by JD Lasinger | Aug 17, 2016 | Featured Posts
Carefully worded statements matter, especially when the vice-chairman of the rate setting FOMC – Federal Open Market Committee – is the one releasing the statement. Markets will react immediately, following their hyper-sensitive tendencies. The problem is that...
by JD Lasinger | Aug 16, 2016 | Featured Posts
For the past few years, there has been a very strong correlation between the price of oil and the strength of the Canadian dollar. In the last few weeks, this correlation has been weakening, as oil price fluctuations seem to affect the Loonie more when oil goes down,...
by JD Lasinger | Aug 15, 2016 | Market News
Major Events of Last Week Hopes of a robust US economic rebound during the second half of 2016 were dented last Friday after key data indicators disclosed that American consumer confidence had slumped during July. Retail Sales missed analysts’ expectations last month...
by JD Lasinger | Aug 14, 2016 | Featured Posts
Solar panel maker stocks got hit across the board last week. The downturn in the industry follows lower than expected revenue, and in some cases losses instead of the profits that were previously projected. This follows the bankruptcy of SunEdison Inc. Although many...
by JD Lasinger | Aug 11, 2016 | Featured Posts
Measuring the effects of Brexit has become one of the most popular sports on earth. Every pundit, analyst and investor out there, and every government official that has anything to do with the economic affairs of their respective countries, are scrutinizing every...
