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The Longer-Term Trend – Saturday, July 1

It seems like we are experiencing quite a bit of sector rotation. Last week all the talk was about Biotech. This week all the talk was about Financials. What will it be this coming week? Before conced...
On July 1, 2017 / By Kurt Osterberg
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Q1 GDP Wasn’t So Bad: 1.4% Annualized Growth

On Thursday, instead of rallying, the S&P 500 fell 0.86% and the Nasdaq fell 1.44%. The S&P financials sector was up 0.65% and the technology sector was down 1.83%. The selloff was blamed on i...
On July 1, 2017 / By Kurt Osterberg
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EUR/USD Forecast July 3-7 2017

EUR/USD finally made a breakthrough and reached the highest levels in over a year. Is this the beginning of a longer trend? The first week of July features PMIs and the ECB meeting minutes. Here is a...
On July 1, 2017 / By Kurt Osterberg
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Take The Week Off

Some wild action this past week as we continue to base and may see some downside from some stocks as we see markets continue to build bases and consolidate. I don’t see this bull market as being ove...
On July 1, 2017 / By Kurt Osterberg
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Corus Entertainment: 8%+ Yield, Monthly Dividends

There are certain sectors of the stock market that are well-known for having quality dividend stocks. Consumer staples, healthcare, and utilities all come to mind. Corus Entertainment (CJREF) is not a...
On July 1, 2017 / By Kurt Osterberg
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Nowcast, GDPNow 2nd Quarter Forecasts Narrow Slightly: What’s Ahead?

On Friday, both the Atlanta Fed and New York Fed updated their GDP 2nd quarter forecasts. The FRBNY Nowcast remained at 1.9% while GDPNow dipped to 2.7% narrowing a once gigantic spread to 0.8 per...
On July 1, 2017 / By Kurt Osterberg
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Hedge Fund Traders Return To Banking As Trump Promises To ‘Make Prop Trading Great Again’

The hedge fund industry is finding itself in increasingly dire straits as persistently weak returns and the advent of low-cost investing have forced more and more funds to shut down. So, it’s un...
On July 1, 2017 / By Kurt Osterberg
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Housing Market Review – Pushing Against Interest Rate Headwinds

The last Housing Market Review covered data reported in May, 2017 for April, 2017. At that time, the iShares US Home Construction (ITB) was testing support at its uptrending 50-day moving average (DM...
On July 1, 2017 / By Kurt Osterberg
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Reflections On Q2

Now that we’ve entered the second half of 2017, I wanted to take a look back at the quarter that just closed. On the whole, it was just another victory for the bulls, who have enjoyed over eight ye...
On July 1, 2017 / By Kurt Osterberg
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The Looming Energy Shock

There will be an extremely painful oil supply shortfall sometime between 2018 and 2020. It will be highly disruptive to our over-leveraged global financial system, given how saddled it is with record ...
On July 1, 2017 / By Kurt Osterberg