A mix of higher bond yields and growth worries are continuing to take their toll on the markets, with equities across Asia and Europe getting slammed overnight after a bloodbath in the U.S. Led by tech carnage, the S&P 500 and the Dow posted their biggest daily declines since Feb. 8, while the CBOE Volatility Index […]
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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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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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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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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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The Federal Open Market Committee is expected to lift the federal funds rate by a quarter point to 2.25% when the central bank finishes its two-day meeting today. The central bank is looking to guide the U.S. economy in for a soft landing, with an eye on the gap between the inflation rate and the fed […]
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China’s Vice Commerce Minister Wang Shouwen says the U.S. is putting “a knife to China’s neck” with the $200B in tariffs on Chinese goods that kicked in yesterday. During a press conference, Wang questioned how negotiations could proceed when “it’s not an equal negotiation” with the backdrop of “threats and pressure.” Wang accuses unnamed individuals of […]
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Another day of gains looks in store for U.S. equities as stocks advance across the globe, with China’s Shanghai Composite Index even closing up 2.5%. The DJIA and S&P 500 set new highs Thursday as the economic outlook got rosier: Initial jobless claims, a proxy for layoffs across the U.S., fell to the lowest level since 1969. […]
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