Negotiations on Wednesday between the United States and China failed to reduce the U.S. trade deficit with China. The annual trade meeting yesterday ended on a sour note with no public comments and no...
The outcome of the ECB rate decision offered a dual benefit to gold prices. First, the central bank struck a broadly dovish tone (as expected), with President Mario Draghi forcefully asserting the ...
The Chart of the Day belongs to Upland Software (UPLD). I found the Internet software stock by using Barchart to sort today’s All Time High list first by the highest Weighted Alpha, then a...
“Beware the Jabberwock, my son! The jaws that bite, the claws that catch! Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun The frumious Bandersnatch!” Lewis Carroll “A shudder in the loins engenders...
On Friday, we reported separately on the latest residential building permits and housing starts in the government’s monthly report, courtesy of the Census Bureau and the Department of Housin...
The short-term up-trend has been very strong, but now we on watch for signs that the momentum is starting to stall out. The Transports have turned lower, the leaders seem extended, and now the focus i...
The nature of the market reminds me of this pear tree. Each day for some time now, one to a few pears or sectors/indexes have stood out riper than the others. Beneath the pears ready for picking, is t...
Stocks end the day flat. We have been watching the weekly expected move for a long time now and fading the SPY when it hits those targets. We are once again hitting the upper end of the expected move ...
If there’s one thing that defines modern-day France, it’s stringent labor laws that make it hard to lay workers off. A “job for life” might be exaggerating, but such laws — “once hired, ha...