by JD Lasinger | Aug 25, 2016 | Featured Posts
Despite fears about the wider fallout of Brexit, it seems that Continental Europe is not suffering from any economic slowdown caused by the vote in the UK. Quite on the contrary, private sector growth continued this month, and it even delivered a pleasant surprise in...
by JD Lasinger | Aug 24, 2016 | Featured Posts
From bears to bulls to bears again, it seems like oil’s wild ride has found an interesting pivot point on which it see-saws from one week to the next. Over the past 2 weeks, oil prices recovered and touched the $50 USD per barrel psychological barrier. At this point,...
by JD Lasinger | Aug 18, 2016 | Featured Posts
One of the most marvelous economic stories of the last 2 decades seems to be running into murky waters. Experts are increasingly pointing to the excess of credit in China, and decreasing economic growth as the driving forces behind the next global financial meltdown....
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 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...
