Money For the Rest of Us: Why Is the US Dollar So Strong? Will It Continue?
The US dollar is trading at its highest level in decades, as measured against other currencies. It’s now stronger than the Euro, which has dropped
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FX Evolution: The World’s Biggest Stock Market Hedge Has Mean Reverted!
Markets can be tough to figure out. Sometimes, good news is good news – leading to higher prices. At other times, bad news can be good news.
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Animal Spirits: Powell Wants You to Lose Your Job
Markets sank following the Fed’s September meeting. While the bank raised interest rates 0.75 percent, in line with expectations, the Fed warned that more
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Game of Trades: A Major Capitulation Event is Occurring on the Stock Market
The stock market broke down last week, rejecting a key technical level. That led to a large amount of selling in the week following, causing stocks
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Natalie Brunell: Double Digit Inflation in 2023?!
While the past few months have showed a slowing rate of inflation, consumer prices are still rising at their highest levels in over 40 years. Most
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Game of Trades: For the 4th Time in 2022, the S&P 500 Is Rejected After Being Wrong About Inflation
Investors are likely sick of hearing about inflation impacting their investments this year. Particularly as inflation continues to remain strong, as seen at every trip to
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Meet Kevin: Forget Recession – The Fed will Crush us into Depression
The latest inflation data has been a disappointment. After months about talking tough to bring inflation down, we’ve only seen one month drop in July.
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Game of Trades: Stock Market Investors Are Not Positioned for What’s About to Happen
Right now, the economic consensus is that things are slowing. And central bankers are raising interest rates into a recession. Typically, interest rate hikes occur when
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The Reformed Broker: Short Sellers Take Over
The stock market turned on a dime last week following the hawkish speech from Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell. Now, investors are largely betting on a
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The Big Picture: Cyclical Bear Within a Secular Bull
Where does the market stand now? It may depend on your timeframe. That’s because markets tend to move in cycles. But no cycle moves in
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Game of Trades: This Has Triggered All Great Market Collapses in the Last 30 Years
The S&P 500 has been trending down since late last year. Even with a 20 percent rise off of June’s low, that downtrend
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Meet Kevin: The Major Stock & Housing Market Reset
Signs show the economy is continuing to slow. We’re coming off of the end of earnings season, and overall, things have been well. Many companies
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