Canadian Dollar Extends Weakness As the Bank of Canada Sounds Fresh Alarms

(This is an excerpt from an article I originally published on Seeking Alpha on December 3, 2013. Click here to read the entire piece.) {snip} Source: FreeStockCharts.com The Bank of Canada was consistent with the change of tone from late October’s downgrade of the Canadian economy. In particular, inflation retreated further away from target: {snip} … Read more

Australian Dollar Left Hanging for the Year, But What About Foreign Debt?

(This is an excerpt from an article I originally published on Seeking Alpha on December 3, 2013. Click here to read the entire piece.) {snip} Source: FreeStockCharts.com After Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) Governor Glenn Stevens reminded the market that currency intervention remains in the toolkit for currency devaluation, I half-expected some semantic fireworks in … Read more

Using Machine Learning To Tease Out A Dynamic Pricing Algorithm

{Time for something different again! This piece is a follow-up and is originally posted on my Thought Blog with Ahan Analytics, LLC: http://ahan-analytics.drduru.com/thoughtblog/2013/12/07/machine-learning-dynamic-pricing/} On November 29, 2013, I wrote a piece titled “Not Worth the Cost: A 17-Month Case Study of Congestion Pricing in the SF Bay Area.” In that piece, I presented data I … Read more

A Potentially Low Risk Pairs Trade Opportunity on the S&P 500

(This is an excerpt from an article I originally published on Seeking Alpha on December 1, 2013. Click here to read the entire piece.) I recently read a Seeking Alpha article titled “Today’s Stock Rally Is Full Of It” by contributor Eric Parnell. It first caught my eye because it included two relatively new ETFs … Read more

British Pound Breaks Out As GDP Further Confirms Momentum of UK Recovery

(This is an excerpt from an article I originally published on Seeking Alpha on November 26, 2013. Click here to read the entire piece.) Third quarter GDP for the United Kingdom grew 1.5% year-over-year and 0.8% quarter-over-quarter. These numbers met economist “expectations,” yet the British pound soared in response anyway. This rally is important as … Read more