Vegans Vs Omnivores

by TechGuy Vegan’s don’t stastically live longer than omnivores. Most of the differences attributed to vegan’s living longer are attributed to better lifestyles: Don’t smoke, drink much less, not obese, etc. http://theconversation.com/do-vegetarians-live-longer-probably-but-not-b… “We followed a total of 267,180 men and women over …

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ALERT: Leading indicators breaking support

by Kimble Charting CLICK ON CHART TO ENLARGE Over the last 30-months, Lumber and Homebuilders have been much stronger than the S&P 500. Both were upside leaders as Homebuilders gained 50% more than the S&P and Lumber doubled S&P gains since 1/1/16 Not only did they outperform …

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Apple Option Play: Oct 19 ’18 160 Put

by stockboardasset After Apple delivered strong earnings, the stock advanced +9 percent to the 208-handle. I made the move to acquire heavily discounted AAPL October 19 ’18 Puts with a cost basis of .33. The chart below shows resistance at 207.79 (2.618-extension …

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Real Average Hourly Earnings Are Negative

via confoundedinterest17 The monthly jobs report for July is out and it shows that total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 157,000 in July, and the unemployment rate edged down to 3.9 percent. Employment increased in professional and business services, in manufacturing, and …

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Trade, Employment, ISM, Japan swf

by WARREN MOSLER Larger than expected which also means q2 GDP will be revised down some: Highlights The nation’s trade deficit proved a little deeper than expected in June,, at $46.3 billion vs Econoday’s consensus for $45.6 billion. After a …

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Tracking The Hottest Market Trends

by Dana Lyons These are the most impactful trendlines to monitor among the major asset classes. Every week on Twitter (in a feature we creatively call #TrendlineWednesday), we post some of the more intriguing and relevant trendlines that are in play …

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