Weekly CEO News from Richard Ingram
September 6, 2018

The US Census reported new factory orders that were lower than expected for July with a 0.8% MoM decrease to $497.8 billion. Orders were estimated to fall 0.6% after the 0.7% increase in June. On a year over year basis,

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The Energy Information Administration announced that 63 bcf of natural gas was injected into storage this past week, coming in just 1 bcf below our 64 bcf estimate and slightly above the market consensus around 61 bcf.  The result is

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The August US Services Purchasing Managers’ Index conducted by Markit came in at 54.8 percent, down 1.2 from the final July estimate of 56.0. The Investing.com consensus was for 55.2 percent. Markit’s Services PMI is a diffusion index: A reading above 50

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It is a well-documented fact that the U.S. economy is in good shape. Despite this, there are certain developments, which are keeping investors on the edge. While trade-related tensions with China continue to be a source of worry, President Trump’s

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At a time when Trump’s tax repatriation holiday allowed many corporations to avoid issuing debt altogether, leading to what some have dubbed corporate quantitative tightening, and resulting in many cash-rich corporations to not issue any debt in 2018… … some bond

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Liquidity preferences are one of the least discussed economic concepts. There are several channels into which monetary instability can hamper the real economy. A “dollar” squeeze doesn’t just impact banks, they often pass it along further down the economic chain.

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The Nasdaq experienced its second day of losses to bring it back down to 2018 channel support. This looks to be a critical time for the index given the convergence with the 20-day MA. There was a MACD trigger ‘sell’

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The Nasdaq experienced its second day of losses to bring it back down to 2018 channel support. This looks to be a critical time for the index given the convergence with the 20-day MA. There was a MACD trigger ‘sell’

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The better headline for this story is “If Bonds Can’t Go Down Stocks Can’t Either.” The U.S. Treasury bond market has suddenly ground to a halt, puzzling traders, investors, and hedge fund managers alike. Last week, the yield on the

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Magpies, illustrated in the photo, once September and the cooler weather hits, leave the high country and head low to find heavy cover. As investors consider September one of the hardest months to trade, we are finding many leaving the

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