed against the US Dollar in overnight trade as markets digested the prior session’s volatility. The greenback fell by the most in two weeks against its top counterparts following comments from Fed Chair Janet Yellen that traders perceived as diminishing the scope for interest rate hikes in 2016. The priced-in probability for tightening at the…
Janet Yellen signaled that the Fed is grappling with the problem I have been warning about; the dollar has become the de facto only real currency and the Fed is indeed becoming the world’s central bank. Yellen has admitted that the Fed is being lobbied by everyone to surrender its domestic policy objectives to international. This is…
While we are sure this will not deter Japanese officialdom from declaring that QQE and NIRP is working and that the deflation-mindset is being beaten, the fact is that when February’s 6.2% collapse in Japanese industrial production is compared to the devastatingly poor plunge after March 2011’s quake, tsusnami, and nuclear ‘event’, something has gone disastrously…
Fed Chair Yellen repeated a dovish stance, throwing away the hawkish notion some of her colleagues. The moves that began yesterday are intensifying in the fresh European session, with significant breakouts for AUD and NZD. Also EUR/USD is on the move as we get the German inflation numbers. The big U.S. release for today is…
