New article out! More and more are jumping on the "sell in May and go away" bandwagon but for good reason. As U.S. stocks base around in short term trading awaiting more cues about a potential June rate hike from the April FOMC minutes to be ...

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Let's be warned, a June hike is still very much in the Fed's tables just as we've warned before, even though the futures market is only pricing in a mere 4% chance of it happening. There in lies the risk. Tonight's FOMC Meeting Minutes will reveal ...

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Be waned, a June hike is still very much in the Fed's tables just as we've warned before, even though the futures market is only pricing in a mere 4% chance of it happening. There in lies the risk. #Forex #Stocks #Trading #Investing #FOMC #Economy

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How much debt does China have in total? No one really knows the actual amount because everyone knows official Chinese figures cannot be completely relied on. Private estimates on the debt load of the world's second largest economy vary from the meek ...

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The global demand for cash is very real, just like we have primed follower about since the start of the year. BofAML's Global Fund Managers Survey reveals a shocking average cash allocation at about. 5.6% in April. That's near an 8-year high. Cash ...

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We're going to let the charts to the talking this time. Volatility and the rush into VIX ETPs are too is we've previously talked about at length. The gist of the entire issue is this: Spot implied volatility on the SPX, which these ETFs are based ...

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[Zoom in for ultra large image] 16 weeks. 16 unbroken weeks of straight out selling by "smart money", making this the longest ever streak on record. For the last 6 weeks we have been painstakingly documenting what this group of the so called "smart ...

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April's U.S. industrial production rose +0.7% vs. expectations of +0.3%. But before we jump to calling this a huge beat, understand that the "beat" was actually due to March's figure being reused much lower to -0.9% from -0.6% previously, resulting ...

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Finally, some positivity in the U.S. economy. April's CPI inflation came in at +0.4% against expectations of +0.3% (this is the MoM figure). However, there was a twist to the story as we can see. Core CPI inflation (excluding energy and food) only ...

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What do rapidly falling home ownership, a divergence between single-room homes and multi-room homes, surging demand for rental in the U.S. housing market mean? Why, "rentflation", or rent inflation of course. A +8% annualized inflation in average ...

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Gold has been a gleaming asset since the start of the year, and no wonder given its stellar performance topping $1,300 just a few weeks ago. With such large increases in price, you'd expected that both big and small money to start chasing this ...

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Some interesting news on the bruised Fruit that is now no longer the world's most valuable publicly traded company. Moments ago, Berkshire Hathaway, the investment holding company owned by legendary value investor Warren Buffett, made public via a ...

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We have noted the derisking trade specifically involving emerging market currencies (EMFX). Of of the worst performing of the lot has been the South African rand (ZAR), which today just posted its biggest loss against the greenback since December ...

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May's Empire Fed misses huge, and is sharply down from April's print. So it seems like after 3 months of improvements, beating estimates for the last 2 months, another of the macro indicators has finally rolled over. #Forex #Stocks #Trading ...

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Some technical analysis on what was once the world's most loved, most owned, and highly capitalized company. Followed by the same analysis on the SPX. Both don't look pretty but #AAPL's price action is a complete wash. Odds are for The Fruit to ...

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S&P 500 companies are almost done reporting for the first quarter earnings season and the results are grisly. Only 3 sectors posted positive EPS and sales growth: Consumer discretionary, telecoms, and healthcare. The rest such as utilities, ...

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The sad reality of life in the 21st century — We are forced (with little choice) to work longer hour and further on into our golden years. While this infographic serves as a reference for Americans, the same can be said for most of us around the ...

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The sad reality of life in the 21st century — We are forced (with little choice) to work longer hour and further on into our golden years. While this infographic serves as a reference for Americans, the same can be said for most of us around the ...

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