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2015-12-02 15:00 Neil Azous Founder & Managing Member Rareview Macro LLC Macro China - A Reform Where Everyone Wins...Except an Issuer For a change there is an interesting dynamic at play in China, and the price action in their local equities deserves mention. As way of background, when a retail investor subscribes to an IPO in ... View Article

2015-12-02 14:21 Thaxston McKee New Constructs, LLC Stocks The Best and Worst of the Small Cap Value Style 4Q15 The Small Cap Value style ranks tenth out of the twelve fund styles as detailed in our 4Q15 Style Ratings for ETFs and Mutual Funds report. Last quarter, the Small Cap Value style ranked tenth ... View Article

2015-12-02 13:56 Nasdaq Market Intelligence Desk Stocks Nasdaq Market Intelligence Desk - Equity Market Insight December 2, 2015 The Information Technology sector (+0.31%) is helping the Nasdaq Composite outperform this morning, while Crude Oil declines are pressuring the Energy sector (-1.8%). The US Dollar is back above ... View Article

2015-12-02 13:53 Michael Kramer Member/Founder Mott Capital Management, LLC Technical Analysis Technical Look for 12/2/15 Yesterday the S&P 500 broke free of the wedge formation that had formed over the past month. It appears a new trend began forming as indicated by the little white line all the way to the right ... View Article

2015-12-02 11:26 Briefing.com Fixed Income The Interest Rate Outlook The curve flattening trade persisted in the prior week as market participants grew increasingly confident in the prospect of the Federal Reserve lifting the target range for the federal funds ... View Article

2015-12-02 11:25 Avi Gilburt Technical Analyst ElliottWaveTrader Technical Analysis Black Friday for Gold, Too? First published Sat Nov 28 for members of ElliottWaveTrader.net As many were running out shopping on Black Friday for what they viewed as the "deals of the year," I sat in my office ... View Article

2015-12-02 09:06 Erik Norland Executive Director and Senior Economist CME Group Futures Gold: Useful Portfolio Diversifier? No two investments have louder, more dedicated cheering sections than equities and gold. Equity investors are optimists. They see growth ahead and view their asset class as a means to benefit ... View Article