October 15, 2017

The S&P 500 Index (SPX) is consolidating in a sideways range. As SPX consolidates, sentiment from the Twitter stream is painting a triangle. The break of the triangle will point the next direction in the market. If it breaks to the

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The German DAX is not only the leading stock market index of Europe but it also represents most often global markets. The DAX rose to all-time highs this week, and that tells something about the strength of global stock markets.

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AUD/USD failed in its attempt to break below the resistance-turned-support trend line on the weekly chart now at around 0.7700 and rebounded strongly from 0.7732, indicating that correction of the downtrend from 0.8124 is underway. A further rally is still possible in

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By John Davi, ETF.com First, let’s address the recent FOMC announcement, which always brings a healthy amount of debate. The Fed told us that inflation was softer while economic growth was stronger. It has more conviction in its near-term policy path,

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eBay Inc. (EBAY – Free Report) is scheduled to report third-quarter 2017 earnings on Oct 18 after the bell. We expect eBay to perform well driven by strength in its marketplaces active users and net transaction revenues. Shares of eBay have gained 28.3%

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One set of indices that seems to cycle from positive to negative over a relatively short period of time are the Citigroup Economic Surprise Indices (CESI). This aspect of these indices means they gain prominence from a commentary standpoint when

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Fundamental Forecast for JPY: Neutral It was a mixed week for the Japanese Yen: The Currency put in a gain against the U.S. Dollar but fell against the British Pound and Australian and New Zealand Dollars. As global markets were fixated on the Federal Reserve

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As we enter the 2nd week of earnings season having witnessed the 1st week of earnings season provide a relatively small boost to the major indices, I can’t help but to wonder what we will hear coming from the retail

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Let Mario Draghi just be “clear”: he is not convinced that you are convinced that asset prices only go up, ok? Responding to a question from CNBC at a press conference at the IMF Annual Meetings in Washington on Saturday,

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By The Royce Funds Portfolio Manager David Nadel describes why international small-cap is an asset class worth considering. Asset allocators should be looking at the international small-cap asset class as maybe a two to five percent permanent allocation within a total portfolio for

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