0.0 00 Overnight U.S. stocks hovered around record highs. At first they retreated rather soundly but ended up closing back near their peaks. Investors are looking at Europe’s slowing economy and retailer’s earnings like Macy’s (M: …
Read More »The Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect, How to Trade it
0.0 00 The Shanghai-Hong Kong stock connect is getting ready to launch. It will be a catalyst for both of these markets but how can we benefit from this cross border equities link? The Hong Kong …
Read More »Is Weakness in Crude Oil and Energies Fuel for Stock Prices? Yes!
0.0 00 Crude oil has been falling and weaker energy prices, overall, has been helping to fuel the recent rally that we are currently witnessing in global stock markets. Stocks soared higher yesterday. U.S. markets set new record …
Read More »Alibaba Set for Record Sales on Singles Day
0.0 00 Alibaba (BABA: NYSE) is getting ready to smash its single day sales record. This is being driven by China’s growing internet population and the ever increasing number of retailers participating. This will be held …
Read More »Get Ready for Tough Times in Australia
0.0 00 The rather tepid, mediocre economic data out of Australia, as of late might have made some happy, but the bottom is getting ready to fall out. This is causing many economists, like myself, to …
Read More »The ECB and BOE Leave Rates Alone
0.0 00 The Bank of England (BOE) has decided to keep their interest rate at a record low of 0.5 percent. They also made no modifications to their asset purchase program which remained at £375 billion. …
Read More »Will Quantitative Easing be Hard for the ECB? Bernanke Thinks So
0.0 00 There is a lot hinging on today’s monetary policy decision from the European Central Bank (ECB). Will they finally implement an American style quantitative easing program (QE)? Probably but one former central bank president, …
Read More »Republicans Win Control of the U.S. Senate
0.0 00 Election Day 2014 is now over. The Republican Party has wrestled control from the Democrats in the United States Senate as they now hold 52 seats. There are still some races that are too …
Read More »The Nikkei Soars Higher. But Is Now the Time to Buy?
0.0 00 The Nikkei, Japan’s benchmark stock index has been on one big rally since the Bank of Japan (BOJ) brought out the big guns to provide fresh support for their flagging economy. Today, the Nikkei …
Read More »After the BOJ Brings out the Big Gun, Currency War?
0.0 00 The Bank of Japan (BOJ) expanded their monetary base on Friday with additional Japanese Government Bond (JGB) purchases. This is sparking a debate of further local currency wars. After the announcement, the yen imploded and …
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