The worsening of financial conditions this year led markets to price in rates to remain unchanged at the January FOMC meeting, with many speculating the Fed to deliver a dovish sta...
Occasionally, it becomes necessary to begin a commentary by clearly articulating what will not be contained. This is one of those rare instances. What will not be inside this artic...
Yesterday, the FTSE 100 (FXCM: UK100) breached last week’s high of 5944 and reached our target of 6010.With the short-term trend being bullish above the 5855 level, the next t...
Abbott Laboratories (ABT – Analyst Report) is an Illinois-based company focused on bringing a diverse line of healthcare products to the market. Abbott Labs reports its di...
I was a little embarrassed yesterday after doing my Crude Breakout post, because oil seemed to back away almost the moment I published it. However, it seems my hunch was correct,...
Crash! Durable goods orders and shipments crashed in December. The Econoday Consensus Estimate for durable goods new orders was a 0.2% rise. Here are the amazing results. C...
WTI Crude Oil The WTI Crude Oil market rose during the course of the day on Wednesday, as we broke above the $32 level. However, we did pullback slightly from there and it now look...
Time Warner Cable Inc. (TWC – Analyst Report) reported better-than-expected financial numbers in the fourth quarter of 2015 wherein both the top line and the bottom line s...
Andrew N. Smith, CAIA, interviews Doug Himmel of Melville Capital and Adam Meltzer of Vida Capital, both experts in the life settlement industry. Andrew: The reason why we’re g...
While I’m sure it has been done, I definitely don’t condone the stock picking process whereby you pin up the equities page of the Wall Street Journal on the wall and th...