17 January, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Gundlach: The Biggest Risk to the Current Rally Is Donald Trump
Gundlach: The Biggest Risk to the Current Rally Is Donald Trump
With the S&P 500 trading at all-time highs, NYSE Short Interest down 20% over the past 12 months and what can only be described as a highly optimistic view of Donald Trump’s presidency, one does wonder if the markets are in their…
17 January, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Gold Price Up Through ‘Key’ $1207 Level as ‘Brexit Means UK Out of Single Market’
Gold Price Up Through ‘Key’ $1207 Level as ‘Brexit Means UK Out of Single Market’
Gold prices hit new 8-week highs at $1218 per ounce on Tuesday as world stock markets fell for the second day but the British Pound surged as UK prime minister Theresa May said Britain “cannot possibly” stay within the European…
17 January, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Oil Prices Boosted By Struggling US Dollar
Oil Prices Boosted By Struggling US Dollar
With the US dollar being dealt a most solid dose of the whoop-bang-wallops (WBWs), crude prices cannot help but be propelled higher today. The great British pound on track for its best day since 2008, as the promise of a parliamentary…
17 January, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Trump’s Comments Send the Dollar Reeling
Trump’s Comments Send the Dollar Reeling
The US dollar is broadly lower against major and emerging market currencies. It has given up yesterday’s gains and more. The proximate cause appears to be comments by President-elect Trump in a Wall Street Journal interview. There are two parts of Trump’s comments…
17 January, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Trump and the Four Levers of Government Policy
Trump and the Four Levers of Government Policy
As Don Rissmiller of Strategas Research Partners succinctly points out, “There are four types of government policy that can be used to steer the economy: 1) monetary policy, 2) fiscal policy, 3) regulatory policy, and 4) trade policy.”
17 January, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Runaway Credit Card Debt Makes 2017 Look Like 2007
Runaway Credit Card Debt Makes 2017 Look Like 2007
As we prepare to close the book on another $100+ billion holiday shopping season and our seventh consecutive year of economic growth, it’s worth taking stock of where the U.S. consumer currently stands as well as what 2017 likely…
17 January, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Bond Report: Treasury yields drop as Trump criticizes Republican border-tax plan
Bond Report: Treasury yields drop as Trump criticizes Republican border-tax plan
Treasury prices rose on Tuesday, driving yields lower, after President-elect Donald Trump dismissed a house Republican tax plan as “too complicated.”
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