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Real (as in Brazil FX) Not Acting Real With Coffee
We noted in an earlier post that coffee arabica was one of the few financial instruments that rose significantly last week (up 11.81%)...
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Mar 22, 20201 min read
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Time To Take Sugar With Your Coffee?
It's hard to find many financial instruments that have performed well in recent weeks. Fears of an economic slowdown (or maybe even a...
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Mar 22, 20201 min read
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Risky Business: Are The Markets Really In "Risk Off" Mode?
On Friday Feb. 21, after more U.S. companies forecast weaker earnings because of the global impact of the spreading coronavirus, markets...
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Feb 22, 20202 min read
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Being A 'Palm' Reader May Help Understand IDRUSD
Sometimes, markets can send conflicting signals. Palm oil and the Indonesian Rupiah are a good example of that today. Indonesia is the...
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Feb 16, 20202 min read
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Beware Of The Head Fake That The KOSPI May Have Shown...
By many traditional metrics, the South Korean stock market (as measured by the KOSPI) last week showed strong signs of a rebound. The...
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Feb 9, 20202 min read
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Hardly Happier Than A Pig In Mud
It was just a little over a month ago that all seemed well in Hog Heaven. It was predicted that China would significantly ramp up...
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Feb 1, 20202 min read
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The Oil Bears Are Running Rampant... Should They Be?
Oil prices have hit three-month lows and there is more pressure on the commodity over concerns that the Coronavirus will slow economic...
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Jan 31, 20201 min read
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Time To Sell Emerging Markets?
One of the technical analysis shops that we like to follow is All Star Charts. Chief Market Strategist J.C. Parets often points out...
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Jan 27, 20201 min read
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