Both investors who favor momentum stocks and those who focus their portfolios around high-quality stocks have probably had a very difficult 2016 so far, but for very different reasons. As a result, it may be a good idea to include both in
March 26, 2016
The US Dollar took a dangerous tumble through the first quarter, throwing into doubt the currency’s ambitions after more than four years of advance. The extreme contrast between the Greenback and its global counterparts has notably moderated over the past
By now it is common knowledge that when it comes to massive, taxpayer-backed hedge funds, few are quite as big as the Swiss National Bank, whose roughly $100 billion in equity holdings have been extensively profiled on these pages, including
This weekend, I decided to do still images instead of videos. Showing charts like this takes much, much longer than doing a video, but I know some people prefer it since they can just skim. In any case, the charts
The U.S. economy is recovering at a gradual pace, but the global growth concerns still persist. Factors like slowdown in China and other developed economies, uncertainty over the timing of the Federal Reserve’s next rate hike and volatility in oil
The former CEO of HSBC, Michael Geoghegan, joined a chorus of 250 business leaders who think Brexit is a good idea. The current and former CEOs of HSBC do not see eye-to-eye in this debate. Back in January, the current
The former CEO of HSBC, Michael Geoghegan, joined a chorus of 250 business leaders who think Brexit is a good idea. The current and former CEOs of HSBC do not see eye-to-eye in this debate. Back in January, the current
Initial Claims came in at +265K, making it over a year of Initial Claims below the psychologically important 300K threshold. In looking at comparable cycles, one has to go all the way back to the early 1970s to find a
USD/JPY just had its best week in 2 months, funding bullish momentum and carry trades around the world in the midst of dismal economic data everywhere and tumbling earnings expectations. This “bullish” Yen strength, however, amid China’s biggest weekly devaluation in almost 3
We delve into the technicals of the Bitcoin Market in this video.
