While most of our focus will be directed to markets in North America, much of the conditions that are conducive to market strength (or weakness) will have effects on the markets of other nations as well, especially since the complex grid of taxes, interest rates, trade restrictions, demographics and political variables are all interconnected like … Continue reading What’s Happening Worldwide?
Day: February 10, 2017
HCA
As we've made note of in a previous posting, healthcare issues have lagged many other sectors during the recent advance. When an issue in an unfavored group exhibits interesting technical signs, we should pay attention. The chart of HCA shown below gives off a number of clues that a trend change is about to happen. … Continue reading HCA
Euro…Hero Or Zero?
No discussion about markets can take place without consideration to the basic underlying measure of currency. In this case, we examine the US dollar's intrinsic counterpart, the Euro. We could have just as easily looked at the US dollar but we'd have to measure it against another currency or basket of currencies as is the case … Continue reading Euro…Hero Or Zero?