Sentiment indicators are meant to demonstrate how a group of investors and traders feel about the markets. This group might be “dumb money”, which suggests that you should trade opposite to what the prevailing sentiment is. This group might be “smart money”, which suggests that you should trade according to what the prevailing sentiment is….
GBPUSD pulled back to the 1.4000 area after touching 1.4345 resistance, suggesting that a lengthier consolidation for the uptrend from 1.1946 (Oct 7, 2016 low) is needed. A deeper decline towards 1.3711 key support is possible in the coming days. As long as this level holds, the uptrend could be expected to resume and another…
Fresenius (FSNUY) decided to terminate the company’s merger agreement with Akorn (AKRX), citing Akorn’s “failure to fulfill several closing conditions.” The company said in a statement, “Fresenius’ decision is based on, among other factors, material breaches of FDA data integrity requirements relating to Akorn’s operations found during Fresenius’ independent investigation. Fresenius offered to delay its…
With results from 87 S&P 500 members already out, we are off to a strong start in Q1 earnings season. The earnings and revenue growth rates and the proportion of positive earnings surprises are tracking materially above historical periods. Positive revenue surprises aren’t as numerous as we had seen at this stage in the preceding…
The EUR/USD pair initially tried to rally during the week but found the area above the 1.2350 level to be a bit too expensive. Now that we have pulled back from that area, we ended up forming a shooting star for the week. However, I see a significant amount of support below the 1.21 handle,…
The Stoxx Europe 600 index and its 600 components, represents the performance of a mix of large, Medium and Small companies in 17 European countries and approximately 90% of the market capitalization of the European Market. When analyzing the European Stoxx Europe 600 Index, we noticed how a quadruple top is forming on the long term price…
Earlier on Sunday, we noted that according to plans that aren’t yet plans, Steve Mnuchin might consider taking some time away from signing dollar bills to take a trip to China, where he would ostensibly try to convince Beijing that negotiating with Trump and Peter Navarro isn’t a lost cause. Of course it is a lost cause…
Now before we get into it, did you happen to notice that S&P/Experian’s consumer credit compilation just recorded its highest pace of credit card defaults since July 2012, indeed up for the fourth straight month? And note how it is coincident with the Fed having raised rates? You heard it first foretold here so many months…
GBP/USD had a bad week when everything went wrong for the pound. After hardly holding onto 1.40, sterling now faces the GDP report and another public appearance by Mark Carney. Will it continue lower? Here are the key events and an updated technical analysis for GBP/USD. The bad news began with wages that remained stagnant at…
