Last week, Japan reported GDP growth of 1.7% in Q1. That was much better than expected and led to all the usual extrapolations about how bright the future is in Japan now that QQE ...
Markit reported on three key manufacturing surveys today: Japan, US, and Eurozone. This article puts a spotlight on the Eurozone report in the wake of record stimulus by ECB presid...
Does the Stock Market Follow Institutional Investor Selling Activity? Let’s plot data to see if Institutional Investors are responsible for the Stock Market’s direction...
EURJPY: With the cross breaking and trading below its consolidation range, risk of more weakness is likely in the days ahead. Support comes in at the 122.00 level where a break wil...
It’s pretty calm at the stock market for the moment. When you want some action, it’s not the place to be. If we wouldn’t know better, we would say it’s summer already. Than...
You get the feeling that today is going to be yet another one of those trading sessions that you say to yourself, “I wish I could get back those 6.5 hours of trading!” ...
The Marketing Solutions or advertising-related segment of LinkedIn (LNKD) is still not generating as much money as its Talent Solutions segment. I am therefore elated to learn th...
Mastercard (NYSE:MA) has done well for shareholders over the last five years but its performance now lags its peers in the payment space. The reason is that it is more globally-...
According to the Markit Flash Manufacturing PMI survey, manufacturing activity in the US declined for the first time since September 2009. Key Points Manufacturing Output Manufac...
Business Investment “depends on the prospective yield of capital, and not merely on its current yield” – John Maynard Keynes One of the many puzzles of the recovery sin...