Almost a year in the making, healthcare insurance giants Anthem (ANTM) and Cigna (CI) have finally struck a deal. And what a deal, too. Anthem will acquire Cigna for a whopping $48 billion. And with a combined 53 million insured people, the Anthem-Cigna alliance would be the largest health insurer in the United States (second in revenue), behind UnitedHealth Group (UNH) and ahead…
To make a market peak in a phase transition the 99% must be bullish. Likewise, to create the low, the 99% have to be bearish. This is simply the way markets function. Now we begin to see the bearishness rise in the precious metals because quite frankly, the gold promoters put out such…
Nothing really has to happen when we trade. Profits do not come easily. Most of the time nothing happens and markets just zig zag. In these zig zag periods one has to apply the golden rule of trading. Patience Trading is a marathon. Not to get rich quick. Just look at the US Stock market…
July has been an eventful month in the outsourcing industry. Here’s a rundown of the significant events that took place in BPO companies this month. Global outsourcing breaks all-time records in first half of 2015 ISG’s latest global Outsourcing Index has announced a surge in worldwide outsourcing records in the second quarter of 2015—a milestone reached despite…
Most nations in South America are either already experiencing an economic recession or are right on the verge of one. In general, South American economies are very heavily dependent on exports, and right now they are being absolutely shredded by the twin blades of a commodity price collapse and a skyrocketing U.S. dollar. During the boom times…
EUR/USD Signal Update Yesterday’s signals were not triggered. As expected 1.1025 was supportive, but the bullish price action bounce there did not occur until after the London close. Today’s EUR/USD Signals Risk 0.75% Trades must be entered between 8am and 5pm London time today only. Long Trade 1 • Go long following a bullish price action…
Markets find stability Markets asserting to find stability during the session on Tuesday and Wednesday, and with that being the case, the market in general calm down, we returning to the previous trends and as a result we will look to the charts for trading opportunities, although we do recognize that the German and the…
With the major US equity markets within 1-2% of their record highs, Gavekal Capital notes that underneath the headline indices, stock markets are extremely tumultuous. Rather stunningly 21% of MSCI USA stocks are at least 20% off their recent highs, and 68% of Canadian stocks are in bear markets, but the real carnage is taking place in…
The so-called “trustees” of the social security system issued their annual report last week and the stenographers of the financial press dutifully reported that the day of reckoning when the trust funds run dry has been put off another year—until 2034. So take a breath and kick the can. That’s five Presidential elections away! Except…
Could you live without debt? Most Americans say that they cannot. According to a brand new Pew survey, approximately 7 out of every 10 Americans believe that “debt is a necessity in their lives”, and approximately 8 out of every 10 Americans actually have debt right now. Most of us like to think that “someday” we…
