Dollar Downtrend
Near term, the dollar index is in a steep down trend that began at the turn of the year. Longer term however, the broader trend in the market remains a bullish one for now.
The Oil Market: Then and Now
The Oil Market: Now and Then We have included in today’s report a chart that was featured in a Forbes article yesterday regarding the two main influences on the oil market right now: rising US output and OPEC/NOPEC production cuts. At first look, the chart suggests that using hindsight as a gauge, US production lags […]
Crude Oil Breakout
WTI crude oil futures broke out of a multi-week trading range yesterday and closed just shy of a new 2017 high as a sellers-strike continues ahead of data releases that could confirm (or discredit) proposed global output cuts.
Stock Market Update: January 26, 2017
Here is a “Stock Market Update” from The Sevens Report: Stocks finally moved Tuesday, as the S&P 500 staged a modest rally following good economic data and well received (but not really positive) political headlines. The S&P 500 rose 0.66%. Stocks were flat to start Wednesday trade thanks to generally “ok” economic data from Europe […]
S&P Chart: Strikes New All-Time High
S&P Chart: “A new high” is the oldest confirmation signal of a bull market in technical analysis and the S&P reached a new all-time high yesterday leaving the path of least resistance higher still from here.
10 Year Treasury: January 23, 2017
10 Year Treasury: The greenback ended a volatile week little changed as the Dollar Index dropped more than 1% last Tuesday after now-President Trump called it “too strong.” Then a hawkish tone from Yellen on Wednesday, and dovish comments from ECB President Draghi Thursday, helped reverse that initial decline. The Dollar Index ended the week […]
What Yesterday’s Rate Cut Means for Markets
/in Investing, Reports/by Tom EssayeWhat’s in Today’s Report: What Yesterday’s Rate Cut Means for Markets.