Kurt Osterberg

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Oil Racing Against End Of The Ice-Age

The U$ has slumped on increasing Trump lumps the past month–no health care rewrite, no imminent tax code overhaul, and that debt ceiling is back. This has spurred some strength in the price of cr...
On July 18, 2017 / By Kurt Osterberg
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Light, Low, Nonexistent Volume

What was that yesterday? Where was the volume? That had to be one of the least interesting trading days in my entire trading career. I mean, it was horrible, miserable – and outright boring. E...
On July 18, 2017 / By Kurt Osterberg
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Light, Low, Nonexistent Volume

What was that yesterday? Where was the volume? That had to be one of the least interesting trading days in my entire trading career. I mean, it was horrible, miserable – and outright boring. E...
On July 18, 2017 / By Kurt Osterberg
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Billion Dollar Unicorns: Clover Health Reaches Milestone Valuation

Over the past few years, there has been an added focus within the global healthcare industry to reduce costs and manage resources more efficiently while improving patient care. To meet these pressure...
On July 18, 2017 / By Kurt Osterberg
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E The Employment, Wages And Inflation Nexus

Central bankers are confronted by a nexus in which unemployment falls, wages stagnant and inflation slows down. It is not supposed to be this way. According to the Phillips curve ( developed in 1958) ...
On July 18, 2017 / By Kurt Osterberg
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Mega Cap Growth ETF (MGK) Hits New 52-Week High

For investors seeking momentum, Vanguard Mega Cap Growth ETF (MGK – Free Report) is probably on the radar now. The fund just hit a 52-week high and is up about 22% from its 52-week low price ...
On July 18, 2017 / By Kurt Osterberg
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What Is Capital And Why Is It Essential?

As an economist, Israel Kirzner is best known for his contributions to the theory of entrepreneurship. His renown in this area extends into the literature on management studies where recently his insi...
On July 18, 2017 / By Kurt Osterberg
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‘ETFs Will Be Disproportionally Influential In Selloffs’: BofAML On EM Bond Funds

Another day another warning about emerging market debt ETFs. This has become something of a crusade for us in the weeks that followed Mario Draghi’s efforts to marshal global support for a hawkish s...
On July 18, 2017 / By Kurt Osterberg
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Markets: Too Much Winning

With the 72nd failed attempt to “repeal and replace” – as well as a wall that’s never going to get built, a Hillary that’s never going to be “locked up”, a Goldman Sachs that’s never g...
On July 18, 2017 / By Kurt Osterberg
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Some Thoughts On Full Employment And This Asset-Based Economic Recovery

I see that Dartmouth economics professor Danny Blanchflower is talking about slack in the US labor market because he believes the Fed is premature in assessing its full employment mandate as fulfill...
On July 18, 2017 / By Kurt Osterberg