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The Hang Seng Index appears to have resumed its upward move after dropping for 5 weeks as concerns about the global and Chinese economies abate. Banks and property stocks did well, boosted by the auction of a luxury residential…Read
Friday saw a flurry of activity ahead of the extended holiday weekend, as a highly-anticipated jobs report boosted investor confidence as the summer draws to a close. The U.S. economy lost 54,000 jobs in August but the private…Read
Chinas CFLP Manufacturing PMI for August increased slightly to 51.7 from 51.2 the first increase in 4 months. The uptick was in line with my forecast based on the historical seasonal pattern. Although the PMI is still above…Read
You havent really heard much from me on this site lately. The primary reason for that is the fact that this market just isnt worth spending too much time on right now. We have no discernible trend in equities save for the…Read
Doing nothing has been a good strategy since April and it continues to be my core strategy. Besides having been a good strategy, I take pride in not participating in a market this corrupt. I’m still holding my long…Read
By Brandon ClayAugust was ugly for most market sectors the dollar may have been the only safe place. One group of stocks bludgeoned in a particularly nasty way was U.S. for-profit education stocks.…Read
By Brandon ClayAugust was ugly for most market sectors the dollar may have been the only safe place. One group of stocks bludgeoned in a particularly nasty way was U.S. for-profit education stocks.…Read
tweetmeme_source = 'jutiagroup'; Share August was ugly for most market sectors the dollar may have been the only safe place. One group of stocks bludgeoned in a particularly nasty way was U.S. for-profit education…Read
Below is a table in order of the sum of the 3, 6, and 12 month returns for individual country ETFs. Each column represents returns for various timeframes and the percent each ETF is above (or below) the 200 day moving…Read
U.S. equity markets surged higher to start September, as the Dow gained more than 250 points thanks to strong overseas data from China and Australia. The Nasdaq and S&P 500 also had banner days, as these benchmarks both…Read
Below we have a table of major country ETFs ranked by a combination of valuation and momentum. Valuation is often one of the largest factors determining long term returns, while momentum has been more predictive of the short…Read
After slumping to start the day, equity markets stayed in positive territory only to fall back after the FOMC minutes were released in the final hour of trading. While stocks may have finished the day where they started, bonds…Read
Looking at the latest release of the OECD economic indicators for China, it appears that the massive jump in economic activity seen since the panicky period of late 2008 is drawing to a close.Chinas leading economic…Read
Ruh-roh. An airport trade is when somebody puts on a trade far bigger than he can afford. He then heads to the airport with a one way ticket to a foreign nation, preferably one without an extradition treaty. If the trade is…Read