Kurt Osterberg

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Bitcoin Close To All-Time High

The recent surge in Bitcoin is associated with the technical details of the currency and an agreement which avoids a fork for the time being. In an article on Business Insiders, we read: Bitcoin has ...
On July 25, 2017 / By Kurt Osterberg
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As Bonds Slide, Here’s A Look At The Behind The Scenes Action

Ok, look: bonds are under some notable pressure on Tuesday. Clearly, some of that’s tied to the Fed and uncertainty about whether we will or won’t know anything more tomorrow than we know today ab...
On July 25, 2017 / By Kurt Osterberg
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Analysts Stay Bullish On Alphabet After Earnings With Growth Seen Continuing

Shares of Google’s parent Alphabet (GOOGL) are sliding after the company’s second quarter report, despite an earnings per share and revenue beat. Nonetheless, several Wall Street analysts ...
On July 25, 2017 / By Kurt Osterberg
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Housing Prices: Highs And Lows

The interaction of a bubble in real estate prices with the banking and financial sector drove the US economy into the Great Recession. For an overview of how the US housing market is faring a decade a...
On July 25, 2017 / By Kurt Osterberg
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Dumped Dollar Due To Be Done Dropping? It Depends…

There are no two ways about it: it’s been a rough month, quarter, and year for the world’s reserve currency. The widely-followed US Dollar Index started the year in peak “Trump Trade...
On July 25, 2017 / By Kurt Osterberg
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Rate Sensitive ETFs In Focus As Fed Meets

All eyes are currently on the crucial two-day FOMC meeting slated to start today. The central bank is expected to hold rates steady and lay out plans to unwind its $4.5 trillion balance sheet. It will...
On July 25, 2017 / By Kurt Osterberg
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The Next Big Worry? Well, Never Mind…

A couple weeks back, I opined that the next big problem for the stock market might revolve around global central bankers changing their monetary policy tune on a coordinated basis. The idea was simple...
On July 25, 2017 / By Kurt Osterberg
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Healthcare Vote Tuesday

Draghi Won’t Taper? The bond market gives us a picture of what investors are expecting from policy makers. The chart below shows the bond spreads the riskier European countries are trading at compar...
On July 25, 2017 / By Kurt Osterberg
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Brokerage Or Tech Firm? Redfin’s Valuation Requires The Latter

As the Redfin (RDFN: $13/share) IPO approaches, investors must decide whether the firm is a traditional real estate brokerage or a technological innovator likely to disrupt the traditional real estate...
On July 25, 2017 / By Kurt Osterberg
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Case-Shiller 20 City Home Price Index May 2017 Shows 5.7 % Year-Over-Year Growth

The non-seasonally adjusted Case-Shiller home price index (20 cities) year-over-year rate of home price growth was declined from 5.8 % (was reported as 5.7 % last month) to 5.7 %. The index authors st...
On July 25, 2017 / By Kurt Osterberg