Kurt Osterberg

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Gold Flash-Crashes

After the shenanigans in US mega-tech stocks over the last two days and the seemingly well orchestrated melt-up to pre-J-Hole levels in the dollar, why should anyone be surprised that ‘someone&...
On August 30, 2017 / By Kurt Osterberg
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Why Wages Have Lost Ground In The 21st Century

One of the enduring mysteries for conventional economists is why wages aren’t rising for the bottom 95% even as unemployment is low and hiring remains robust. According to classical economics, ...
On August 30, 2017 / By Kurt Osterberg
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Why Wages Have Lost Ground In The 21st Century

One of the enduring mysteries for conventional economists is why wages aren’t rising for the bottom 95% even as unemployment is low and hiring remains robust. According to classical economics, ...
On August 30, 2017 / By Kurt Osterberg
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EC Asymmetries In Fiscal Policy, Again

One of the most interesting papers presented at the Jackson Hole conference was written by Alan Auerbach and Yuriy Gorodnichenko, entitled Fiscal Stimulus and Fiscal Sustainability. A key takeaway ...
On August 30, 2017 / By Kurt Osterberg
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Five Below, Inc. Reports Q2 Net Sales, Comp & Earnings Exceeded Outlook & Raises Full Year Fiscal 2017 Guidance

Written by Lorimer Wilson Five Below, Inc. (NASDAQ: FIVE) today announced Q2 net sales which exceeded the high end of their sales, comp and earnings outlook and raised full year fiscal 2017 guidance....
On August 30, 2017 / By Kurt Osterberg
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Projecting The Effective Demand Limit

The economy expands in terms of capacity utilization until the effective demand limit is reached. The following graph shows the effective demand limit. (link to data… https://fred.stlouisfed.or...
On August 30, 2017 / By Kurt Osterberg
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Stocks To Watch: WTW, DIS, AAOI

Today’s stock picks Short Weight Watchers (WTW) Short Walt Disney (DIS) Long Applied Optoelectronics (AAOI)...
On August 30, 2017 / By Kurt Osterberg
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Exactly What The Bulls Wanted

All but one of the 14 major market sectors was up today. More importantly… The top 3 sectors in our summary table (sorted by 6 month change) were 3 of the 4 biggest movers. This is good news for the...
On August 30, 2017 / By Kurt Osterberg
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M&A Theme Continues To Boost Biotech Stocks

M&A Boosts Biotech Stocks For Third Day Gilead Sciences (GILD) and Bluebird Bio (BLUE) Both Soar Today Biotech Sector Back to 2017 Highs The prospect of more M&A boosts biotech stocks for ...
On August 30, 2017 / By Kurt Osterberg
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Agriculture Markets Report – Wednesday, August 30

A review of the day’s trading in the agriculture markets. Video length: 00:13:06...
On August 30, 2017 / By Kurt Osterberg