ONE-TWENTY TWO: Trading Financial Markets
Exploring the poetry in financial markets for students of money and economy since the year 2000.
Last month, as the British pound hovered around the converging support of the 50-day moving average (DMA) and the 200DMA, I noted that the currency “awaited a catalyst” before starting a new trend versus the U.S. dollar. At the time, I suggested that catalyst depended more on dollar-related forces. Sure enough, the dollar index followed … Read more
Lender Processing Services (LPS) provides “…mortgage processing services, settlement services, mortgage performance analytics and default solutions.” The company claims that “a majority of the 50 largest U.S. banks” use its services. This business has put LPS right at the epicenter of “foreclosuregate.” On September 30, immediately before the foreclosure scandal engulfed LPS, the stock experienced … Read more
Evergreen Solar (ESLR) is picking up where it left off. ESLR ended September with a 20%, 2-day gain, and for October, the stock is already up another 50%. In just two weeks, ESLR has rolled back over four months of losses. *Chart created using TeleChart: ESLR is currently showing off its “Made in the U.S.A.” … Read more
This emerging market carry trade is going to cause serious problems – Moneylife: Personal Finance Magazine According to The Institute of International Finance, the capital flows to emerging markets have risen to $825 billion as a result of the ultra-low monetary policy in rich countries. With meagre yields in their own countries, great herds of … Read more
Now that the bearish/selling signal for gold (and silver) seems ready to pass without incident, I thought I would take another look at a sentiment analysis on gold. Since little has changed in the three months since I concluded that skepticism towards gold remained high, I am taking a slightly different spin this time around. … Read more