The Hang Seng Index is an interesting one to trade in that it has performed negatively over the past 1 year, but its year-to-date performance is improving dramatically. Consider that the 1-year return of the index is -16.81% and that the
March 6, 2016
On Friday my market risk indicator cleared its warning. Does that mean the bear market is over? I doubt it. I’ll show you why in several charts below, but lets start with a longer view of market risk indicator warnings. Take
Promises Honored Obama promised to do something about rising income inequality. He did. He made matters worse. Income inequality is up by three different measures, and there is a huge five million jump in households in which no one works
While 2015 was wholly attributed to the king dollar, the year 2016 (so far) can be credited to the Japanese yen. The yen outperformance came despite the Bank of Japan’s (BoJ) gigantic stimulus program and the launch of negative interest
Wall Street bulls had their hopes dashed Friday, when the jobs report came in at 242,000 jobs created, smashing pre-release estimates that ranged from 180,000 – 200,000. Not that this is surprising. As has been the case since the Financial
The U.S. Non-Farm Payroll report was released on Friday and the numbers didn’t disappoint. Total non-farm payroll employment increased by 242,000 in February of 2016, higher than an upwardly revised 172,000 in the previous month and beating market expectations of
The 200 day moving average for the S&P 500 Index (SPX) is all anyone really cares about right now. Once 2000 on SPX was broken to the upside the 200 dma near 2025 became the next major resistance level. The
Apple (AAPL) vs. FBI has started a serious debate about the line between security and privacy. The FBI says this is a case about the contents of one specific iPhone 5c. Apple says this is a case about securing data
Stocks rallied for the third straight week in what appears to be a classic bear market rally. Investors should count their good luck and use higher prices as an opportunity to reduce equity exposure or hedge stocks they don’t want
The Nikkei 225 index contains 225 members, and on Thursday, 3 March 2016, 178 members were up and 41 members were down. The star performers of the day include companies like Sumitomo Mitsui financial group Inc (+8.55%), Mitsui OSK Lines Ltd
