by | Jun 18, 2018 | alerts, archive, Markets/Economy, Tariffs
The Dow 30 industrials and S&P 500 declined significantly when the US markets opened this morning. Stock market indices in Asia and Europe declined earlier today. The declines were from the anxiety which was caused due to the official start of the trade war...
by | Jun 1, 2018 | alerts, Markets/Economy, Secular Bulls/Bears
Today the Trump administration enacted steel and aluminum tariffs against a majority of the countries in the world including Mexico, Canada, Japan, China and the European Union. The 10% tariff on aluminum and 25% tariff on steel becomes effective at midnight on June...
by | May 27, 2018 | archive, Markets/Economy
The turmoil in Turkey increases the odds for the global stock markets to be much lower by the end of 2018. This week Turkey’s currency, its Lira declined by as much as 9% and fell to all-time lows versus the US Dollar, Japanese Yen and the Euro. What has happened...
by | May 16, 2018 | alerts, Markets/Economy, Secular Bulls/Bears
The 10-year US Treasury note closed at 3.08%, its highest level since 2011 was the catalyst for today’s stock market sell-off. The strong close above 3.0%, the resistance level that the notes had been flirting with since April, is a clear signal that interest rates...
by | Apr 13, 2018 | $Yen Indicator, alerts, Markets/Economy
By overcoming a flurry of negative news stories since the beginning of April 2018, the market is sending a message to investors that it clearly wants to move higher over the near term. The recent negative news stories that caused significant declines which the market...
by | Apr 5, 2018 | alerts, Markets/Economy, Secular Bulls/Bears
China announced that it will levy 25% tariffs on 106 products that are produced in the US including soybeans, automobiles, chemicals and aircraft. The news pretty much guarantees that the share prices of Caterpillar and Boeing which were down substantially on the...
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