A top down analysis approach to fundamental investing starts with the highest level of macro economic data and works its way down to a specific company by filtering each layer of financial information to find the best place to invest capital. The top down analysis will start with the current global economy, then drill down […]
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The Commitments of Traders or COT report is a weekly report created by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) quantifying holdings in the U.S. futures and options contracts by different market participants. It is put together by the CFTC from traders disclosures of market positions and covers the futures on grains, cattle, financials, metals, energy,
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This is a Guest Post by Troy Bombardia of BullMarkets.co. Market outlook: is the stock market climbing a wall of worries? The stock market has rallied significantly over the past 6 months. Yet every single day we are bombarded with more things to “worry about”. Macro worries, trade worries, yield curve worries, etc. While there
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This is a Guest Post by Troy Bombardia of BullMarkets.co. Everything rallied this week. Stocks, gold, bonds, oil. It’s hard to imagine that just 3 weeks ago everyone was concerned about the trade war and the stock market was down more than -6%. Traders are still concerned, which is reflected in sentiment data. These sort
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This is a Guest Post by Troy Bombardia of BullMarkets.co. The economy’s fundamentals determine the stock market’s medium-long term outlook. Technicals determine the stock market’s short-medium term outlook. Here’s why: The stock market’s long term risk:reward is no longer bullish. The medium term direction (e.g. next 6-9 months) is mostly mixed, although there is a
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This is a Guest Post by Troy Bombardia of BullMarkets.co After a solid start to the week, the S&P 500 once again sits at the bottom end of this correction. Source: Investing.com The economy’s fundamentals determine the stock market’s medium-long term outlook. Technicals determine the stock market’s short-medium term outlook. Here’s why: The stock market’s
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