By David Nelson, CFA Thanksgiving wasn’t enough to attract the bulls as the shortened holiday week saw additional selling setting up a retest of the October lows. There was no single catalyst but the continued selloff in oil was notable as crude touched the lowest levels in more than a year. Economists and portfolio managers […]
Tag Archives: Oil
November
12
Are earning’s estimates starting to rollover?
posted by David Nelson, CFA
By David Nelson, CFA With a few unresolved close calls in some of the key battleground states, Election results came in as expected. The consensus outcome prevailed with Democrats retaking the house and Republicans holding on to the Senate. There are several issues that enjoy bi-partisan support including infrastructure and the lowering of drug prices […]
June
26
Recession Obsession
posted by David Nelson, CFA
By David Nelson, CFA I look at my watch, it’s already noon as I go through my Sunday reads getting ready for the start of trading Monday. Every week seems to have a theme and it looks like the obsession this week, is what the next recession will look like. On Friday, the Bank of […]
June
23
Why falling crude prices may not be as bad as you think – i24 News
posted by David Nelson, CFA
Maybe falling oil prices aren’t such a bad thing after all – David Nelson
May
08
Can The Hammer Save Oil Bulls?
posted by David Nelson, CFA
By David Nelson, CFA Healthcare and the French Elections topped the Wall of Worry list for the last several weeks. As of this writing a Macron win seems all but certain with early exit polls giving him 65% of the vote. Here in the states Healthcare is once again center stage as a partisan Congress […]
April
10
Market Assassins
posted by David Nelson, CFA
By David Nelson, CFA Investor concern has been rising and reflected in the sideways price action over the last several weeks. We’ve rounded up the usual suspects including valuation, politics, military action and the Fed as potential assassins to a bull market now entering its 9th year. Before we break out the cyanide capsules it’s […]
March
13
Reality Bites! – The End of the Trump Rally?
posted by David Nelson, CFA
By David Nelson, CFA U.S. markets struggled last week closing modestly lower after several weeks of gains. Perhaps it was the exhaustion gap higher following the President’s speech or the building reality that there’s a disconnect between investor perception and the actual timeline of administration proposals. The President has said they are committed to a […]
March
09
China Surprise
posted by David Nelson, CFA
David joins i24 News Editor in Chief to discuss the latest surprise out of mainland China along with some key issues driving markets.
October
24
The U.S. Dollar – Public Enemy #1
posted by David Nelson, CFA
By David Nelson, CFA A myriad of factors seem to be colliding forcing some of the world’s top strategists to the sidelines. The approaching election, a confused Fed and stretched valuations weigh on sentiment as the markets here continue to churn forcing investors to bounce from one sector to the next searching for the Holy […]
