Kurt Osterberg

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Next Target 2500

The S&P 500 Index (SPX) held the level everyone was watching and tweeting at 2400. Then it cleared the Twitter resistance level at 2450. Now, traders are tweeting 2500 as the next stop. Not only d...
On July 16, 2017 / By Kurt Osterberg
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Wall Street & Yellen Finally Coming Around To Our Way Of Thinking

Well, among a host of data reports and political developments that came at us last week, among the most important was the fact that Fed Chairwoman Janet Yellen finally copped to the fact that the dom...
On July 16, 2017 / By Kurt Osterberg
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Our Fake Economy

Video length 00:16:12. Dr. Mark Thornton joins Mises Weekends to explain the “business cycle” for what it really is: a series of booms (credit expansion) and busts (debt de-leveraging) eng...
On July 16, 2017 / By Kurt Osterberg
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A Look At Gold And Silver Sentiment

Disaster in precious metals land has been averted (for now) as the market unwinds what appears to be sudden excessive bearish sentiment. Surveys such as the daily sentiment index reached single digit ...
On July 16, 2017 / By Kurt Osterberg
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Hedge Fund CIO: “We’ve Realized Roughly 3 Years Of Gains In The First 6 Months Of 2017”

As part of the local Sunday ritual, here is Eric Peters with his latest Weekend Notes, providing some context on recent, and not so recent market moves. Weekend Notes “US stocks rise roughly 7% per ...
On July 16, 2017 / By Kurt Osterberg
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‘The Impulses Turn Negative’: Goldman Warns On Emerging Markets

We’ve written a ton here lately about the exceedingly long-in-the-tooth rally in all things emerging markets. The space’s YTD outperformance makes sense on some levels but flies in the face of rea...
On July 16, 2017 / By Kurt Osterberg
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E Looking Behind The CPI Headlines To Spot Inflation Trends

On Friday, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) announced that US consumer price index increased by 1.6 percent from June 2016 to June 2017. The core inflation rate, which excludes food and energy, re...
On July 16, 2017 / By Kurt Osterberg
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Forex Forecast: Pairs In Focus – Sunday, July 16

The difference between success and failure in Forex trading is very likely to depend upon which currency pairs you choose to trade each week, and not on the exact trading methods you might use to dete...
On July 16, 2017 / By Kurt Osterberg
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Oil And Natural Gas Demand Set Records While Coal Slumps

Last month the BP Statistical Review of World Energy 2017 was released. This report gives us the opportunity to review the big picture when it comes to global energy supply and demand. I consider t...
On July 16, 2017 / By Kurt Osterberg
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Bi-Weekly Economic Review: Attention Shoppers

The majority of the economic reports over the last two weeks have been disappointing, less than the consensus expectations. The minor rebound in activity we’ve been tracking since last summer appear...
On July 16, 2017 / By Kurt Osterberg