Today, forex trading is highly automated and there are lots of forex trading software on the market. Read on to know how to find the best option. As a trader, taking advantage of a forex trading software that can make autonomous decisions for a specific trade can be very rewarding. When you’ve invested a significant…
If you’ve experienced life as a tenant, then you probably have a negative view about being a landlord. After all, who wants to be dealing with bugs and plumbing problems and chasing up rent payments? However, that is only one unglamorous snapshot of the property business.In fact, investing in real estate can be a lucrative…
To be successful and achieve your goals, putting your business on the market demands a well-planned exit strategy. And much like all forms of retirement planning, starting early as well as defining clear goals can deliver the best results.With that firmly in mind, here is a checklist of what the exit process entails.Recognize the right…
Unexpected expenses can cripple a business. They can also create havoc in your personal life if you are not prepared. The number one cause of small business failure is poor cash flow. When cash flow dries up, a business can’t pay their creditors. Before long, bills are piling up and everything implodes. You can’t always…
More than 1,500 stocks have now reported Q2 earnings, and as shown below, the percentage of them that have beaten consensus EPS estimates is down slightly this quarter versus the last two quarters. Forward guidance numbers have been more positive than negative thus far. The chart below shows the spread between the percentage of companies…
Oil prices are rising. We have a falling U.S. oil rig count and a surprise drop in Saudi oil production, against a backdrop of increasing geopolitical risk. Baker Hughes’ oil rig was countdown two, gas rig count dipped by three. Reuters reported that Saudi Arabia pumped around 10.29 million barrels per day (bpd) of crude…
Overnight Markets and News Sep E-mini S&Ps (ESU18 +0.05%) this morning are up +0.11% at a 1-week high and European stocks are up +0.56%. Strength in energy producers is leading the overall market higher with Sep WTI crude oil (CLU18 +1.23%) up +1.47% after Saudi Arabia said it cut its crude production to 10.3 million…
The consumer has always been a good gauge of the U.S. economy. Similarly, investors can gauge the health of the stock market by looking at consumer stocks. One way to gauge this is to look at the ratio of the Consumer Discretionary Sector ETF(NYSEARCA: XLY) to the Consumer Staples Sector ETF (NYSEARCA: XLP). The former represents growth and a…
The US yield curve, as indicated by the spread between the 10-year and 2-year T-Note yields, made a new 10-year extreme over the past fortnight, meaning that it recently became the ‘flattest’ it has been in more than 10 years. While this may indicate that the boom is nearing its end, it definitely indicates that…
Securitized real estate shares dominated last week’s performance rankings at the extremes for the major asset classes, based on a set of exchange-traded products. US real estate investment trusts (REITs) posted the highest return for the week through August 3 while foreign REITs/real estate suffered the biggest loss. Vanguard Real Estate (VNQ) popped 3.2% last week, the…
