On Friday my market risk indicator cleared its warning. The core market health indicators are usually much slower to clear so they’re still mostly negative. The majority of them look like they’ll take several weeks and maybe a month or two to clear. This indicates that we’re probably in for more sideways consolidation, but not…
It is amazing how people have simply declared that the dollar is in a perpetual bear market as if the USA is the only nation with a debt. They judge the entire future by a few weeks of price action. That is what is so dangerous – emotional trading. I have been warning that ONLY a dollar’s…
Researchers have revealed a few more Intel security flaws. Oh, my. Some of the detailed findings may be made public as early as today. How is this going to affect Intel, AMD and the others? At the turn of the calendar year were found in Intel processors. There were also flaws found in AMD’s chips although…
There are several well known large cap stocks going ex-dividend next week including the following: IBM, Starbucks, BB&T, Emerson Electric, GlaxoSmithKline, Invesco, Pfizer, Wal-Mart, Capital One and Exxon Mobil. Ex-dividend dates are important to dividend investors because one must own a stock on its ex-dividend date in order to be eligible to receive its next dividend. Any stock…
Crude trades above $70/bbl for the first time since 2014, with oil prices at risk of extending the advance from earlier this month as a bullish sequence unfolds. Meanwhile, the U.S. dollar regains its footing following the lackluster Non-Farm Payrolls (NFP) report, CRUDE OIL PRICES TO STAY BID AS BULLISH SEQUENCE UNFOLDS Crude remains bid as U.S. President Donald…
Investors focused on the Computer and Technology space have likely heard of Twitter (TWTR – Free Report) , but is the stock performing well in comparison to the rest of its sector peers? One simple way to answer this question is to take a look at the year-to-date performance of TWTR and the rest of the Computer…
Unfortunately, many beginning investors hearing the words “real estate” and “Singapore” thinking about a pile of money required to invest in such a distant country. If you want to invest in Singapore property market capital may not be a constraint. Today, investors can own real estate through an investment vehicle called Real Estate Investment Trust…
Call it the news of the year, perhaps even of the decade. For the first time since the Korean Peninsula was divided in 1948, leaders of the two warring nations met in what had the look and feel of a jovial reconciliation between two estranged family members. Kim Jong-un of North Korea and President Moon…
The market is very volatile and most indexes remain near their 2018 lows. People are nervous. Last year analysts told us to “buy the next pullback,” but some are now turning bearish. This mood shift is common on Wall Street. So, has the bull market ended? Did we enter a bear market? The single best…
People are nervous about emerging markets. You know that. I know that. Everyone knows that. And everyone plus you and me also knows why people are thusly nervous. It’s because after years of benefiting from flows facilitated by unprecedented accommodation by DM central banks, the tide is starting to turn and even if lackluster data in Europe and…
