Why Geopolitical Risk Is Rising For Financial Markets
It has been some time since the financial markets braced for (and reacted to) geopolitical conflict. In fact, it's likely not even on investors...
Cisco Earnings Fail To Impress: Will Stock Hold Key Support Level?
After the bell today, Cisco Systems (CSCO) reported 1st quarter earnings. Although the Cisco earnings report beat on the top and bottom line, investors...
NASDAQ 100 Leading The Way, Nears 2000 Bubble Highs
A new 14-year high in the NASDAQ 100 Index (NDX) is certainly something to celebrate for investors that have ridden the ups and downs...
Gold Miners Update: How Far Will The Bounce Go?
When a security or asset class gets beaten down, sentiment tends to go in the toilet as well. And this generally supports and leads...
Is Apple Stock (AAPL) Targeting $150 Per Share?
Over the past 4 weeks, Apple stock has rallied from $95 per share to nearly $110. And in the interim, it broke out above...
S&P 500 Fibonacci Pullback Sequence: About To Play Out Again?
The structure of the S&P 500's (SPX) uptrend continues to follow a script that has become even more consistent in 2014 than it was...
Non-Farm Payrolls: Is the Labor Cycle About to Roll Over?
Later this morning, the Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes it's monthly Non-Farm Payrolls report (what it refers to as "The Employment Situation").
The benchmark U-3...
Trading Journal: Long-Term Insights on Crude Oil’s Slippery Slope
Light Sweet Crude Oil (CL)Â continues to struggle at finding a solid footing beneath $80 as Wednesday's move up from $76.50 to around $79 after...
Consumers Down But Don’t Count Them Out Yet
One big question this quarter is how consumers are spending their extra cash saved by the drop in gas prices. So far, we haven’t...
US Dollar Update: More Upside For The Buck?
The US Dollar made a big move higher over the summer and spent much of October consolidating those gains. Is it ready to move...