Retail sales in France, Italy, and the Eurozone as a whole hit the skids according to Markit. Retail sales in Germany were positive, but barely. Steepest Decline in French History Further sharp fall in French retail sales during May Key points: Month-on-month decline in sales matches April’s surv...

“PIIGS” we are informed in the current Wikipedia entry “is a pejorative acronym used to refer to the economies of Portugal, Italy, Greece and Spain. Since 2008, the term has included Ireland, either in place of Italy or with an additional I.” With apologies, I am joining the ...

Today we are issuing a new currency special opportunity flash alert for two popular and commonly traded currency pairs. From the daily video updates we have become well aware of the unique convergence of highly reliable technical indicators have been developing in these specific 2 currency pairs ove...

Every year for the past three years there have been recurring calls for a housing bottom and recovery. The importance of an eventual recovery in housing should not be dismissed as it is a critical component of an economic recovery due to the large multiplier effect of each dollar spent. The recovery...

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Markit Reports Eurozone PMI Suffers Worst Downturn Since Mid-2009 Flash Eurozone PMI Composite Output Index at 45.9 (46.7 in April). 35-month low. Flash Eurozone Services PMI Activity Index at 46.5 (46.9 in April). 7-month low. Flash Eurozone Manufacturing PMI at 45.0 (45.9 in April). 35-month low....

The $OEXA200R (the percentage of S&P 100 stocks above their 200 DMA) is a technical indicator available on StockCharts.com that can be used to forecast conservative entry and exit points for the stock market. The OEXA is used to find the “sweet spot” time period in the market when yo...

With Japan’s public debt about to hit 240% of GDP, Fitch Downgrades Japan’s Sovereign Rating. The ratings agency Fitch on Tuesday lowered its assessment of Japan’s sovereign credit to A+, an investment grade just above the likes of Spain and Italy, and criticized Tokyo for not doing mo...

With a number of key markets and financial instruments  turning intermediate bearish in our trend signal analytics model over recent days we are taking now this opportunity to start adding some sensible Exchange Traded Funds (ETF’s) to our beta 1.0 and beta 2.0 portfolios. As a reminder, in f...

Over recent weeks a unique convergence of highly reliable technical indicators have arisen in a specific currency market. The specific opportunity in our view represents a major new currency trending opportunity, which based on historical analysis suggests at least a multi-year directional trending ...

The Weekly Leading Index (WLI) of the Economic Cycle Research Institute (ECRI) dropped to 123.1 from a slight downward revision of 124.4 (see the fifth chart below). The WLI growth indicator also slipped, now at 0.1 as reported in Friday’s public release of the data through May 18, down from t...

As promised in the recent flash alert video Flash Alert: 78 New Sell Signals On Friday! here is the complete list of indexes, sectors and individual stocks by sector that have triggered NEW intermediate term bearish trends signals (determined by proprietary trend signal analytics model).  A reminde...

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Defaults and Deferrals on Commodity Contracts:- The Financial Times reports China buyers defer raw material cargos Chinese consumers of thermal coal and iron ore are asking traders to defer cargos and – in some cases – defaulting on their contracts, in the clearest sign yet of the impact of the ...

The fortunes of Europe’s beleaguered euro currency have been heavily influencing US markets.  Both stocks and commodities have been battered down recently by overwhelming euro bearishness.  This has proven seriously vexing for traders trying to focus on fundamentals.  But the extreme euro pessi...

The University of Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index Final number for May came in at 79.3, which is the highest reading since October 2007, two months before the NBER’s date for the onset of the last recession. Today’s number was above the Briefing.com‘s consensus forecast of 77.5....