Weekly CEO News from Richard Ingram
April 13, 2018

You can only push countries so far before they decide to push back. Russia may do just that. Please consider Russia Threatens to Cut Off Crucial Titanium Exports to Boeing. Russian lawmakers have submitted a wide-ranging bill that could freeze crucial

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Everyone is hotly debating the charts formed by this year’s action. Is it a descending triangle with bearish implications? Or judging purely by the numbers, is it just one of those periodic cycles from low volatility to high, including a

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Just over 3 months ago, AG Jeff Sessions dropped a bongshell on the marijuana market when he rescinded policies allowing states to legalize pot. But now, following Sen. Cory Gardner’s, the Colorado Republican, threat to block all DOJ nominations, The Washington Post reports that President Trump

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Amid an expected weakness in investment banking, strong trading results, higher rates and lower tax rate drove JPMorgan’s (JPM – Free Report) first-quarter 2018 earnings of $2.37 per share, which handily outpaced the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $2.28. The reported figure was up

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The market wants to rally short-term, but it just can’t find the buyers. An uptrend has to have a number of new 52-week highs, and there are very few at the moment.  Side Notes: VIX Squared has reported on Twitter that

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Bulls on Parade (Don’t Get Trampled) For the first time in weeks, we’ve seen some clear, positive upwards momentum for the coin-wide market. Cryptocurrency’s comprehensive market cap is up 23% at $326bln, up from $248bln last Friday morning. But there’s one caveat:

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A review of BlackRock Inc., which is one of the world’s largest publicly traded investment management firms.  Video Length: 00:07:19

Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes(Turn and face the strange)Ch-ch-changesDon’t want to be a richer manCh-ch-ch-ch-changes(Turn and face the strange)Ch-ch-changesJust gonna have to be a different manTime may change meBut I can’t trace time – Changes (David Bowie) As the late, great David Bowie sang

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The monetary distortions, imbalances and perverse incentives are finally bearing fruit: trade wars. What ignites trade wars? The oft-cited sources include unfair trade practices and big trade deficits. But since these have been in place for decades, they don’t explain

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Stable laws and competitive markets throughout much of the world go a long way toward providing investors confidence in their ability to size-up potential returns and risks, at least over a longer-term horizon. The biggest threats to this investment framework

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