Pensions really are in crisis, but the story is so full of large numbers, obscure projections, and dry terms like “unfunded liabilities” that not many people are paying attention. The same is true for a lot of other big trends out there, which is why those sounding the alarm eventually settle on pithy/scary (if not…
Talking Points: A few ‘high’ impact data events, S&P 500 short-term technical outlook murky ECB meeting on Thursday key event for the DAX UK GDP on Friday, FTSE will look to try and hold onto its recent gains S&P 500 Looking ahead to the calendar next week there are a few nuggets of ‘high’ impact data. On Tuesday, we have Consumer…
Are US stock markets over-extended? Are we about to witness a US market crash or a healthy pullback before the rally resumes in the US equity market? These are questions that are keeping many analysts and investors up at night and for good reason. Our article today will answer these questions by reviewing what the Dow Theory…
Time and time again, we’ve discussed how America’s millennial generation is burdened by debt, effectively precluded from home ownership and increasingly disgruntled and pessimistic about their future prospects for disgruntled and pessimistic In its latest Global Wealth Report, Credit Suisse said the millennial generation has faced “a run of bad luck”, much of which was centered around the financial crisis. “The “Millennials” – people…
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,…
