Entries by The Trend Letter

Headlines – January 16/18

Dow hits 26,000 for first time. Read story Bitcoin drops as China renews crackdown on cryptocurrencies. Read story North Korea summit begins in Vancouver, without China or Russia. Read story China rating agency downgrades US debt rating over political ‘deficiencies.’ Read story IBM plans blockchain joint venture with shipping company Maersk. Read story How Bitcoin […]

Headlines – January 15/18

US dollar kicks off week with more losses as Pound jumps. Read story Merkel could join Macron in Davos for epic clash with Trump. Read story Ford to invest $11billion in electric vehicles. Read story Canadian home sales rise for fifth straight month. Read story US to ‘carefully’ review GM request on autonomous car: Chao. […]

Headlines – January 12/18

S&P, Dow open higher as bank shares rise. Read story Trump questions taking immigrants from ‘shithole’ countries’. Read story Corporations may dodge billions in US taxes through new loophole. Read story Why blockchain and ‘cashlessness’ are among the biggest trends HSBC sees this year. Read story Breakthrough in German coalition talks. Read story What every […]

Headlines – January 11/18

South Korea plans to ban cryptocurrency trading, rattles market. Read story South Korea’s Finance Minister refuses to support cryptocurrency trading ban. Read story Euro spikes higher as ECB minutes suggest possible hawkish shift toward monetary policy. Read story Ripple and MoneyGram to test XRP currency transfers. Read story This country could trigger ‘the great unwind’, […]

Headlines – January 10/18

China is reportedly thinking of halting purchases of US Treasuries and that’s worrying markets. Read story Cloud companies consider Intel rivals after security flaws found. Read story Kodak’s stock doubles after camera and film pioneer boards blockchain bandwagon. Read story Oil prices hit fresh highs, but worries grow of overheated market. Read story Buffet: ‘I […]

Headlines – January 9/18

Japan’s Nikkei stock index hit 26-year high. Read story Microsoft halts some AMD patches after PCs freeze. Read story Indian banks are choking bitcoin exchanges by blocking payments and withdrawals. Read story Intel CEO comments indicate chip issue may cause bigger slowdown. Read story Signs of euphoria are so high investors are having a ‘tough […]

Headlines – January 8/18

Equity euphoria grips the entire world. Read story Nvidia lands Uber as self-driving partner to kick off CES. Read story China wants an “orderly exit” from Bitcoin mining. Read story Bitcoin drops below $15,000 as South Korea reviews accounts. Read story Oprah Winfrey’s Golden Globe speech. Read story Why you might need your passport even […]

How far can ‘irrational exuberance’ push this market?

Back in December,1996, in a speech titled “The Challenge of Central Banking in a Democratic Society,” then US Federal Reserve chair Alan Greenspan used the term “irrational exuberance” to describe the DOT COM spike in the stock market. The stock market was already in a 15 year bull market, but had really started to spike […]

Headlines – January 5/18

All Macs. iPhones, and iPads affected by chip flaw. Read story Marijuana stocks slammed for second straight day. Read story FBI launches new investigation into Clinton Foundation. Read story Ten cryptocurrency predictions for 2018. Read story Trump book author contradicts president, says he interviewed him. Read story Philip Morris says it’s quitting cigarettes. Read story […]