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Another bearish slant on the recent U.S equity strength

Another bearish slant on the recent U.S equity strength

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By John Murphy The daily MACD for QQQ, SPY and DIA have turned positive. Weekly MACD lines, however, are still negative. That’s not unusual since weekly lines are slower to turn. Weekly lines, however, measure the stock market’s longer trend. A strong stock market rally requires the weekly lines to turn positive as well. Chart…

S&P & DOLLARYEN CORRELATION BREAKS – WHICH WILL REVERT?

S&P & DOLLARYEN CORRELATION BREAKS – WHICH WILL REVERT?

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The chart below is somewhat interesting to us. Since the beginning of the year the S&P 500 and the dollaryen FX pair have been moving largely in lockstep but in the last several days, this has broken with S&P embarking on yet another of its periodic melt ups on no real volume while the yen…

Guest Post – Why I Recently Turned Bullish on Gold Mining Stocks

Guest Post – Why I Recently Turned Bullish on Gold Mining Stocks

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  A friend of mine asked me the other day about the best way to build a long-term investment strategy. This is a great question, but it’s also one of the most difficult ones to answer.  Obviously, different people have various goals and objectives, especially when it comes to risks. For me, the way I…

Zak Mir on beaten up FTSE stocks…

Zak Mir on beaten up FTSE stocks…

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CLICK THE VIDEO IMAGE ABOVE TO VIEW Beaten Up FTSE 100 Stocks: While we may be presently be enjoying the FTSE 100 in recovery mode after the rebound from lows around 6,400 to start February, there are some stocks which have not enjoyed the bounce. Rolls Royce, Tate & Lyle and Centrica are all from…

Is Now the Perfect Time to Get Back into Oil Stocks?

Is Now the Perfect Time to Get Back into Oil Stocks?

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  The price of light crude oil recently broke through the $100.00-per-barrel mark for the first time this year. Oil prices had been on the decline since early September 2013 when they touched a high of $110.00 per barrel. By early January, oil prices had dropped more than 17%, hovering around $92.00 per barrel.  Thanks…