Weekly CEO News from Richard Ingram
October 16, 2015

Here are some things I think I am thinking about: 1. Bernie Sanders does economics…. Here’s a very strange Tweet from Bernie Sanders showing that even potential leaders of the USA don’t need to understand economics 101: It makes no

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Big bank earnings were a big disappointment. But, there’s still plenty of growth and income opportunities in the industry, that is, if you know where to look. These are the top five regional banks that will outpace the industry heavyweights.

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There aren’t many topics I know deeply, but financial data is something I definitely understand well. And, as a veteran of the wonderful world of financial numbers, I want to let you know something: there is plenty of dirty data

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Understanding Richard Wyckoff logic helps you understand when major plays are switching sides of the trade. Video Length: 00:05:43 NOTE: readtheticker.com does allow users to load objects and text on charts, however some annotations are by a free third party

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Kevin Drum notes that the 4 week average ratio of new unemployment insurance claims to employment is the lowest ever recorded He wonders if it has anything to do with tighter standards for receiving unemployment insurance. I think it is just that

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It looks like the ETF industry is under the gun. Securities and Exchange Commission officials held a meeting of the Investor Advisory Committee in Washington, D.C. on Thursday, and began to lay out the case for reform in the ETF industry. In

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Something I’m sure will be suggested at some point is a financial transactions tax, a tiny tax placed on every single financial transaction: stocks, bonds, and derivatives. For example, if General Electric (GE) were $20 per share and you bought

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EURUSD parallel to 1997 USDJPY and MAJOR reversals in years that end in 5 Silver ‘macro’ trendline supports argument for commodities EUR/USD Weekly Click on image to enlarge Chart Prepared by Jamie Saettele, CMT Recent comments remain valid. That is, “Support is

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Today was a pleasant Friday for markets around the world. Japan’s Nikkei rose 1.08%, the Shanghai Composite 1.60%, the FTSE 0.62%, and the DAX 0.39%. Our benchmark S&P 500 opened higher despite (or because of) another decline in Industrial Production. It

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Following a huge string of terrible manufacturing reports from nearly every Fed region, I received this headline report from the New York Fed: Regional Service Sector Resilient even as Manufacturing Slumps.   The October 2015 Business Leaders Survey of regional service firms, released today,

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