Author Archives: Darren Marchal

US Dollar Shows Strength Ahead Of ECB, BoJ Rate Decisions

EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK (ECB), BANK OF JAPAN (BOJ) HIGHLIGHT NEXT WEEK’S CALENDAR It’s been an interesting week across global markets, as earlier-week breakouts in both the British Pound and US equities were unable to hold, and we’ve already seen reversals to varying degrees in each of those markets. Last night’s Japanese inflation came-in at 1.1%, cooling from the…

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Tanger realty is a bit over its 52-week lows, but we think there is still plenty of value in this dividend champion. Yes, we know mall REITs are struggling. Yes, there is a shift towards more online competition. Yes, rates have played havoc in REITs in general. However, SKT has done a substantial amount of…

Light Volume Pullback

My Swing Trading Approach I lightened up my portfolio yesterday, following the pullback, and booked 5% in my trade in Anadarko Petroleum (APC). The market remains bullish overall, and will look to add 1-2 new positions today Indicators VIX – Small bounce yesterday, I still expect a move lower that tests, at least, the March lows.  T2108 (% of stocks trading…

Billion Dollar Unicorns: What Is Okta’s Inorganic Growth Narrativ...

According to a Market Research Engine report published earlier this week, the global Identity and Access Management is estimated to grow 12% annually over the next few years to become a $14 billion industry by 2023. Recently reported results of the Billion Dollar Unicorn Okta (Nasdaq: OKTA) corroborate this rapid growth. Okta’s Financials Okta’s identity management solution simplifies…

Not Too Much Support After EUR/USD Broke Down

The Technical Confluences Indicator showed that the recent fall of the EUR/USD was powerful as it breached a critical cluster of support lines at $1.2360. This opens the door to dropping to much lower levels as support lines are few and far between. The $1.2360 region is the congestion of the Simple Moving Average 50-1h, the SMA200-15m, the…