Kurt Osterberg

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Q2 Earnings Preview: “After Strong Q1 Guidance, Watch Out For Weakness In Q2”

2Q17 earnings season kicks off next Friday with four banks – Citi, JPM, Wells And PNC – reporting results, accounting for roughly 5% of the S&P 500 by market cap. 89% of the S&P 50...
On July 9, 2017 / By Kurt Osterberg
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Euro Bulls Get Room To Run: But Will They Show Up To Drive The Trend?

Fundamental Forecast for the Euro: Bullish EUR/USD Resilience to Recur as ECB Mulls Easing Bias. EUR/USD Technical Analysis: Two-Year Trend Resistance Under Fire. IG Client Sentiment is at -3.35-to-1...
On July 9, 2017 / By Kurt Osterberg
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ESNT Cup And Handle Trend Following Setup

The Nasdaq has been hitting some tough days. These days enable setups to show up. One of these setups is Essent Group (ESNT), a mortgage lender, which is surprising. Look for a breakout of the highs a...
On July 9, 2017 / By Kurt Osterberg
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Technological Innovations Are Keeping Oil Producers Afloat

By Andrea Rangel The oil price war between OPEC and the U.S. drove out oil producers who could not keep up with low prices. However, it also led to the development and implementation of more efficien...
On July 9, 2017 / By Kurt Osterberg
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In The Sweet Spot Of Economics And Public Policy

The shift from natural gas importer to exporter has occurred in the U.S. over a remarkably short period of time. We’ve periodically written about this (see U.S. Natural Gas Exports Taking Off and�...
On July 9, 2017 / By Kurt Osterberg
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“Who Moved My Punch Bowl?”- Morgan Stanley Says A Repricing Of The “Central Bank Put” Is Imminent

Some potentially displeasing “Sunday Start” thoughts to market bulls, from Chetan Ahya, Morgan Stanley’s global co-head of economics, who warns that in light of the recent “haw...
On July 9, 2017 / By Kurt Osterberg
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Electrical Power Consumption, Economic Growth And Global Warming

The Dow Jones hasn’t seen a new all-time high since June 19. But as the Dow Jones’ BEV chart below shows, it closed the week in scoring position, only 0.53% away from a new all-time high. If the b...
On July 9, 2017 / By Kurt Osterberg
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3 Valuable Consumer Staples Picks For Investors Right Now

The consumer staples sector has been performing well of late buoyed by rising consumer confidence and improving economy. Strong recovery in the housing market and an improving labor market played a cr...
On July 9, 2017 / By Kurt Osterberg
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US Dollar May Shrug Off Soft Inflation As Yellen Remains Hawkish

Fundamental Forecast for the US Dollar: Neutral US Dollar stages tepid recovery after sinking to a ten-week low Soft prices have markets doubting Fed, upcoming data won’t help Hawkish Yellen testi...
On July 9, 2017 / By Kurt Osterberg
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Goldman Previews Q2 Earnings Season

Look, here’s the thing: Goldman has got something they need to get off their chest with regard to upcoming earnings results. Normally, the bank’s “US Weekly Kickstart” notes are about “conv...
On July 9, 2017 / By Kurt Osterberg