Here we assess whether this is a sustainable form of monetary policy for central banks in some countries at risk of a deflationary depression. A negative interest rate policy happens when a country’s central bank lowers the nominal monetary policy interest rate below Zero. In other words, commercial banks must pay to lodge some of […]
$DIA $SPY $QQQ $RUTX $VXX Money managers overseeing trillions of dollars are putting money into US government debt like never before, in a wave that is gaining strength as the spreading coronavirus casts doubt on the global growth outlook. Evidence of the demand can be found across the fixed-income universe. Pensions, which have been ramping […]
$RACE Ferrari (NYSE:RACE) says it is making financial sacrifices in the negotiations over their future in F1 after Y 2021. The move will assist the smaller teams in the sport to make sure it is economically viable as a venture. Ferrari’s F1 2021 ‘rule model’ pictured above. A budget cap of $175-M is going to […]
$RACE To create the Roma, Ferrari started with the platform used for the Portofino convertible. Engineers strengthened and lightened the architecture and made it modular, so that it will support the company’s range of front-engined vehicles included in CEO Louis Camilleri’s near-term product roadmap of 15 new vehicles over the next 3 years, and 1 of those Supercars will be the Purosangue […]
$RACE Ferrari (NYSE:RACE) believes it will be the 1st F1 team to launch a Y 2020 racecar after committing to reveal date for its newest contender. The iconic Italian team will continue with the same driver line-up of Sebastian Vettel and Charles Leclerc, and is in the final design and homologation stage of its Y 2020 racer. Team […]
$RACE Originally planned for a bow in Y 2020, Ferrari’s FUV, the Purosangue, has been pushed up 2021. He said the FUV would ride on a version of Ferrari’s (NYSE:RACE) front-engined platform, a modular design whose latest iteration underpins the Roma gentleman’s sports car. The platform is capable of fitting V-6, V-8 and V-12 engines, along […]
$RACE Charles Leclerc, 22 anni, has expressed his gratitude to Seb Vettel for helping him to hit the ground running at Ferrari and is keen get it on after signing his new deal Monday. Mr. Leclerc’s reward for an impressive 1st season with The Scuderia was a contract extension until the end of Y 2024. […]
Ferrari (NYSE:RACE) says it is prepared to invest more money in its F1 team, including building a new simulator, as it expects a “significantly more expensive” 2020. The iconic Italian team’s defeat by MercedesAMG in Y 2019 ensured it ended the decade without a championship success in F1, as its title drought stretched to an […]
FLASH: Right Now You Have To Be ‘High’ To Invest in Marajuana Stocks Now, with the 1st round of Democratic Party debates complete, we are seen the Dem Presidential hopefuls discuss everything from gun control, to immigration, to economic policy. But 1 topic that has been absent is US marijuana legalization, and for marijuana stock […]
$DIA, $SPY, $SOX, Investors heavily exposed to US stocks just had their best week YTD. But the rebound has raised several questions related to market behavior, policy and economics. How they are answered will prove consequential not only for market prospects but for the global economy. And, notwithstanding the lack of decisive answers at this stage, […]
Bitcoin Update, why you should buy now before a further spike. Bitcoin had an extreme rise in 2017 as it went from $900 early January 2017 to $19,650 in late December 2017. Turning the lives of early investors around. Many traders predicted Bitcoin to hit $40,000 in late 2017 as it was sitting at $19,650, […]
Bradley Blakeman, once a deputy assistant to former President George W. Bush (43), in an op-ed Sunday suggest “MAGA bonds,” named after President Trump’s “Make America Great Again” campaign slogan to finance the rebuilding of America’s infrastructure. “Bonds are a great investment, and they often provide a patriotic and needed purpose,” Mr. Blakeman wrote. “In […]
$BTC FLASH: President Trump focusing on dark regulation at SEC The Trump Administration issued a memorandum strongly discouraging regulatory dark matter/s. The memo instructs federal agencies to submit all policy-making rules to Congress to be vetted under the Congressional Review Act, even if these rules come in the form of informal guidance. The Trump Memo […]
$HGC1, $CU FLASH: Managed Money Driving Explosion in Copper (CU) Options in Big Bet on Prices A persistent Copper shortage has spurred a 32X explosion in the COMEX options market over the last 2 years as hedge funds and other speculators move to cash in on rising prices. Copper at the close in Chicago Tuesday: […]
$USD, $EUR FLASH: The Fed has pivoted to a Dovish policy, yet that does not appear to have stopped USD. The US Dollar (.DXY) Index, which measures the value of the Buck Vs a basket of 6 peer currencies, just hit a 2month-high, which also happens to be close to a 2-year high. The strength […]
$GBP, $EUR, $GS Queen Elizabeth, 92 anni, has sent a message to Britain’s factious political class over BREXIT, urging lawmakers to seek common ground and grasp the big picture to resolve the crisis. With the clock ticking down to 29 March, the date set in law for Britain to leave the EU, the United Kingdom […]
$DIA, $USD President Trump has hammered the Fed’s policy for being too tied to the notion economic growth causes inflation. Savvy people in America are “very worried” the Fed is working against the pro-growth policies that President Trump put into effect beginning on his 1st day in office just 2 years ago. The Fed is […]
This is All You Need to Know About Bitcoin and Blockchain $BTCUSD, $BLCN Bitcoin and the alternative cryptocurrencies, aka altcoins, are cryptic to say the least. Some people consider bitcoin a currency, others an investment and still others a store of value. Even government agencies cannot agree on what bitcoin really is. The IRS treats it […]
Saudi Wealth Fund to Invest $1-B in Tesla’s Rival Lucid $TSLA Saudi Arabia’s PIF (sovereign wealth fund) signed an agreement to invest more than $1-B in aspiring US electric-car maker Lucid Motors Inc., a private company, months after building a stake in rival Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA). The deal would give Lucid the funding to take it […]
How Close was Saudi Arabia to Buying Tesla? $TSLA With privatization plans now off the table, we investigate how close Saudi’s electric dream was to becoming a reality In what became one of the most intriguing and beguiling business stories of recent years, Saudi Arabia emerged as a leading player in the complex and now defunct […]
Dubai Leads World on Cryptocurrency Development Dubai International Digital Asset Exchange, or DBEX, today announced the completion of a pre-A round of investment from 19 leading global and Chinese investors including Sino-Burmese Fund, Hanfor Capital Management and Shangshan Wealth and Investment. The pre-A round investment is worth hundreds of millions of RMB. It is one […]
Become a ‘Master’ Get Happy and Make Money Let’s get started: If you do not have an an active passion, do not worry, Become really good at something, Generously use your skills to help the right people, then You will succeed. In his book, So Good They Can’t Ignore You, Cal Newport dispels the myth dubbed […]
Singapore is widely regarded as one of the most crypto-friendly countries in the world, largely due to its stable politics, reliable infrastructure, and favorable business environment. Singapore’s Central Bank has experimented with blockchain technology, and announced Project Ubin, a collaborative project with a consortium of banks and technology companies to explore the use of blockchain for payments […]
FX Week Ahead Raffi Boyadjian, XM Investment Research Desk Industrial output and retail sales data will dominate the economic calendar week, and inflation and employment will also be in focus. However, the week looks set to be a less dramatic one from the past seven days with policy meetings by the Bank of England and […]
Safest City in The World: Abu Dhabi Abu Dhabi has been named the safest city in the world by Numbeo, a website that curates and collates data to develop the world’s largest user-contributed database about cities and countries worldwide. With the lowest crime index of just 13.54 in the past six months, and the highest […]
Hong Kong’s NewOcean Energy Holdings Limited said on Monday it planned to build a 5.1 billion ringgit (S$1.624 billion) petroleum refinery complex on Malaysia’s east coast along with two partners. NewOcean will partner Malaysia’s Kuantan Port Consortium Sdn Bhd and Malaysian east coast development body. This (refinery) will further strengthen the throughput’s that will go […]
Investors in search of developing-world risk and reward should be looking over to Asia. India and the “tiger cubs” of Southeast Asia are the most-exciting emerging markets on the planet, when screened by six factors by Nomura (NMR) . As a result, foreign direct investment into those nations will surge from $100 billion a year now to […]
Rio Tinto Group faces a probe by the U.K.’s Serious Fraud Office over its business dealings in Guinea, just months after Australia’s federal police started an investigation into payments relating to the $20 billion Simandou iron ore project in the African nation. The prosecutor said in a statement Monday it was investigating the conduct of the […]
The Wesfarmers Ltd (ASX: WES) share price has edged higher in morning trade. At the time of writing the conglomerate’s shares are up around 0.5% to $40.43. Although Wesfarmers is best known for its wide range of popular retail brands including Coles and Kmart, the conglomerate also has a presence in the resources sector. This morning that side […]
Things are looking up for Malaysia, with more foreign investors cashing in on the country’s improving economy and strengthening currency, market participants told CNBC on Tuesday. Funds are flowing into Malaysia as the economy and local currency, the ringgit, strengthen, market participants said Upcoming elections present risks, but investors should see volatility as an opportunity to […]
12 month volatility is presently 22.877900. The 6 month volatility is 18.725400, and the 3 month is spotted at 20.357200. Following volatility data can help measure how much the stock price has fluctuated over the specified time period. Although past volatility action may help project future stock volatility, it may also be vastly different when […]
The Commonwealth Bank of Australia (ASX: CBA) share price is surging higher following APRA’s announcement on bank capital requirements. Commonwealth Bank of Australia (ASX: CBA) shares are too expensive for me to buy in today. It doesn’t matter if we have $1,000 or $1,000,000 to invest, the key challenge is to buy shares for less than they are worth. […]
Technical Analysis Powershares QQQ (NASDAQ:QQQ) had an increase of 27.4% in short interest. QQQ’s SI was 63.81M shares in July as released by FINRA. Its up 27.4% from 50.08 million shares previously. With 47.45M avg volume, 1 days are for Powershares QQQ (NASDAQ:QQQ)’s short sellers to cover QQQ’s short positions. The ETF decreased 0.04% or […]
Technical Analysis Overall, the bias in prices is: Sideways. Short term: Prices are stalling. Intermediate term: Prices are ranging. The projected upper bound is: 4.32. The projected lower bound is: 4.26. The projected closing price is: 4.29. Candlesticks A white body occurred (because prices closed higher than they opened). During the past 10 bars, there […]
Euro (€) ⇨ US Dollar ($) (EURUSD) “Euro Remains Failed Experiment of Socialism” BRITAIN’S vote to leave the EU has achieved something of which even Remainers will surely be proud: it has appeared to unite the other 27 countries. Briefly, they have been able to forget their own deep troubles and concentrate on trying to […]
FX Trading Week Ahead Global Overview Macron wins the French election but Euro fades. Tensions remain high in North Korea. Dollar mixed despite strong Non-Farm Payrolls report on Friday. EU making a lot of BREXIT Noise. China’s Trade Surplus Beats Forecasts. Crude oil prices still look vulnerable after snapping a 5-day losing streak. Another big […]
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METAMORPHOSIS – Support The Latin American director Inspiring Many. Andres Irias left Honduras to pursue his dream in film making, he has directed short films like “Origin”, “Spellbound”, “Another Day at New York Film Academy” and the upcoming “Luna Rossa”. Honduras is a third world country in which poverty encompasses over 60% of its population and its […]
Asian Market Points to Lower Open on Wall Street Asian stock markets slipped and the dollar held its ground today after the US Federal Reserve’s latest assessment of the U.S. economy reinforced expectations for more interest rate increases later this year. European shares rose after an index of economic activity rose to a six-year high. […]
UAE stock markets were calm on the last day of April with some shares closing slightly up. A number of brokerage companies have opted for clearing the short positions of their clients with the objective of settling their monthly financial statements before referring them to the Securities and Commodities Authority. While a number of leaders […]
British Pound (£) Weakens From Euro-zone Inflation Jump Overall, the bias in prices is: Upwards. Short term: Prices are moving. Intermediate term: Prices are ranging. Note: this chart shows extraordinary price action to the upside. By the way, prices are vulnerable to a correction towards 1.26. The projected upper bound is: 1.32. The projected lower […]
Japanese Yen (¥) Has Broken Higher By Nearly 4% Overall, the bias in prices is: Sideways. Short term: Prices are stalling. Intermediate term: Prices are ranging. The projected upper bound is: 113.13. The projected lower bound is: 109.88. The projected closing price is: 111.50. Candlesticks A white body occurred (because prices closed higher than they […]
Chinese Yuan (CN¥) Weakening Overall, the bias in prices is: Sideways. Short term: Prices are stalling. Intermediate term: Prices are ranging. The projected upper bound is: 6.91. The projected lower bound is: 6.87. The projected closing price is: 6.89. Candlesticks A black body occurred (because prices closed lower than they opened). During the past 10 […]
Thai Baht (THB) Closed Down -0.010 at 34.580 Overall, the bias in prices is: Sideways. Short term: Prices are stalling. Intermediate term: Prices are ranging. The projected upper bound is: 34.83. The projected lower bound is: 34.31. The projected closing price is: 34.57. Candlesticks A white body occurred (because prices closed higher than they opened). […]
Indonesian Rupiah (IDR) Volatility Extremely High Overall, the bias in prices is: Sideways. Short term: Prices are stalling. Intermediate term: Prices are ranging. The projected upper bound is: 13,378.61. The projected lower bound is: 13,275.27. The projected closing price is: 13,326.94. Candlesticks A white body occurred (because prices closed higher than they opened). During the […]
Another Successful Year for Dubai Sovereign Fund Dubal Holding (DH), the investment arm for the Government of Dubai in power, commodities, mining and industrial sectors, held its third annual general meeting at the Dubai Ruler’s Court. DH recorded a net profit of AED1.04 billion during 2016, an increase of around 10 per cent over 2015 […]
Growth is forecast to accelerate in two-thirds of the region’s economies and in all of the subregions except East Asia. The external environment generally supports growth. A projected mild rise in commodity prices will help oil and gas exporters but not at the expense of importers. Average growth in developing Asia slows, upstaging higher projections […]
Developing Asia will need to invest $1.7 trillion per year in infrastructure until 2030 to maintain its growth momentum, tackle poverty, and respond to climate change. This report examines developing Asia’s infrastructure—defined as transport, power, telecommunications, water supply and sanitation. It examines how much the region has been investing in infrastructure and what will likely […]
Euro (€) ⇨ US Dollar ($) Analysis Overall, the bias in prices is: Sideways. Short term: Prices are stalling. Intermediate term: Prices are ranging. The projected upper bound is: 1.09. The projected lower bound is: 1.06. The projected closing price is: 1.07. Candlesticks A black body occurred (because prices closed lower than they opened). During […]
Singapore Dollar (SGD) ⇨ US Dollar ($) Analysis Overall, the bias in prices is: Sideways. Short term: Prices are stalling. Intermediate term: Prices are ranging. The projected upper bound is: 1.41. The projected lower bound is: 1.39. The projected closing price is: 1.40. Candlesticks A white body occurred (because prices closed higher than they opened). […]
Australian Dollar (A$) ⇨ US Dollar ($) Analysis Overall, the bias in prices is: Sideways. Short term: Prices are stalling. Intermediate term: Prices are ranging. The projected upper bound is: 0.76. The projected lower bound is: 0.74. The projected closing price is: 0.75. Candlesticks A big black candle occurred. This is bearish, as prices closed […]
Malaysian Ringgit (MYR) ⇨ US Dollar ($) Analysis Overall, the bias in prices is: Sideways. Short term: Prices are stalling. Intermediate term: Prices are ranging. The projected upper bound is: 4.41. The projected lower bound is: 4.38. The projected closing price is: 4.40. Candlesticks A black body occurred (because prices closed lower than they opened). […]
Indonesian Rupiah (IDR) ⇨ US Dollar ($) Analysis Overall, the bias in prices is: Sideways. Short term: Prices are stalling. Intermediate term: Prices are ranging. By the way, prices are vulnerable to a correction towards 13,329.47. The projected upper bound is: 13,341.58. The projected lower bound is: 13,247.26. The projected closing price is: 13,294.42. Candlesticks […]
Thai Baht (THB) ⇨ US Dollar ($) Analysis Overall, the bias in prices is: Downwards. Short term: Prices are stalling. Intermediate term: Prices are ranging. The projected upper bound is: 34.62. The projected lower bound is: 34.11. The projected closing price is: 34.37. Candlesticks A white body occurred (because prices closed higher than they opened). […]
Chinese Yuan (CN¥) ⇨ US Dollar ($) Analysis Overall, the bias in prices is: Sideways. Short term: Prices are stalling. Intermediate term: Prices are ranging. The projected upper bound is: 6.91. The projected lower bound is: 6.86. The projected closing price is: 6.89. Candlesticks A big white candle occurred. This is generally considered bullish, as […]
Japanese Yen (¥) ⇨ US Dollar ($) Analysis Overall, the bias in prices is: Downwards. Short term: Prices are moving. Intermediate term: Prices are trending. By the way, prices are vulnerable to a correction towards 111.42. The projected upper bound is: 110.59. The projected lower bound is: 107.27. The projected closing price is: 108.93. Candlesticks […]
Euro (€) ⇨ US Dollar ($) Technical Analysis Overall, the bias in prices is: Sideways. Short term: Prices are stalling. Intermediate term: Prices are ranging. The projected upper bound is: 1.09. The projected lower bound is: 1.06. The projected closing price is: 1.07. Candlesticks A big white candle occurred. This is generally considered bullish, as […]
Singapore Dollar (SGD) ⇨ US Dollar ($) Technical Analysis Overall, the bias in prices is: Downwards. Short term: Prices are stalling. Intermediate term: Prices are ranging. The projected upper bound is: 1.41. The projected lower bound is: 1.38. The projected closing price is: 1.40. Candlesticks A black body occurred (because prices closed lower than they […]
Malaysian Ringgit (MYR) ⇨ US Dollar ($) Technical Analysis Overall, the bias in prices is: Sideways. Short term: Prices are stalling. Intermediate term: Prices are ranging. The projected upper bound is: 4.42. The projected lower bound is: 4.39. The projected closing price is: 4.41. Candlesticks A white body occurred (because prices closed higher than they […]
Computer App Lets You Invest Whenever President Trump Mentions a Company $TWTR Want to keep up with President Donald Trump’s Twitter (NYSE:TWTR) feed and how it will sway your investment decisions, but cannot? Hang on, now there’s an app for that. Programmer Max Braun’s app, called Trump2Cash, “watches Trump’s feed and does a sentiment analysis […]
President Donald Trump’s Tax Code Changes a Happy Day for Shareholders $DIA, $SPY, $QQQ, $VXX US President Donald Trump and Congressional Republicans have plans to change the tax code to give businesses greater incentive to invest in the US and to hire more Americans. That could mean a “Happy” payday for shareholders of technology giant […]
The Trump Effect: GM (NYSE:GM) Will Invest $1-B in US Factories $GM General Motors (NYSE:GM) to invest at least $1-B in several of its US factories creating more than 1,000 jobs. The news about the automaker comes less than 2 weeks after President Elect Donald Trump called out GM for making its Chevy Cruze in […]
Pro-Business Trump, Cutting Cost and Creating Jobs in US $BA, $S Tuesday, US President Elect Donald Trump said that the big Japanese telecom company SoftBank Corp. will invest $50-B in the United States, creating 50,000 jobs. “This is Masa of SoftBank from Japan, and he’s agreed to invest $50-B in the United States and 50,000 […]
Mexicans are Ready to Help to Build “Trump’s Wall” A Mexican cement maker is ready to lend its services to US President Elect Donald Trump to build the Wall he wants to erect on the southern border of the United States to curb immigration. “We can’t be choosy,” Enrique Escalante, CEO of Grupo Cementos de […]
Hillary Clinton’s Tax Plan Will Destroy US Jobs Market Hillary Clinton’s proposed tax increases on people with high incomes and on businesses would constrain economic growth, leading to lower wages and about 697,000 fewer jobs, according to a right-leaning policy group’s analysis. The Democratic presidential nominee’s tax plan, which includes proposals to raise taxes on […]
Gold & Silver’s Run Forecasts a Coming Bust in Stock, Bonds, Credit Markets $GLS, $SLV, $UGLD, $GDX, $CEF, $PHYS In the coming years as investors are forced to seek safe-havens expect Gold to rise to record highs as asset bubbles burst in everything from stocks, bonds and credit. The precious Yellow metal is at the beginning […]
Winners Work Hard and Create Their Own Luck It’s clear that most of the biggest winners in the marketplace are both extremely talented and hardworking. A prerequisite of success is a strong refusal to believe in luck. The idea of “making your own luck” is great motivation, while nothing can kill your drive more than […]
Microsoft, Facebook Agree to build High-speed Trans-Atlantic sub-Sea Cable $MSFT, $FB, $GOOGL, $AMZN Thursday, US technology giants Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) and Facebook (NASDAQ:FB) announced they will jointly build a high-speed undersea cable across the Atlantic to give customers fast and reliable access to the 2 companies’ “cloud” and online services as demand grows. The new 6,600-kilometer undersea […]
HEFFX and Investing in Real Estate Our focus in Real Estate has been in the 5 Star hotel sector with investments in the USA and South East Asia. HEFFX has long been a leader in the development of private real estate equity investment strategies. We actively manage separate account and commingled fund portfolios in North […]
Disney Sacks Staff At HK Disneyland, Attendance Tumbles $DIS Hong Kong Disneyland cut jobs after sustaining its first loss in four years amid a slump in mainland visitors to the city. Friday, Hong Kong media reported that The Walt Disney Co.’s (NYSE:DIS) theme park sacked about 100 workers. Hong Kong Disneyland reviews operational needs from […]