November 18, 2018 | Daily JAM, Friday Trick or Trend |
Our regular (or occasional or perhaps occasionally regular) Friday series ( running on Sunday this week) Trick or Trend looks at what might (or might not) be emerging investible trends. Exclusively on JAM. This post won't run anywhere else. Ever. The U.S. dollar has...
November 18, 2018 | Daily JAM, Morning Briefing, Short Term |
The Fed is sounding less aggressive about raising interest rates in 2019. Today, Friday, November 16, Federal Reserve Vice Chairman Richard Clarida said that the Federal Reserve has to factor the possibility that the global economy is slowing into its decision on how...
November 18, 2018 | Daily JAM |
... volatility in asset classes that range from oil to stocks to the U.S. dollar, as traders and investors try to figure out how to "price in" a metric ton of macro uncertainty scheduled for the next three weeks. Enjoy turkey and family and friends the week because...
November 15, 2018 | Daily JAM, Morning Briefing, Short Term |
This is important--if very, very speculative--if you're trying to figure out if OPEC will cut production by enough to end the oil bear market when it holds its regular meeting on December 6. Today Reuters is reporting that Saudi Arabia is extremely angry at U.S....
November 14, 2018 | Daily JAM, Notes You Need |
In my daily trawling through the market I come upon lots of tidbits of knowledge that I think are important to investors but that don't justify a full post. I've decided to start compiling these notes here each day in a kind of running mini blog that I'm calling Notes...
November 14, 2018 | Daily JAM, Morning Briefing, Short Term |
Oil prices are up today with U.S. benchmark West Texas Intermediate ahead 2.07% to $56.84 a barrel as of 11:30 a.m. in New York. International benchmark Brent crude has gained 2.23% to $66.93 a barrel. Both prices remain below the psychologically important $60 a...
November 13, 2018 | Daily JAM, Short Term |
Monday was brutal. The Standard & Poor's 500 fell 1.97% and the Dow Jones industrial Average tumbled 2.32%. The NASDAQ Composite was lower by 2.78%. And the Russell 2000 small cap index lost 1.98%. Individual stocks fell even harder. Apple (AAPL) was down 5.04%....
November 13, 2018 | Daily JAM, Short Term, Volatility |
Oil prices went into free fall today, continuing the bear market in the commodity. U.S. benchmark West Texas Intermediate fell 7.73% on the day to $55.30 a barrel. International benchmark Brent dropped 7.05% to $65.18 a barrel. Yesterday oil had rallied on news out of...
November 13, 2018 | Daily JAM, Morning Briefing, Short Term, Volatility, You Might Have Missed |
It's certainly a long way from here to an agreement on trade between the United States and China, but news that the two sides are talking again has boosted stocks in New York. After all, there can't be any agreement if the two sides aren't talking and without some...
November 12, 2018 | BABA, Daily JAM, Stock Alerts |
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November 12, 2018 | Daily JAM, Mid Term |
The U.S. Dollar Spot Index (DXY) is up again today, climbing 0.66% to 97.053. Since the index that tracks the dollar against six other major trading currencies bottomed for 2018 back on February 15, the dollar has gained 8.72%. The bulk of those gains are even more...
November 12, 2018 | Daily JAM, Morning Briefing, Short Term |
Yesterday, Sunday, November 11, I wrote in my regular Saturday Night Quarterback post on JubakAM.com that news from Sunday's OPEC meeting that Saudi Arabia would cut 500,000 barrels a day from its oil production and exports in December might be enough to get more than...