The Chicago Business Barometer, also known as the Chicago Purchasing Manager’s Index, is similar to the national ISM Manufacturing indicator but at a regional level and is se...
The Dow is up hundreds of points to yet another lifetime high. Every asset is up (with the exception of gold, which of course sucks). So what to do? Show a short idea! Hey, come on...
Included with today’s second estimate GDP report by the Bureau of Economic Analysis is the preliminary estimate for third quarter corporate profits. The corporate profit me...
Investments in syndicated mortgages and related securities have been heavily sold to yield-hungry savers and retirees the past few years, especially as our world-famous realty bubb...
Cyber currencies and their underlying technology, the largely self-imposed drama in the US and UK, and the North Korea’s apparent acquisition of nuclear capability are among ...
Hurricanes continue to impact claims taking procedures in the Virgin Islands. The market expectations for weekly initial unemployment claims (from Bloomberg/Econoday) were 235 K t...
While all the attention shifted towards bitcoin and the pace with which it traded up through different 1,000 point price levels, the DJIA just reminded investors that it too has b...
The recent sell-off in the U.S. high-yield (HY) market certainly garnered a good deal of attention. Indeed, with HY spreads in general narrowing to levels not seen since 2014, ...
Well, that was interesting. In what can probably best be described as a fast money rotation game (something I like to call “Hedge Fund Follies”)- where traders sold the big-cap...
EUR/USD snaps the series of lower highs & lows from earlier this week, with the pair at risk for a more meaningful recovery as the European Central Bank (ECB) adopts an improve...