Every New York stock exchange trading day I’m posting a daily dividend stock or fund review. I’ll share the three chief qualities of just one equity or fund that could be selected for a dividend stock portfolio I’ve named the Safari to Sweet Success. This week my Safari portfolio seeks a high yield and price…
A few weeks ago pop star Rihanna and Snapchat (SNAP) made major headlines. Snapchat ran an advertisement for a game called “Would you rather.” The game poses tough questions to its participants. The choices the Snapchat ad gave were “Slap Rihanna” or “Punch Chris Brown.” Brown pleaded guilty in 2009 to assaulting Rihanna during an…
Bitcoin appears to be perfectly approaching the $6,000 support level from back in February. With this, it is obvious that the market sentiment is getting a bit gloomy, and the doomsday analysts are crowding the media. But of course, there are also alternative strategies to profit from the crash. One classic strategy for those who…
As expected, last week the Philippine Peso didn’t take the news so well that Hong Kong exports rose only 1.7% y/y versus 7.0% expected. That was the weakest outcome since January 2017 and didn’t bode well for the country as HK is one of their major trading partners. Elsewhere, news over the weekend that China’s Manufacturing PMI…
Last Thursday’s signals may have produced a losing long trade from the bullish hourly candlestick which rejected the support level identified at $6,811 during last Friday’s Asian session. Today’s BTC/USD Signals Risk 0.75% per trade. Trades may only be entered from 8am New York time until 5pm Tokyo time, during the next 24-hour period. Short Trade…
In 2005, when I was providing seed capital to emerging hedge funds at JPMorgan, we met with Alerian’s founder Gabriel Hammond. “Gabe” knew a great deal about Master Limited Partnerships, and he was convinced that the sector needed an index in order to grow. He was right, and Alerian’s index became the most widely used…
US curves steepens amid a better labor market and improving risk sentiment, long USD/JPY? US initial jobless claims hit the lowest level since 1973, risking upcoming jobs report to the upside Judging from the volatility index, talk of a trade war is no longer the dominating driver at this moment. However, it’s unlikely the end…
Previous: On Friday the 30th of March, trading on the EURUSD pair closed up. During the Asian session, the euro rose against the dollar to 1.2331. In the US session, the pair traded within a narrow range. Market activity was low due to the Easter holidays while US markets were closed. Day’s news (GMT+3): 16:45 USA:…
For many decades, critics of economic development argued that rising incomes and greater material abundance did not lead to higher levels of happiness. In 1974, Richard Easterlin from the University of Southern California noted that people in richer countries were not happier than people in poor countries. Subsequent research found that the so-called Easterlin Paradox did not…
