The Japanese Yen showed a tepid reaction when the country released March’s trade balance figures. Heading into the data announcement, the Yen was recovering against its US counterpart in a risk-off ...
Hollowing Out of America’s Middle Class Since 2000, the percentage of America’s middle class fell in nearly 90% of the nations 229 metropolitan areas according to PEW research. Those metro areas a...
In uncertain markets like these, you need to stay as focused – and unemotional – as possible. One way to do that is to always have some “portfolio insurance” on hand. For instance, many inve...
In our last article, we looked at the continued top-side run in Gold prices as a new near-term high had just printed at $1,303.62. As we advised at the time, pushing the top-side of the move could p...
Nissan Motor (NSANY) and Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (MMTOF) announced that they have signed a Basic Agreement to form a far-reaching strategic alliance between the two Japanese automakers. Followin...
If yesterday’s selloff had a specific catalyst, namely some of the worst consumer retail earnings seen in years, it merely undid the Tuesday rally which levitated global risk with no fundamental...
After its first quarterly miss in thirteen years, the financial press is humming with negative sentiment toward Apple Inc. (Nasdaq:AAPL). To hear them say it, the stock is a pure falling knife. No...
AQR Capital Management’s Cliff Asness has launched a healthy discussion about the trials and tribulations of factor timing with a new essay (“The Siren Song of Factor Timing”). He’s recommends...
USD/CHF: With the pair holding on to its downside pressure on price failure, further bearishness is expected. On the downside, support lies at the 0.9650 level. A turn below here will open the door fo...
Greetings, We begin with the energy markets where crude oil futures rose sharply in response to the first US inventory draw in weeks. Brent was up over 8% in two days, rising above $47/bbl. Source:...