2017 was a strong year for the market in general, but it was an exceptional year for the stocks listed below. Madrgical Pharma, for example, posted incredible gains of over 550%, no doubt making some lucky investors very happy! As we move into 2018, we take a look back at five of the best-performing stocks…
Every New York stock exchange trading day I’m posting a daily dividend stock or fund review. This week’s slot in the Safari portfolio is reserved for the financial services sector. That sector includes nineteen industries all related to managing money. Industries include: asset management; banks either global or from any of seven regions, capital markets,…
After opening the day flat, share markets in India witnessed volatile trading activity throughout the day and ended the day on a weak note. Losses were seen across most sectors with stocks in the PSU sector and stocks in the oil & gas sector, leading the losses. While stocks in the realty sector gained the most. At the closing bell, the BSE Sensex stood…
Welcome to leap year 2018! Ok, I know what you are thinking, you have not heard that it,s leap year. Well, 2018 is not a traditional leap year but it will be a leap year for oil. Oil struggled this year as the market failed to be convinced that the combination of OPEC and Non-OPEC…
OVERNIGHT MARKETS AND NEWS Mar E-mini S&Ps (ESH18 +0.09%) this morning are up +0.09% as strength in mining stocks lifts the overall market. Mining stocks gained as Mar COMEX copper (HGH18 +0.49%) climbed +0.50% to a new 3-3/4 year high and as Feb COMEX gold (GCG18 +0.22%) rises +0.26% to a 4-week high. Copper continues…
USD/JPY The US dollar did almost nothing against the Japanese yen during the trading session on Wednesday, as most people are away from the currency markets. The tween holidays, this is probably the quietest time of year, and there’s nothing right now that suggest today is going to be any different. When I see this…
The most recent consensus estimates for global Gross Domestic Product growth show a healthy “synchronized” development in most economies. Expectations for the major economies are much stronger than what economists expected at the end of 2016 for the next three years. Seems all concerns about a global slowdown and subsequent recession have disappeared. What has…
I’m often asked to analyze the markets in different conditions using different indicators to understand how they may tip the scales bullish or bearish. We have seen evidence stack up to tilt us bullish or bearish many times this year. That evidence has a huge influence on how we react as traders, which is why…
Background Yangzijiang Shipbuilding (Holdings) Limited is a leading shipbuilding enterprise in China founded in 1956 and the only mega-containership builder in China. About 70% of revenue is derived from shipbuilding of container, cargo and other vessels. The remainder comes from investments, sales of shipping-related goods and services and trading. Business Description Rising iron ore demand, as…
The German Equities market has been quiet as expected during the festive season. In the absence of any German economic data or any major Dax30 company announcements the price is ranging within a rectangle consolidation. Technically the DAX is congested between W L1 and W H1 – two basic camarilla levels that might break if…
