Amazon.com, Inc. (AMZN) became a major standout tech theme in 2017, even overshadowing the rest of the FANG names (Facebook, Amazon, Netflix, Google/Alphabet). Most analysts gene...
As can be expected during holiday shortened session, volumes were extremely low and movement similar. The same could not be said for the Euro on Christmas Day though, a large order...
This year has been quite eventful for the domestic equity markets, marked by the passing of the much-awaited Republican tax reform and three rate hikes. Following optimism over the...
As of June 2017, Americans had a record $1 trillion in revolving debt. Nonrevolving debt is growing even faster. MarketWatch has “One Sure-Fire Prediction for 2018 ”...
The non-seasonally adjusted Case-Shiller home price index (20 cities) year-over-year rate of home price growth grew from 6.2 % to 6.4 %. The index authors stated “Since home ...
Five out of the twelve Federal Reserve Regional Districts currently publish monthly data on regional manufacturing: Dallas, Kansas City, New York, Richmond, and Philadelphia. Reg...
The best performing currency this week was the Australian dollar, which extended higher for the 5th consecutive trading day against the U.S. dollar. In fact so far this month, t...
The consumer staples sector (including food and beverage stocks) has successfully grabbed investors’ attention, of late. Nevertheless, amid a sound U.S. economic picture and an u...
(Audio length 00:10:37) There are a few factors that have Doc thinking we could see a pullback in the US markets and commodities early next year. For the markets, it has been a his...
One of the hallmarks of late-stage bubbles is a shift of power from lenders to borrowers. As asset prices soar and interest rates plunge it becomes harder to generate a decent yiel...