26 August, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on WTF White House Statement Of The Day: Syria Airstrikes Edition
WTF White House Statement Of The Day: Syria Airstrikes Edition
When President Obama bragged earlier that “The United States is and will remain the one indispensable nation in the world…” adding that “no other nation can do what we do,” we should have guessed some more war-mongering was coming… and sure enough. As AP reports, it appears Syrian airstrikes are on their way..
26 August, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Marsh on Monday: Germany must soften hard line as France falls apart
Marsh on Monday: Germany must soften hard line as France falls apart
As the French government splits apart over the direction of economic policy, Germany will have to soften its hard line against pro-growth spending, writes David Marsh.
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26 August, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on 7 Things Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc.’s Management Wants You to Know
7 Things Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc.’s Management Wants You to Know
26 August, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Volume Drying Up On DJIA
Volume Drying Up On DJIA
Dollar-Weighted Volume (DWV) is a short-term indicator. Generally the DWV and the price index run pretty close together, with tops confirming tops and bottoms confirming bottoms. What we look for are positive/negative divergences and for instances where volume doesn’t confirm price, meaning that volume either leads or lags price. When this happens, look for a change in the short-term price trend. Right now we are seeing a divergence between DWV and price on the Dow Jones Industrials. Currently price is moving up faster than volume.
26 August, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Forget Geopolitical De-Escalation – Here’s The Real Reason Why Oil Is Tumbling
Forget Geopolitical De-Escalation – Here’s The Real Reason Why Oil Is Tumbling
As with every other asset-class in the world now, fundamentals have taken a very distant back-seat to both liquidity (flow) and positioning (technicals) as traders are increasingly (in one way or another) on the same side of the same trade. Mainstream media will proclaim US energy “independence”, US sanctions ‘winning’ over Putin, or US airstrikes ‘calming’ down Middle East uncertainty; but the real reason oil is plunging is… the biggest mass liquidation of speculative longs in recorded 30 year history over the last few weeks…
26 August, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on The Retail Trader Lockout – Today’s ‘Market’ "Issues" Were Worse Than The Flash Crash
The Retail Trader Lockout – Today’s ‘Market’ "Issues" Were Worse Than The Flash Crash
For 39 minutes today, as we noted earlier, the US stock “market” broke. As Nanex details, a total of 1,384 symbols were affected as 100s of stocks trade with crossed NBBOs, practically eliminating any chance for retail traders to transact. Options market were frantic, volatility swung around like a Ukrainian border-patrol agent, and yet the US equity indices limped ever higher.
26 August, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Three Metals Heat Up With New PMO BUY Signals
Three Metals Heat Up With New PMO BUY Signals
Looking at today’s DecisionPoint ETF Tracker, I noticed three new PMO BUY signals on Copper (JJC), Steel (SLX) and Palladium (PALL). Gold (GLD) and Silver (SLV) are still suffering and haven’t joined the party. Below is a cross-section of the DP ETF Tracker report where I found today’s PMO BUY signals. You’ll find it in the fourth spreadsheet of the report. The columns of the report tell us the signal, how many days it has been in effect, the profit/loss of the signal and the days the PMO has been rising, “R” or falling, “F”.