With yesterday’s report showing how steeply prices fell last month, I wanted to revisit the issue of inflation’s impact on stock prices. Let me add the important caveat that correlation doesn’t necessarily mean causation. The short answer is that inflation is bad for stocks. In fact, the only thing worse is deflation. What the market likes is inflation that's nice, steady, pre...
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The FOMC minutes were just released from its recent 10/28 - 10/29 meeting. Here are the highlights: The information reviewed at the October meeting indicated that economic conditions deteriorated in recent months. The labor market weakened further in September as private payrolls fell at a faster pace than earlier in the year and the unemployment rate remained above six percent. Industrial prod...
Oil prices fell below $53 to almost a two-year low Thursday in Asia as investors, egged on by plummeting stock markets, priced ...
German October PPI 0.0% m/m, 7.8% y/y, down from 8.3% y/y in September. This was much higher than expectations for a decline in the annual rate to 7.1%...
The German producer price index slipped to 7.8% from 8.3%, which crossed the wires slightly stronger than the 7.3% estimate projected by economists. The...
Falling oil prices paired with increased demands for the U.S. dollar continues to favor a bullish outlook for the USDCAD, and we may see the pair work...
Q: Are casino stocks cheap or expensive at current prices?
Latin American Markets: Benchmarks fall 2% as resources, recession worries take hold
Wed, Nov 19, 11:57 PM ET
Major Latin American stock markets each dropped 2% Wednesday, strained by a slump in prices for natural resources and by gloomy expectations from U.S. central bankers that the world’s largest economy may languish in recession for at least a year.
Weak data was no incentive for buyers to follow through on yesterday's late day bounce so we stalled at the 38% retracement and prices reversed (nothing new) and retested range lows. The FOMC minutes reminded us how bad things really are and provided sellers the edge into the last hour.High level of short expiration put buying ahead of OPEX Friday.The VIX still feels like a bear flag despite th...
The United States economy remains in a state of uncertainty and this apathy is reflected in the actions of investors and their stocks and exchange traded funds (ETFs). The state of the nation’s Big Three automakers has turned more economic data negative, while investors are wary to spend money anywhere as consumer prices and new home construction are frozen. A severe correction amid the h...