Financial Sense

By Patrick O’Hare – When we published our first quarter earnings preview on April 6, the projected earnings growth rate for the first quarter was 17.3%. Today, it sits at 23.2%, according to FactSet, which would be the highest… …read more

By FS Staff – Financial Sense Newshour just spoke with Craig “Bullseye” Johnson from Piper Jaffray to get his outlook on the market. Johnson believes the corrective phase that started in February is likely not over and provided some downside targets for the S&P… …read more From:: Financial Sense

By Urban Carmel By Urban Carmel – Starting around the year 2000, many investors began obsessing over the aging demographic profile in the United States. The concern seemed reasonable. The working age population in Japan had peaked in 1995, 5 years after the Nikkei… …read more From:: Financial Sense

By Urban Carmel By Urban Carmel – The macro data from the past month continues to mostly point to positive growth. On balance, the evidence suggests the imminent onset of a recession is unlikely. The bond market agrees with the macro data. …read more From:: Financial Sense

By Jill Mislinski By Jill Mislinski – The latest issue of the NFIB Small Business Economic Trends came out this morning. The headline number for May came in at 107.8, up 3.0 from the previous month. The index is at the 100th percentile… …read more From:: Financial Sense

By Marc Chandler By Marc Chandler – The escalation of trade tensions between the world’s two largest economies is scaring investors, who are liquidating equities and buying core bonds. The dollar and yen are the strongest of the major… …read more From:: Financial Sense

By Oil Price By Oil Price – The Trump administration is going to extreme lengths to disrupt as much oil from Iran as possible, and the implications for the oil market could be severe. When the Obama administration sought to… …read more From:: Financial Sense

By Adrian Ash By Adrian Ash – Gold prices fell in London trade Tuesday, losing 1.5% from yesterday’s 2-week Dollar high before rallying to $1250 per ounce as US President Donald Trump began a 7-day trip taking in Nato’s HQ… …read more From:: Financial Sense

By Tom McClellan By Tom McClellan – I get asked a lot about the supposed problems with the NYSE’s Advance-Decline data, which some analysts claim is “contaminated” by the inclusion of NYSE-listed issues that are not “real stocks”. …read more From:: Financial Sense

By Kurt Kallaus By Kurt Kallaus – Everyone knows Tech has led the stock market higher since Trump was elected and 2018 has again demonstrated strong tech leadership. The resplendent tech vanguard is dominated by the $3.3… …read more From:: Financial Sense