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Trade deficit of U.K. increased in June owing to falling export volumes and rising imports despite the slump in sterling.The trade deficit increased to 12.7 billion pounds in June from 11.3 billion...

A measure of U.S. wholesale price inflation declined in June, owing to a decrease in cost of services. Per CNBC, prices for services fell 0.2% in July and contributed almost 80% of the decrease in the...

Sometimes most of the move is done in the overnight (Globex) session, and by the time the cash market opens and everyone is selling the weakness, the cash market holds to prevent these traders from...

When President Trump warned North Korea about continuing to threaten the U.S. by saying the North will be meet with ‘Fire and Fury’ of the likes the world has never seen, the U.S. stock...

Extraction Oil & Gas Inc (NASDAQ:XOG), an energy company yesterday reported their second quarter 2017 financial results. Extraction Oil & Gas reported second quarter net income of $7.2 million...

With the threat of nuclear war with North Korea looming, inquiring minds may be wondering what that threat is currently worth.Indices Currencies Commodities Bonds The above are charts from...

Technical Excess DJIA As widely reported, the latest run in the venerable Dow was exceptional. By our measures, the strongest since the summer of 2007 when the action registered an Upside Exhaustion,...

Earnings season began to slow back down this week. Most of the important companies have now reported, so this week’s post draws heavily from a handful of calls. The economic picture remains...

Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) is exploring new food technology that produces prepared meals without refrigeration as it develops its food delivery and meal-kit services.According to Reuters, the retail...

Impax Laboratories Inc. (NASDAQ:IPXL) had a very good day on Thursday, first dipping 16.20, and then ripping to 18.60, closing up 1.65, or 10%, to 18.20, on 2.9 million shares traded. I like the...

Nektar Therapeutics’ (NASDAQ:NKTR) shares have declined almost 9% since Aug 8 after the company reported second-quarter results. The biotech reported a wider-than-expected loss while sales...

TransAlta Corporation (NYSE:TAC) reported second-quarter 2017 adjusted loss of 2 cents per share, in line with the Zacks Consensus Estimate.Total RevenueIn second-quarter 2017, TransAlta’s...

Defense stocks have been rising with escalation of tensions between the US and North Korea, while the broader stock rally has stalled. Raytheon (RTN), Lockheed Martin (LMT) and Northrop Grumman (NOC)...

Novo Nordisk (CO:NOVOb) A/S (NYSE:NVO) reported second-quarter 2017 earnings of 59 cents per American Depositary Receipt (ADR) beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 56 cents by 5.4%. In fact, the...