One of the largest questions that faces investor is what asset classes to invest in. The two largest are stocks (equities) and bonds (fixed income). How can an investor know which asset class to inves...
The latest Conference Board Leading Economic Index (LEI) for October increased to 130.4 from 128.9 in September. The Coincident Economic Index (CEI) came in at 116.2, up from the previous month. The...
1-year ago this month, the Transports/S&P 500 ratio peaked and has been heading lower, reflecting that Transports have been diverging against the broad market. Below looks at the performance of t...
In September, the US dollar rose sharply after inflation stopped decelerating and US politics started working in the currency’s favor. Looking at reliable front-runners of headline inflation, indic...
Written by the Cleveland Fed Peer-to-peer lending platforms, which provide a way for individuals who want to invest to lend to those who want to borrow, have experienced phenomenal growth in the past ...
Let’s take a look at an often-repeated idea that is popular in the gold and alternative investing communities. The government possesses a printing press. Therefore, it will never default. It will ju...
USD/JPY The US dollar tried to rally against the Japanese yen initially, breaking above the 113 handle. However, we rolled over to form a very negative candle, slicing down towards the 112 level. It l...
According to a 2017 Radicati Group report, an estimated 125 billion commercial emails are sent every day, and the number of email users is expected to grow from 3.7 billion in 2017 to 4.1 billion by 2...
After surging above its 50-day moving-average on Friday, it appears someone is keen for that key technical level not to hold as they dumped almost $2 billion notional in seconds this morning, testing...
On Friday, we reported separately on the latest residential building permits and housing starts in the government’s monthly report, courtesy of the Census Bureau and the Department of Housin...