EM debt made its move

Weak USD, strong EM debt... logical and expected From the December 14th NFTRH Trade Log... Here's the daily chart, which includes dividends. A chart without divies also shows a notable…

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Trade War Distortions?

I have found myself writing the phrase "trade war distortions" on multiple occasions because I personally cannot see how anyone can quantify the effects of the Trump/China standoff, economically. In…

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Key Juncture for EM

I have no position in anything even remotely resembling EM right now, but I thought this daily chart of EEM was pretty interesting. EM's hope would be a USD pullback,…

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NFTRH+ (public) Emerging Income (TEI) Sold

Again, free site readers please take no offense.  It's a dual subscriber update/NFTRH promo.  I simply do not think that my actual buys and sells are worth messing up subscribers'…

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Emerging & Asia Bull Markets?

Welcome to yet another new look for nftrh.com.  I like the crisp, clean look of the thing and hope you do too.  I actually changed the theme because images simply…

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NFTRH+; Emerging Markets

This ‘+’ update is sent to the entire subscriber base as it is a macro related subject that is reviewed each week in NFTRH.  FYI, another + update (on DBA) was posted (and emailed to opted in subscribers) earlier this morning.

We have been noting the potential Inverted Head & Shoulders on $MSEMF for many weeks now in NFTRH.  Using the EEM iShares, let’s dial it in.

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NFTRH+; Emerging Markets ‘Income’

We have been talking about more dynamic items like the Semi equipment stocks lately, but here is another subject that may have a place in a well rounded portfolio.  The two global income funds I have used in the past are the Templeton funds GIM (Global income) and TEI (Emerging Markets income).  If the US dollar follows through on its currently bearish bias, these funds could not only provide a dividend, but also net asset value gains.

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vs. SPY

I created the title and then had a flashback to Spy vs. Spy… :-)

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Anyway, here are some daily charts of other items vs. SPY.  I am getting nudged in the direction of ‘inflation trade’ and as part of that I might need to concede that the US stock market may not go the way of the bears with inflation in the system, post-Goldilocks. Several of my long positions are in alignment with a potential ‘inflation trade’, including US manufacturing/exporters.  I still hold SPY short.  Ouch, but it’s more than fine; the 2016 out performers are seeing to that.

Here are relevant markets vs. SPY, beginning the EM’s, which we long ago noted were out performing.  EEM-SPY is doinking the SMA 200 for the first time today.

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NFTRH; A ‘Look-Ahead’ at Investments for a Weak Dollar

A look-ahead to some of the US and global markets and sectors that would benefit from a weaker dollar, which is the theme shaping up on the macro as the Fed backs away from support of the currency and joins the global currency Whack-a-Mole game.  Obviously, that which has suffered disproportionately under a strong dollar regime would benefit if/as it weakens.

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NFTRH; EEM/SPY Ratio Begs a Re-Think

As you may know, I have been bearish the Emerging Markets due to the big picture monthly chart breakdown by the MSCI EM index and iShares ETF.  But in pulling an EEM/SPY chart I found this bottomy looking thing…

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