Monthly Archives: April 2016

Morning Call For April 4, 2016

OVERNIGHT MARKETS AND NEWS Jun E-mini S&Ps (ESM16 +0.27%) are up +0.24% at a 3-month high and European stocks are up +1.15% on positive carryover from Friday’s U.S. employment and manufacturing data that showed the economy was strengthening. Stocks also rose and Jun T-note prices climbed to a 1-month high on speculation that global central…

If All Investments Were Private

This piece is another one of my experiments, please bear with me. “Measure Twice, Cut Once” — A very intelligent woman (I suspect) whose name never got recorded the first time it was uttered “Only buy something that you’d be perfectly happy to hold if the market shut down for 10 years.” — Warren Buffett…

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As many of you know, I call readers everyday looking for fresh market intelligence and new ways to improve my service. Yesterday, I spoke to a seven-year follower who inspired me to write this piece. She was thinking of quitting the stock market and not renewing my newsletter. A 50 year market veteran who grew…

Forex Week In Review – 4/4/2016

Last week was yet another mixed affair for the world’s major markets, with the Nikkei and European markets falling. The oil price weakened, dipping below the $40 mark on fears of over-supply, with the usual consequences. The week marked the end of the first quarter of the New Year. In Europe over the course of…

Euro-Zone Unemployment Rate Remains 10.3%

The unemployment rate in the euro-zone remains 10.3%, as expected for February. The figure for January was revised up to 10.4%. At the same time, producer prices deteriorated even further: a drop of 0.7% m/m, worse than 0.5% expected and 4.2% y/y, also worse than 4% predicted. EUR/USD remains at the bottom of the high…

Risk Premia Forecasts: Major Asset Classes – April 4, 2016

The expected risk premium for the Global Market Index (GMI) ticked higher in March—the first increase in five months. GMI—an unmanaged market-value weighted mix of the major asset classes—is projected to earn an annualized 3.0% over the “risk free” rate in the long term. (For details on the equilibrium-based methodology that’s used to generate the forecasts…