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ETF Watchlist: Week Of July 10, 2017

Friday’s market rally following a strong jobs report pushed the major indices back into the green for week and kicked off a solid start to Q3. The Dow, Nasdaq and the S&P 500 were all up margina...
On July 10, 2017 / By Kurt Osterberg
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The Bears Suck When It Comes To Sell-Offs, So Just Buy

They do suck. I mean how many times can the bears possibly blow a sell-off that is handed to them on a silver platter. Consequently, sell-offs that appear to be substantial, like the one last Thursd...
On July 10, 2017 / By Kurt Osterberg
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The Last Time Hedge Funds Were This Short Gold, It Rallied 18% In A Month

Gold is suffering its worst drawdown this year, and hedge funds are betting more losses are in store… but judging by the precious metals’ performance the last two times hedgies piled in ...
On July 10, 2017 / By Kurt Osterberg
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May 2017 Headline Consumer Credit Grew

The headlines say consumer credit rate of annual growth grew from last month. Our analysis disagrees – and we see a moderately lower growth rate. Analyst Opinion of the Consumer Credit Situation...
On July 10, 2017 / By Kurt Osterberg
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China Inflation Surprises, Commodities, And EM

The latest inflation figures out of China weren’t much to talk about on the face of it, with CPI at 1.5% yoy in June and PPI at 5.5% – both unchanged from June and more or less in line wit...
On July 10, 2017 / By Kurt Osterberg
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PDL BioPharma Is A Solid Biotech Investment In A Friendly Regulatory Environment

PDL BioPharma (NASDAQ:PDLI) acquires and manages products, royalty agreements and debt facilities in the biotech space. It is in the process of changing its business into a specialty pharma holding co...
On July 10, 2017 / By Kurt Osterberg
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‘People Are Going To See There’s No Liquidity’: EM ETFs Face ‘Minsky Moment’

Back in April, we brought you something called “CitiWide Change Bank Is Back: Emerging Markets ETF Edition.” In that post, we lampooned (for the umpteenth time) the ridiculous notion that you can ...
On July 10, 2017 / By Kurt Osterberg
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7 Low Price-To-Sales Stocks To Bank On For Fabulous Returns

While Price-to-Earnings is the first thing to cross one’s mind while using valuation metrics, Price-to-Sales has emerged as a convenient tool to determine the value of stocks that are incurring loss...
On July 10, 2017 / By Kurt Osterberg
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Many Canadians In Over Heads Even Without Rate Increases

A new poll conducted on behalf of accountants MNP offers more sobering insight on the financial fragility of Canadian households. 27% of Canadians already ‘in over their head’ with mortgage paymen...
On July 10, 2017 / By Kurt Osterberg
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AUD/USD Technical Analysis: Price Testing Key Slope Support

AUD/USD Daily Technical Outlook: AUD/USD reversed off trendline resistance extending off the 2016 highs last month with the decline testing the lower parallel of this ascending pitchfork format...
On July 10, 2017 / By Kurt Osterberg