July 13th 2018 Market Minute
July 13, 2018
The Russell 2000 (1,708) and NASDAQ Composite (7,825) both hit an all time high again this week. Crude Oil (Sweet) ,$69.59, dropped back below $70 for the first time since June 26th 2018. US Treasury Yields were mostly unchanged from last week. Gold closed at $1,241 per ounce. Gold is well off its 2018 high […]
July 5th 2018 Market Minute
July 5, 2018
Crude Oil, (Sweet), $75.24 hit it’s highest level since November 2014 this week. 30 US Treasury yields (2.93%) dropped to their lowest level since the end of January 2018. The NASDAQ Composite (7,595) is towards the upper end of it’s 2018 high of 7,806 from last month. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (24,352) is about […]
China’s Economic Miracle
June 27, 2018
China over the last 20+ Years has experienced a Financial, Industrial, and Technological Revolution like no other country in history. More people have been lifted out of poverty in a shorter period of time than any other in history. They now have more Millionaire’s then any other country. The size of their economy has surpassed […]
June 22nd 2018 Market Minute
June 22, 2018
The Shanghai Composite (SHGIDX) dropped below 3,000 for the first time since August of 2016. For the year 2018, it is down over -11%, and about -19% from it 2018 high. All Asian Equity Markets are down for the year excluding Australia’s All Ordinaries (XAO) which is up 2.5%. Around the globe Equity Market Indices […]
March 30th 2018 Market Minute
March 30, 2018
First it was interest rates and concerns about inflation, (Late January). Then, third week of March, the markets drop again to those late January lows. This time it’s ‘Trade War’ fears. It continued through the end of March with concerns about ‘social medias’ collection of user data and the manipulation of information to these individuals. […]
February 9th 2018 Market Minute
February 9, 2018
Let’s start with a little January 2018 information on some of the Equity markets around the world. The Australian Equity Market, (All Ordinaries) hit it’s highest level (6254) since 2007/2008 on Monday January 9th 2018. By the close Monday January 22nd it was down -2.16% from this high. The New Zealand Equity Market, (NZX) hit […]