In a world of increasingly more negative interest rates, one group is impacted more than most: pensioners who had relied on fixed income to fund their retirement years who are slowly discovering that as pension funds are unable to meet
May 22, 2016
HP Inc. (HPQ – Analyst Report) is slated to report second-quarter fiscal 2016 results – the second quarterly numbers post its split from Hewlett-Packard Company – on May 25. Notably, after about a year of consideration, Hewlett-Packard Company successfully split itself into two
The bulls and bears ended up in a stalemate last week. Both sides of the table looked as if they were going to take control at different points, but when all was said and done, neither side had the conviction
…We sometimes get criticism for not being more bullish on the metals,always wanting to see confirmation. Gold and silver appear to be at a turning point. The probability of last November/December lows being a bottom keeps increasing. While decreasing in
To start the last week of trading, I wrote “Another Buyer’s Surprise Signals Chop Ahead.” The week ended with buying as well, but it just barely kept change for the week in positive territory. The S&P 500 (SPY) gained 0.6%
Indices finished the week strongly, pushing a follow through to Thursday’s gain. Volume climbed to register an accumulation day. Indices still have to contend with moving averages as resistance, but get above these and there is room to run to
The Conference Board’s Leading Economic Indicators (LEI) came in at 123.9. April’s reading, while quite strong, is still below the prior expansion’s peak of 126.0 in March 2006. What does this imply for the incursion of the next recession? Here
You are about to see more very clear evidence that a new economic crisis has already begun. During economic recoveries, business debt delinquencies generally fall, and during times of economic recession business debt delinquencies generally rise. In fact, you will
Fundamental Forecast for Dollar: Neutral The Dollar climbs a third week as fundamentals tangibly take over for speculative covering A Fed Funds futures forecast of a 28% probability See our 2Q forecasts for the US Dollar and market benchmarks on the DailyFX
The significant decline of retail stocks has impacted many well-known clothing stores including J.C. Penney, GAP, Nordstrom, and Macy’s, which reported a 40% loss of net income in the last quarter and a 7.4% decline in revenue. As these stocks
