eR Reports

There was a sharp rise in interest rates in the final two days of last week. This moved key yield curve ratios away from Inversion levels and resulted in the Recession Barometer in the USA falling to 8.0x from 9.0x. Canada went on a recession Count-Down as of August 8. [more]

A big merger terminated, an IPO delayed and the first cannabis ETF down almost 60% in share price this past year, has the bloom fallen off the cannabis flower? [more]

As income investors in Canada and the U.S. continue to face the challenge of a low interest rate environment, the equity market dividends continue to lure investment dollars. [more]

The RASI has breached two key technical indicators. The first was going below its down-trend line that started last February. Of even more import, the Index has gone below the critical 500 level that measures positive or negative market expectations. [more]

Most of the yield curve ratio combinations that we follow weakened this past week. However, the most important metric, the 10-year/2-year ratio, actually widened. We will continue to monitor closely U.S. interest rate developments and yield spreads. [more]

Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) reported Q3/2019 global sales of 97,000 electric vehicles, which missed Factset’s estimate target of 99,000, with a 1.8% sales growth quarter-over-quarter compared with a 51% growth in Q2/2019. [more]

Kuuhubb, a Finnish mobile games company with a niche focus in developing or acquiring female-focused apps, recently announced expansion of its mobile games portfolio to include Match-3 and Casual Match-3 Esports platforms. [more]

Since the August low, the RASI Index showed good momentum, but it has now stalled, “rolled over”, and is heading lower. The DJIA shows the same trend. A new market catalyst is required to get both Indexes moving higher again. [more]