Year: 2019

With significant bullish undertones, the RASI has climbed back above two critical resistance levels. In this past week, the Index rose above both the extended down-trend line and the benchmark 500 level. If the Index can maintain itself above these levels, then its next test is at 800. [more]

Netflix beat analyst earnings expectations for Q3/2019, but weak guidance, increased competition, and continued losses in operating cash flows has continued its stock price’s decline. [more]

Canadian interest rates rose sharply last week while U.S. rates stayed fairly constant. Spreads in both countries widened, moving away from Inversion. This lessens the possibility of an Economic Recession occurring in the USA. Canada is already on Recession Watch. [more]

Only one week after PayPal announced cutting ties from Libra, several other partners from the 27 companies in the Libra Association including Ebay, Visa, Marcado Pago, Mastercard, and Stripe announced this week that they would also stop supporting Facebook’s Libra project. [more]

Quarterly results from the four largest U.S. banks (JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America, Citigroup, and Wells Fargo) showed better than expected results as American consumers continued to support the economy. [more]

The net worth of U.S. households continues to increase while, at the same time, households’ leverage continues to decline. What this means is that U.S. households’ asset values are rising at the same time that risk aversion continues strong. This is a relatively healthy situation. [more]

The RASI has shown some strength in the last few days. It has stopped its downward trend, at least for now, and is set to try and rally above two critical resistance levels given by the current down-trend line at about 490 and the critical 500 level that measures positive or negative market expectations. [more]

Piper Jaffray conducted its 38th biannual survey of U.S. teens – overall spending decreased by 4% with YouTube, Nike, and Amazon popular among this demographic. [more]