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Goldman Sachs On What Happens Next – Recession, War, Or Goldilocks

After several months of low volatility across assets since mid-2016, particularly in equities, markets were more volatile last week owing to fears of central bank tightening. Volatility picked up fir...
On July 4, 2017 / By Kurt Osterberg
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GBP: Bringing Forward Our BoE Rate Hike Call To Nov 17; Implications On GBP – BTMU

The British pound enjoyed Carney’s positive comments and advanced. Is he really up for a rate hike? Here is the view from BTMU: Here is their view, courtesy of eFXnews: BTMU FX Strategy Research h...
On July 4, 2017 / By Kurt Osterberg
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Why A Market Dislocation Could Be Good For The Economy?

by Gene D. Balas Well, the headline may be a bit extreme and dramatic, but there are reasons why some restraint in asset prices may tighten financial conditions just enough, so the Fed doesn’t have ...
On July 4, 2017 / By Kurt Osterberg
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Sensex Opens Flat; Energy & Pharma Stocks Rally

Asian stock markets are lower today as Chinese and Hong Kong shares fall. The Shanghai composite is off 0.47% while the Hang Seng is down 0.19%. The Nikkei 225 is trading up by 0.43%. US equities...
On July 4, 2017 / By Kurt Osterberg
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Top Emerging Market ETFs Of First Half 2017

Emerging market (EM) ETFs have had a great run this year (as of June 29, 2017) with iShares MSCI Emerging Markets (EEM – Free Report) returning over 18%. The segment is doing well on improvi...
On July 4, 2017 / By Kurt Osterberg
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World Markets Update – Monday, July 3

All eight indexes on our world watch list have posted gains for 2017 through July 3. The top performer thus far is India’s BSE SENSEX with a gain of 17.26%, followed by China’s Hang Seng n...
On July 3, 2017 / By Kurt Osterberg
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Nasdaq Triggers Market-Wide Circuit-Breaker As AMZN “Crashes” 87% After-Hours

Nasdaq has issued a market-wide trading halt amid what appears to be a “glitch” that sent a number of the largest Nasdaq-listed stocks to crash or spike to exactly $123.47 per share. Th...
On July 3, 2017 / By Kurt Osterberg
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Warning Signs Your Dividend Is About To Be Cut

Last weekend, I was talking to a buddy who started a new business. I asked him how it was going. “Sales are going great. But I have a cash flow problem. I have to turn away orders,” he said, shaki...
On July 3, 2017 / By Kurt Osterberg
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Dollar Recovers After Poor Showing

After news that the greenback suffered its worst quarterly performance in more than seven years, the US Dollar managed to recover lost ground. But that recovery was only with the assistance of a rise ...
On July 3, 2017 / By Kurt Osterberg
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Facebook Fights Gag Order On Grounds Of Free Speech

Government law agencies place gag orders on technology companies in general and social media companies in particular. Facebook is fighting a gag order right now over search warrants on Facebook users...
On July 3, 2017 / By Kurt Osterberg