Think of “market internals” as the blood pressure and insulin levels of the financial world. They operate below the surface, frequently unnoticed, but over time they have a big say in the health of the patient. And right now they’re
November 29, 2015
by Dirk Ehnts, Econoblog101 For my new book on money and credit in the euro zone I use data on domestic credit to the private sector. Oddly enough, the data has been changed and is now significantly lower than before. The credit bubble
EUR/CHF The EUR/CHF pair bounced off of the 1.08 level, as we continue to bounce around between the 1.08 level and the 1.10 level. I believe eventually we do break out to the upside though, so I am buying pullbacks
As the euro continues to drift lower, it has become the accepted wisdom that we are headed for parity with the dollar. Source: barchart.com Indeed it is widely expected that the ECB will expand its securities buying program in size,
Some of you like to buy low priced speculative issues. Low priced stock fluctuate wildly so in an effort to smooth things out a bit I used Barchart to screen stocks trading for under $10 first by the number of
Many years ago, interrupting my return from Sydney to Stockholm, I stopped in Brisbane (Australia) to give a half-dozen amateur and half-baked lectures on environmental economics. In my mathematical economics classes in Sydney I usually walked up to the podium or whiteboard with
It might be hard to believe now, but Argentina once ranked among the top 10 wealthiest nations in the world, following the United Kingdom, United States and Australia. Today, however, it’s one of the most corrupt, according to Transparency International, a group
Almost two weeks ago, I described some bullish setups on solar stocks. Here is a quick update on those setups and related trades. First Solar (FSLR) FSLR is a picture-perfect setup from 200-day moving average (DMA) support. I sold my call options
As we pointed out a week ago, even before the downing of the Russian jet by a Turkish F-16, the most important question that nobody had asked about ISIS is where is the funding for the terrorist organization coming from, and
For the newbie investor, figuring out what to do with your money can be a scary and intimidating thing. And once you do figure out which companies you want to invest in, there’s the inevitable task of poring over those
