<< Read Part 1: It Was Never About Oil The entire point of leveraged positions is the margin of safety. That is true on both sides of that equation, as for the provider and the borrower/user. In...
Many people are not particularly happy with Federal Reserve Chairwoman Janet Yellen and her recent take on the U.S. economy. The miniscule rate hike implemented in December was a mere drop in the buck...
One thing that became abundantly clear in the wake of the financial crisis was that everything – and we do mean everything – was being manipulated by Wall Street’s biggest and most sys...
With record inventories nearing full capacity, Phillips 66 dumped crude in unusual front-month deals. For its efforts, Phillips 66 sold crude at spreads yielding negative $2.50 and $2.75 a barrel. P...
Yesterday’s Trading: Yesterday was a volatile one. The euro/dollar first dropped to 1.1237 due to growth of the European stock indices. Then at 15:30 EET the euro renewed its minimum in response to ...
U.S. Oil Production is starting to roll over, fundamentals are changing in the oil market. Expect a rather large short squeeze in the oil market over the next couple of weeks. (Video length 00:10:48)...
Gold closed higher today suggesting that we should press higher probably into Friday. Our opening pivot point in 1207.57 which is still well above the closing warning that the upside is still in play....
I gave my thoughts to Kyle Woodley for a recent article he wrote for US News and World Reports. Here is an excerpt: Dividend stocks are the bedrock for any long-term portfolio. That’s not news. If ...
Federal Reserve Chairwoman Janet Yellen voiced uncertainty about future interest rate hikes citing legal issues that required additional clarity before calling for rate changes. At a meeting with lawm...
I’m hearing a lot of folks these days draw attention to the fact that the dividend yield on the S&P 500 (2.17%) is now greater than the yield on the 10-year treasury note (1.7%). In doing so, th...