Dollar keeps getting stronger and stronger
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U.S. stocks stabilized today–thanks to better than expected earnings from Citigroup (C) and JPMorgan Chase (JPM) and, well, Friday. The Standard & Poor’s 500 stock index closed up 0.02%. U.S. crude oil benchmark West Texas Intermedite fell 0.24% but remained above $50 a barrel at $50.32. The iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF finished ahead by 0.16%
Suddenly gold is paying attention to dollar, interest rates, Fed
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Welcome back to December! Remember when the financial markets thought the Federal Reserve was going to raise interest rates three times or maybe even four times in 2016 and suddenly bank stocks were the thing to own? At least until January when the sector went into a dumpster. Well, the positioning was back today–even if just for a day
Selling Yamana Gold out of Jubak Picks, keeping it in long-term portfolio
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Slosh! Don’t pay too much attention to hedge fund noise
If you want to trade on price trends along with the big boys, go right ahead. Just don’t assume that these very profitable short-term moves have anything to do with fundamental changes in these markets
Will mild selling on downing of Russian warplane by Turkey escalate?
Financial markets in the United States and Europe fell modestly as traders wait to see what happens next after Turkish fighters shot down a Russian war plane near the Turkish-Syrian border.
Saturday Night Quarterback says, For the week ahead expect…
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Markets in economies where the recent news on growth and inflation has been more negative are up more today.
Saturday Night Quarterback says, For the week ahead expect…
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Commodity decline turns into a commodity rout from gold to oil to iron ore
Commodity prices continue to tumble and are now down to the lowest levels since dinosaurs walked the earth. Not quite. But both the gold futures and spot market broke below $1100 an ounce this morning before rebounding to slightly above that level. That puts gold near a five year low. And gold isn’t alone
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