I really believe that the market will follow the semiconductor index either up or down. An optimist would look at this chart and see a very nice sideways, bullish consolidation pattern that started in...
Since 2011, it has paid to be long the US$/Yen, could that trend be about to change? Big test in play friends! Below looks at the US$/Yen over the past 8-years- The trend is your friend and the tre...
Mario Draghi did his best to talk down the euro, complaining about the exchange rate. This did not succeed, to say the least. What’s next? Here are three opinions: Here is their view, courtesy of e...
Unsustainable. Many more people need to understand what that word really means, and how it applies to pretty much everything in the current human living arrangement. Especially the so-called ‘de...
Headlines today cheer that Canada added 22.2k jobs in August and the jobless rate declined to 6.2%, the lowest since 2008. See: Canada Wages Speed up as jobs gains for ninth month. The Canadian dol...
This time of year many people’s fancy turns to owning a new shiny car during the upcoming New Year. Dealers will need to liquidate their current year inventories to clear space for the new models.Th...
After a few false starts, gold has finally broken through $1300 convincingly, and looks comfortable at its current perch at $1340. It would be easy to blame it all on politics but, as I noted in the l...
You never slow down, you never grow old A bunch of different snippets today. First up, my brother sent me this link from USA Today that as Congress starts to try to figure out tax reform they might ch...
Salesmen rarely make good managers or business owners. But that doesn’t stop them from trying. It used to be a hallmark of American business that successful salesmen were promoted. The logic is obvi...