Kurt Osterberg

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Share Markets In India Open Flat; Lupin Top Gainer

Asian equity markets are lower today as Chinese and Hong Kong shares fall. The Shanghai Composite is off 0.08%, while the Hang Seng is down 0.03%. The Nikkei 225 is trading down by 0.27%. Most of...
On July 6, 2017 / By Kurt Osterberg
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June 2017 Cash Deficit: $23B

The US Cash Deficit for June 2017 came in at $23B compared to last June’s $19B surplus primarily due to timing. With July 1 on a Saturday, about $40B of cost that was due in early July was paid ...
On July 6, 2017 / By Kurt Osterberg
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Should We Believe Greg Ip About Recessions?

On Wednesday, Greg Ip opined that we should start worrying about a recession. He is the chief economics commentator for the WSJ. He held a similar position for the Economist, and he has written seve...
On July 6, 2017 / By Kurt Osterberg
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Market Remains Overvalued

Here is a summary of the four market valuation indicators we update on a monthly basis. The Crestmont Research P/E Ratio (more) The cyclical P/E ratio using the trailing 10-year earnings as the diviso...
On July 6, 2017 / By Kurt Osterberg
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Volvo Goes All Electric – Well Not Quite: End Of The Internal Combustion Engine?

SupplyChain24 says Volvo First Major Car Manufacturer to Go All Electric. The headline is not quite accurate, nor is the notion we are on the verge of the end of the internal combustion engine. This ...
On July 6, 2017 / By Kurt Osterberg
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Welcome Back

Podcast: Play in new window | Play in new window (Duration: 13:16 — 7.6MB) DOW – 1 = 21,478 SPX + 3 = 2432 NAS + 40 = 6150 RUT – 6 = 1420 10 Y – .01 = 2.33% OIL – 1.46 = 45.61 GOLD + 3.5...
On July 6, 2017 / By Kurt Osterberg
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Gold Recovers, Looks To Strengthen Further

Gold: The commodity has halted its weakness and triggered a recovery higher as it looked for more correction. On the downside, support comes in at the 1,215.00 level where a break will turn attention ...
On July 5, 2017 / By Kurt Osterberg
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New Dow Theory Signal Printed – No Economic Collapse In Site

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On July 5, 2017 / By Kurt Osterberg
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Vice Index Shows U.S. Slowdown Ahead

Slower Spending Growth In Q3 When Vice spending momentum began to slow in February, I blamed near-term noise. I thought it might be tied to February’s tax refund deferral. And when it slowed again ...
On July 5, 2017 / By Kurt Osterberg
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Forex Ranking, Rating And Score For July 2017

The Top 10 of the Ranking and Rating list for the coming month shows the following stronger currencies being well represented for going long: the NZD(3X) with the EUR(3X) followed by the CAD(2X). Th...
On July 5, 2017 / By Kurt Osterberg