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USD/JPY – Can It Clear 115.00?

USD/JPY finds itself in a precarious position. While the pair remains in an uptrend it is coming dangerously close to forming a double top at the 114.50 barriers unless it can get push higher from buy...
On July 13, 2017 / By Kurt Osterberg
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Ranking The 20 Most Valuable Cryptocurrencies Over Time

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On July 13, 2017 / By Kurt Osterberg
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4 Excellent PEG Stocks For GARP Investors

In a market hurt by external shocks, equity investments need to be properly hedged. A question that arises frequently is whether one should resort to a value strategy that seeks discounted stocks or o...
On July 13, 2017 / By Kurt Osterberg
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IMF Rings The Alarm On Canada’s Economy

Shortly after yesterday’s rate hike by the Bank of Canada, its first since 2010, we warned that as rates in Canada begin to rise, the local economy which has seen a striking decline in hourly e...
On July 13, 2017 / By Kurt Osterberg
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That’s Not Low Volatility, This Is Low Volatility…

I was chatting with an acquaintance the other day about the resilience of credit in the face of multiple political land mines that, under normal circumstances, would have caused spreads on IG and HY t...
On July 13, 2017 / By Kurt Osterberg
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Even The “Experts” Get It Wrong Occasionally

A friend was lamenting about the difficulty he was having getting “look through” information on closed end funds and ETFs, specifically bond funds, and calling into his online brokerage firm for h...
On July 13, 2017 / By Kurt Osterberg
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Pitchforks Coming For Central Bankers

As central banks have pumped trillions of QE liquidity into the financial system since 2008, money supply (green) increased along with household debt (in red), but economic output (green) has maintain...
On July 13, 2017 / By Kurt Osterberg
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Rail Week Ending 08 July 2017: Slowing Continues

Week 27 of 2017 shows same week total rail traffic (from same week one year ago) improved according to the Association of American Railroads (AAR) traffic data. The economically intuitive sectors ...
On July 13, 2017 / By Kurt Osterberg
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Barclays Says Sell Seagate With Cost Cutting Near Conclusion

Barclays downgraded Seagate (STX) to Underweight, its equivalent of a sell rating, from Equal Weight. The company’s cost cutting initiatives have largely come to an end, while it is losing share...
On July 13, 2017 / By Kurt Osterberg
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Better Dividend Aristocrat: Johnson & Johnson Or Medtronic?

For investors looking for high-quality dividend stocks, the Dividend Aristocrats is a great place to begin your research. The Dividend Aristocrats Excel spreadsheet has 51 stocks with 25+ consecutiv...
On July 13, 2017 / By Kurt Osterberg