The DOL reported: In the week ending May 14, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 218,000, an…
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Hey trader. Tim here. The reason why most traders are losing money in this market isn’t that they can’t find…
Continue ReadingThursday: Unemployment Claims, Philly Fed Mfg, Existing Home Sales
Thursday:• At 8:30 AM ET, the initial weekly unemployment claims report will be released. The consensus is for 210 thousand…
Continue ReadingHow Junk Bonds Saved Us from Loading Up on Equities
The Rally failed to carry the major indices past key resistance levels. This can be seen in the above chart…
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On this week’s edition of Trading Simplified, Dave revisits his discussion on how simplified technical analysis boils down to performance: you…
Continue ReadingAIA: “Architecture Billings Index moderates slightly, remains strong” in April
Note: This index is a leading indicator primarily for new Commercial Real Estate (CRE) investment. From the AIA: Architecture Billings…
Continue ReadingWhen Does a Breakdown in Market Correlations Mean Something?
What if something that most traders and investors accept as fact, actually was not true? The vast majority of people…
Continue ReadingWhy Everyone’s Bearish
Are things really that bad? Looking at some of the sentiment data, you would think the unemployment is 10% and…
Continue ReadingApril Housing Starts: All-Time Record Housing Units Under Construction
Today, in the CalculatedRisk Real Estate Newsletter: April Housing Starts: All-Time Record Housing Units Under Construction Excerpt: The fourth graph…
Continue ReadingHousing Starts Decreased to 1.724 million Annual Rate in April
From the Census Bureau: Permits, Starts and Completions Housing Starts:Privately‐owned housing starts in April were at a seasonally adjusted annual…
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