Video Length: 0:00:42 Global growth is still in a synchronized upswing and confidence by both consumers and businesses is the strongest it has been in years. Are investors headed for a big surprise in 2018? Caroline Miller, BCA Research Global Stategist, believes
December 21, 2017
The Third Estimate for Q3 GDP came in at 3.2% (3.16% to two decimals), up from 3.1% in Q2. With a per-capita adjustment, the headline number is lower at 2.39% to two decimal points. Here is a chart of real
“O, for a muse of fire, that would ascend The brightest heaven of invention, A kingdom for a stage, princes to act And monarchs to behold the swelling scene!” William Shakespeare, Prologue, Henry V Stocks managed to hold on to their
Our theme that a new business cycle expansion began in 2016 is easy to see in basic industrial and material sectors we have highlighted in past newsletters.Less obvious is the persistent consumption trends since the 2008/2009 Great Recession. While consumers
Everyone is out searching for an edge. Some investing insight that will give them an advantage over everyone else. Investors all define an edge as something different, but everyone is looking for something. I have news, unless you’re a fly
It really does feel as though Christmas is being used an excuse not to do anything! Volumes have been poor for a while but recent trading questions whether we really need to open five days a week. No-one expected the
On Tuesday, I showed you how the bitcoin bubble looks a lot like the internet bubble that inflated in the final phase – the orgasm – of the great tech bubble of December 1994 into March 2000. It crashed faster and harder
Natural gas prices declined another percent and a half on the day today, settling at their lowest level since February 21st. This came as the entire strip sold off about equally, though the prompt month January contract saw a bit
At the end of each year, we always like to take a look at where Wall Street strategists think the S&P 500 is headed over the next year.According to Bloomberg, the consensus S&P 500 price target for the end of 2018
