There are literally thousands of stocks, commodities, ETFs, currencies, etc. that you can choose to trade. How do we find the opportunities that offer us the best chance for success? Along with more traditional technical analysis techniques, we employ a very important tool, VantagePoint. VantagePoint Trading Software is a forecasting tool that uses both end of […]
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Intensifying into an extremely dangerous Category 4 hurricane, Michael is expected to strengthen further before making landfall in the Florida Panhandle or Big Bend area around noon today. Oil producers – including Anadarko (NYSE: APC), BHP Billiton (NYSE: BHP), BP (NYSE: BP) and Chevron (NYSE: CVX) – have evacuated many personnel, with nearly 40% of daily […]
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All eyes are on U.S. Treasuries again as trading reopened in the wake of last week’s selloff and a bond market holiday on Monday. The benchmark 10-year yield crept up to a fresh seven-year high, advancing past 3.26%, marking an increase of about 80 basis points from the start of 2018. U.S. stock index futures […]
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The small-cap space has been considered one of the “safe haven” trades this year, especially to combat the tariff concerns. The Russell 2000 Index had been up over 13% heading into September as compared to 8.5% for the large-cap S & P 500. But recently the small-cap space has lagged and in fact, with the […]
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A large rise in U.S. Treasury yields is pulling global bond yields higher across the board and boosted the dollar, while stocks fell in response. The 10-year Treasury note is now at its highest level since mid-2011, up 7 bps to 3.23%, as recent comments from Federal officials signaled more rate hikes are on the horizon. […]
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We are all getting geared up for Earnings Season again and are busy honing our skills. Constellation Brands (Ticker: STZ) has offered us a great opportunity to put our skills to work for their quarterly earnings report that will be released tomorrow before the open. Watch this video to learn more about what I am talking […]
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Following Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell’s description yesterday of the U.S. economic outlook as “remarkably positive,” market watchers are on the lookout for more Fedspeak. Speeches from seven Fed officials are on the radar today, just one week after the central bank hiked rates and signaled upcoming gradual increases. Powell will again take the podium, […]
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Investors’ attention is back on Italian politics, with the euro weakening overnight and local stocks declining after the head of Italy’s lower house budget committee said the nation would have solved its fiscal problems with its own currency. Meanwhile, Italian 10-year bond yields hit a four-year high as European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker sounded the alarm, […]
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Stitch Fix, Inc. sells a range of apparel, shoes, and accessories through its Website and mobile app in the United States. We evaluated a potential earnings signal and based on the technical levels in this chart and the expected move that the options market was predicting, we entered an order to sell an Iron Condor. […]
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Watch for further action in financial stocks as investor digest the Fed’s interest hike announced on Wednesday. Its accompanying statement removed the language that the policy remains “accommodative.” Fed Chair Jerome Powell explains that the phrase’s “useful life was over.” Regarding trade, the Fed doesn’t see much effect from tariffs in economic data yet. The end […]
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