Because industrial production for the Eurozone was estimated to have risen 2.4% in January, first quarter GDP was boosted to 0.6% (quarterly rate) as statisticians were expecting that European industr...
Eaton (ETN) shares several characteristics with some of the companies we hold in our Top 20 Dividend Stocks portfolio. The company scores well for Dividend Safety and Dividend Growth, has paid divide...
Even though this is being written around a Friday the 13th, I suppose it is sort of fitting in a way. Things are clearly freaky in the world. Being pushed to the forefront are upcoming (and largely po...
Investors are a funny breed, they do the most unnatural things and the most contrarian trades at the worst possible times. Investing is one of the most expensive hobby’s as one loses money instead o...
EURUSD: With EURUSD reversing its Wednesday gains on Thursday, further downside pressure is likely. Support lies at the 1.1350 level. Further down, support comes in at the 1.1300 level where a violati...
“Two-thirds of the directors at the New York Fed are hand-picked by the same bankers that the Fed is in charge of regulating. Today, the United States is No. 1 in corporate profits, No. 1 in CEO...
We have shown lately than many of our indicators and quite some markets have arrived at critical levels: stocks and gold are at crossroads, bonds and treasuries are at inflection points, and the b...
During the Friday session, we will get GDP numbers coming out above Germany and the European Union, and as a result we could get a bit of volatility in Europe itself. We also get Core Retail Sales com...
Doesn’t it get a little tiresome as oil producers drop more hints about an oil production freeze? It does for me. This time it was a hint from Iraq they’d be willing to discuss a freeze with their...