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USD/JPY And AUD/USD Forecast – Tuesday, July 11

USD/JPY The US dollar rallied a bit during the day on Monday but continues to find resistance just above. The 115 level is a massive barrier, so I think between here and there you are going to see a l...
On July 11, 2017 / By Kurt Osterberg
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Ain’t No Cure For The Summertime Blues

Since Election Day, the focus in the U.S. Treasury (UST) market has been essentially domestic-driven. In other words, market participants have been setting their sights on potential fiscal policy ...
On July 11, 2017 / By Kurt Osterberg
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EC A New (And Longer) Dataset For Modeling The Market Portfolio

The market portfolio, in theory, is a simple concept. Buy and hold everything in market-value weights. But the road from concept to implementation is rocky. Some asset classes are relatively illiquid ...
On July 11, 2017 / By Kurt Osterberg
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AUD/USD Forex Signal – Tuesday, July 11

Yesterday’s signals were not triggered as none of the key levels were ever reached. Today’s AUD/USD Signals Risk 0.75%. Trades must be entered between 8am New York time and 5pm Tokyo time, during...
On July 11, 2017 / By Kurt Osterberg
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‘They Immediately Bought Dollars’: Traders Get Confused, Drive Yen To March Lows

Well, the overnight session was described as “listless” by at least one Asia-based trader as markets are i) laser focused on Yellen’s testimony and ii) anxiously waiting for the Bank of Canada t...
On July 11, 2017 / By Kurt Osterberg
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Bond Selloff Returns As EM Fears Rise; Oil Slides; BOJ Does Not Intervene

U.S. index futures point slightly lower open. Asian shares rose while stocks in Europe fell as energy producers got caught in a downdraft in oil prices and reversed an earlier gain after Goldman unexp...
On July 11, 2017 / By Kurt Osterberg
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Indian Indices Pare Most Gains, End Marginally Higher

Indian share markets lost some steam towards the end of the day to end today’s session only marginally higher. Losses were largely seen in the telecom sector and realty sector. At the closin...
On July 11, 2017 / By Kurt Osterberg
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Global Economic Leading Indicators

The latest round of OECD Composite Leading Indicators showed some interesting results country-by-country, but one view we use when looking at these indicators is to take a breadth and diffusion (as ...
On July 11, 2017 / By Kurt Osterberg
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The Return Of The “Minsky Moment”

“The emergence of money manager capitalism means that the financing of the capital development of the economy has taken a back seat to the quest for short-run total returns.” – Circa 1992. W...
On July 11, 2017 / By Kurt Osterberg
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WTI Crude Oil And Natural Gas Forecast – Tuesday July 11

WTI Crude Oil The WTI Crude Oil market was choppy on Monday, as we tried to rally but found it too much in the way of resistance near the $45 level. I think if we can stay below this level, the market...
On July 11, 2017 / By Kurt Osterberg