A very choppy market this week with the DOW Jones Index leading the way lower while the Russell 2000 and NASDAQ made new all-time highs. The broader indices are in a divergent state which brings confusion to the overall health of the stock market. In my last issue, things looked promising but with the DOW […]
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Off To Never Never Land?
It was a busy news week with International Trade and North Korea but the equity and debt markets stayed rangebound with volatility infecting the currency and commodities markets. Central banks (US & Euro Zone) made announcements that they were going to withdraw their purchasing of bonds and a promise to raise interest rates very gently […]
Waxing the Brazilian Economy
The U.S. stock markets continued to move higher as we move past the Q1 correction of 2018. However, there was a hiccup on Thursday as the Brazilian stock market dropped 8% in one day! Why? As U.S interest rates move higher there is a butterfly affect on emerging economies that link their currencies to the […]
Ciao Baby!
A good close on Friday for the stock market after a tester on Tuesday that was caused by a dramatic rise in Italian interest rates. The rise was caused by a change in the leadership of the Italian government where the new leadership is skeptical of continued participation in the Euro zone experiment that has […]
Sputtering to the Upside
The stock market lost its mojo this week as the 10Yr Treasury bond yield made new multi-year highs which gave the stock market pause. The Fed is withdrawing its liquidity and raising interest rates which will normalize the interest rate complex – something were have not seen since before the financial crisis. Let’s take a […]