China car sales, Euro sector balances
by WARREN MOSLER China Total Vehicle Sales Vehicle sales in China tumbled 15.8 percent from a year earlier to 2.37 million in January 2019, following a 13 percent drop in … Read more
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Chris Vermeulen: Pay Attention To The Russell 2000 And The Financial Sector
by Chris Vermeulen of The Technical Traders For those that still believe the US markets are weak and poised for a total collapse, we want to bring something to your attention. Throughout weeks … Read more
How Every Asset Class, Currency, and Sector Performed in 2018
via visualcapitalist: We’re only a few days into 2019, but it appears markets have picked up exactly where they left off. There is growing uncertainty and volatility almost everywhere, and individual … Read more
Warren Bravo – Canada’s Booming Cannabis Sector
from Financial Survival Network Warren Bravo is extremely bullish on the Cannabis sector and is especially upbeat on his company’s proprietary aquaponic growing method. Using indoor fish tanks with nutrients fed directly … Read more
Trade, Factory orders, Vehicle sales, UK service sector, German PMI
by WARREN MOSLER Deficit growing despite tariffs. Could be J curve effect: Highlights A slight 0.1 percent decline in exports and a slight 0.2 percent gain in imports made for … Read more
Consumer Discretionary Sector Shows Enormity of the Beat-Down
by Tom McClellan Investors’ appetites for risk taking can be measured with the comparison of the Consumer Discretionary sector versus Consumer Staples. The big shift in their behavior recently shows … Read more
“A cyclical downturn in construction sector growth is underway”
via Jill Mislinski A cyclical downturn in construction sector growth is underway, and set to intensify. We know this from monitoring leading indexes specific to major sectors of the economy, whose distinct cyclical … Read more
Is It Time To Buy The Home Building Sector (XHB)
by Michael Lebowitz Throughout modern financial history, the ability to borrow at a 5% rate on a 30-year mortgage was considered a great deal. Over the past ten years, mortgage … Read more
China: Service sector growth slowed sharply in October, Luxury sales slowdown reflects waning Chinese buying power, Investors are bracing for more debt defaults….
Service sector growth slowed sharply in October, confirming the US trade war is hitting the Chinese economy hard, and sooner than most expected The Chinese service sector continued to grow … Read more
China stocks plunge amid heavy selling in the energy sector and growing worries about the economy
Chinese stocks fell sharply on Thursday as heavy selling in the energy sector and worries about the levels of borrowing in the stock market added to broader concerns over growth … Read more
Is The Technology Sector Ready For A Rebound?
by Chris Vermeulen of The Technical Traders There has been quite a bit of chatter about the FANG stocks recently. In fact, the entire Technology Sector has taken a beating over the past … Read more
Sector breakdown of S&P 500 market cap
by gorillaz0e Graph of this issue: pbs.twimg.com/media/Do2RFrvXsAAdrVM.jpg Since 12/31/2006, the weighting of the financial sector has decreased considerably. The global financial crisis of 2008 dropped the weight of the sector temporarily … Read more
China factory sector hurt in September as trade frictions bite
via Kevin Yao, Lusha Zhang Growth in China’s manufacturing sector sputtered in September as both external and domestic demand weakened, two surveys showed on Sunday, raising the pressure on policymakers as U.S. … Read more
On Monday the SP500 is creating a new Communications sector which may affect ETFs.
www.cnbc.com/2018/09/21/on-monday-google-facebook-and-netflix-will-make-a-big-market-move.html Market-leading companies including Alphabet, Facebook and Netflix are changing S&P 500 sectors on Monday. The New S&P Communications sector that replaces the telecom index will include these big technology … Read more
The Tech Sector Is About to See a Major Reshuffling
by FS In addition to the next anticipated fed rate hike, there’s a lesser-known factor set to take effect later this year that may impact markets, and may even cause … Read more
The Best Sector to Hedge Against a Strong Dollar
BY ROBERT ROSS The surging US dollar is rocking world markets. If your portfolio hasn’t looked good over the last couple of weeks, you can thank the US dollar for that. … Read more