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Today's Video Update: Forget Stocks, the Name of the Game is the Value of Money

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Hello traders everywhere! Adam Hewison here, President of INO.com and Co-creator of MarketClub, with your mid-day market update for Monday, the 13th of May.

The Aussie Dollar Crashes
Today we are going to take a look at the Aussie dollar to understand why it closed last Friday at its lowest levels since June 2012. This market clearly is on the defensive as Australia re-tools its economy with a lower priced currency. By lowering its currency, Australia hopes, like Japan, to jump start its economy. A less expensive Aussie dollar should help make Australian exports more competitive and more attractive, particularly to China, which is its main trading partner.

This particular trade could be one of the best trades of 2013. If you haven't seen last week's Aussie Dollar video, you can watch it here.

The Trend Continues In The Yen
The US dollar moved to its best levels in five years against the Japanese Yen, as the Yen reached 102 early this morning in overseas trading. The Japanese Yen has been on the defensive against the US Dollar since last October, when our Monthly Trade Triangle kicked in and the Dollar began to accelerate its gains against the Yen. I believe that this market, which is very overbought, is getting close to a target zone around the 103.00 level. I would now expect the 100.00 level to act as a floor for the US dollar. Continue reading "Today's Video Update: Forget Stocks, the Name of the Game is the Value of Money" →

Today's Video Update: Is The Market Running Out Of Gas?

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Hello traders everywhere! Adam Hewison here, President of INO.com and Co-creator of MarketClub, with your mid-day market update for Friday, the 10th of May.

Running Out Of Gas Or Is Complacency Setting In?
The market has two enemies, gravity and complacency. It would appear as though complacency in this market is becoming more and more of the norm, which is a definite danger and warning sign. The type of complacent attitude we are seeing tends to give birth to the market's second enemy, gravity. Earlier this week, we produced a short video explaining how a simple technical formation known as a "parallel channel" may be indicating that we are close to an interim top for this market. Continue reading "Today's Video Update: Is The Market Running Out Of Gas?" →

Today's Video Update: What's Going To Kill This Bull Market?

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Hello traders everywhere! Adam Hewison here, President of INO.com and Co-creator of MarketClub, with your mid-day market update for Wednesday, the 1st of May.

Fed Reports at 2pm ET
Today at 2pm, the Fed will announce its intentions with its bond buying program. I am expecting the Fed's decision will remain pretty much unchanged.

What's Going To Kill This Bull Market?
I would not expect to see any groundbreaking news coming out of today's Fed announcement. However, the Fed is going to be the one that kills this improbable bull market. It would appear that most people are still not sure the economy is good and corporate America is certainly on that same band wagon. Corporate America has cut expenses to the bone and we don't believe they're going to have any more room to cut costs. Any future growth is going to have to come through growing profits, which is at the moment, a difficult proposition. Thank goodness for technical analysis and our Trade Triangle technology, which has captured most of the move in the indices and major stocks. Continue reading "Today's Video Update: What's Going To Kill This Bull Market?" →

Today's Video Update: GDP Misses, But The Fed Will Buy Us Out Of Slow Growth Right?

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Hello traders everywhere! Adam Hewison here, President of INO.com and Co-creator of MarketClub, with your mid-day market update for Friday, the 26th of April.

GDP Slows
Gross Domestic Product (GDP) expanded at a tepid 2.5 percent annual rate, the Commerce Department reported on Friday, after growth nearly stalled at 0.4 percent in the fourth quarter. The dismal increase missed economists' expectations for a 3.0 percent growth pace. I guess a trillion dollars a year in stimulus spending doesn't get you very much anymore. Not to worry, as the Fed is supporting stock prices and that's all that seems to matter to this administration. Continue reading "Today's Video Update: GDP Misses, But The Fed Will Buy Us Out Of Slow Growth Right?" →

Today's Video Update: Can We Trust This Market?

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Hello traders everywhere! Adam Hewison here, President of INO.com and Co-creator of MarketClub, with your mid-day market update for Wednesday, the 24th of April.

Can We Trust This Market?
A number of years ago when Ben Bernanke took over the chairmanship of the Fed, little did anybody predict that he would be single-handedly supporting the entire stock market. I asked several colleagues of mine over the past few days, "what would happen should the quantitative easing that Ben put in place stop?" They all gave me the same answer, "the market would crash." That is not a particularly compelling reason to own stocks, in my opinion, if stocks are been artificially held up. I have said this before, the trend is your friend, and as far as the DOW is concerned, the trend remains positive.

What Now Apple?
Yesterday, Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) announced their earnings and while there was some good news, there was also some bad news. The bad news is that their profit margins continue to shrink and that coupled with no new innovation coming out of Apple anytime soon, does not spell out a particularly rosy scenario for this stock. Continue reading "Today's Video Update: Can We Trust This Market?" →