Get Forex buy/sell signals directly to your email and by SMS.To learn more click hereThe AUD/USD weakened to a two-month low on Friday after the Reserve Bank of Australia released its economic outlook. Although the RBA’s main concern is about the high dollar, traders decided to focus on rising geopolitical tensions that drove global investors from high-yielding assets and into […]
Get Forex buy/sell signals directly to your email and by SMS.To learn more click hereThe AUD/USD rebounded on Friday after U.S. Non-Farm Payrolls data tempered prospects of an interest-rate increase by the Federal Reserve coming sooner than later.On August 1, the U.S. Labor Department released its jobs report. The report showed the economy added 209,000 jobs which was less than […]
Dr. Ron Paul, former Congressman from Texas, Presidential candidate, and libertarian spokesman, declared on CNBC recently that he sees a stock market crash coming. Paul traces back what he believes is a stock market bubble to inflationary policies conducted by the Federal Reserve:
I think there’s plenty of inflation, but my definition of inflation is a little different than the rest, because I think […]
All three major US stock indexes fell Friday, capping the largest weekly decline in US stock markets in nearly two months. The catalyst for Friday’s sell-off was a very weak series of sales figures and projections from three corporations tied to consumer spending: Amazon, the largest online retailer; Wal-Mart, the largest brick-and-mortar retailer; and Visa, the credit and debit card […]
Last week I wrote a post criticizing Fed chair Janet Yellen for apparently becoming a “stock picker“. Later in the week when she spoke before the US House Financial Services Committee in Washington she seemed to tone down a bit her “stock picking” comments, but she nonetheless commented on the general valuation of the US stock market.I am still critical […]
SummaryRight now investors love what the Federal Reserve is doing even though more and more commentators want the Fed to start moving to higher interest rates.
The stock market remains near historic highs even though many indicators, like CAPE, point to the market being over-valued.
Even if the stock market is over-valued, the crucial question concerns the timing of a downward adjustment.
Investors […]
SummaryThe Federal Reserve took an intriguing step in its latest Monetary Report by singling out small-cap, social media, and biotech stocks as having high valuations.
The Fed’s purpose was likely to display vigilance on valuations while avoiding the risk of taking/talking down the general stock market.
Various stocks, including YELP, SOCL, and IWM, appeared to respond to the jawboning by under-performing the […]
Get Forex buy/sell signals directly to your email and by SMS.To learn more click hereThe gold markets fell again during the session on Tuesday, as the Federal Reserve Chairwoman Janet Yellen suggested that the US economy will more than likely continue to need support going forward. In other words, it’s possible that the US dollar could continue to suffer at […]
Benchmarks ended higher on Wednesday boosted primarily by encouraging minutes of the FOMC meeting. Federal Reserve officials discussed how the central bank will end its easy monetary policy. Policy makers will end the asset purchase program by October provided the economy shows signs of strength. They also clarified that this was not an indication that rates would be hiked immediately. […]
Benchmarks ended Thursday’s trading session in the red following St. Louis Fed president James Bullard’s comments on a rate-hike. Bullard expects the key interest rate hike to take place sooner than anticipated. The blue-chip index had dropped as much as 119 points, before trimming losses in the post noon session. Economic data on personal consumption expenditure was weaker-than-expected. However, personal […]
