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…
First, we look into the previous day trade and what happened on August 3, 2018, and the EUR/USD pair opened at 1.15839 and went high at 1.16074 and gone to low at 1.15627 and finally closed at 1.15658. The calculated pivot point for the day is 1.15786. The difference between high and low was 44…
Indian share markets continued to trade in the green during the closing hours of the trading session and ended the day on a positive note. Gains were largely seen in the banking sector and telecom sector. At the closing bell, the BSE Sensex stood higher by 136 points (up 0.4%) and the NSE Nifty closed higher by 26 points (up 0.2%). The BSE Mid…
Last Thursday’s signals were not triggered, as neither of the key levels were reached that day. Today’s BTC/USD Signals Risk 0.75% per trade. Trades may only be entered before 5pm Tokyo time, during the next 24-hour period today. Long Trade Go long after a bullish price action reversal on the H1 time frame following the next…
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…
Legion Partners Asset Management late Thursday disclosed a 5.22% stake in Nutrisystem (NTRI), representing over 1.5M shares. The filing allows for activism. Legion believes the current market price of the shares does not reflect Legion’s intrinsic value. In the firm’s view, one of the key areas that does not appear to be well understood or…
