
This wacky daily trading strategy posted a 13% return in this rough year
Buy the S&P 500 at the close every day and sell it at the next open. Sounds wacky? You could have outperformed the market by 20 percent. According to Bespoke Investment Group, if one had implemented this so-called after-hours strategy...

Merck surges more than 30% in 2018, taking the crown as biggest Dow winner
2018 may have been the worst year for the Dow Jones Industrial Average in a decade, but Merck managed to easily buck that trend. Shares of the pharmaceutical giant are up more than 30 percent for the year, on pace...

The winner for best trade of 2018 is… chocolate
Looking back on a tumultuous year where the majority of asset classes were deep in the red, cocoa futures turned out to be one sweet spot. In fact, a look at the top year-to-date performers among major futures markets reveals...

Dollar Continues Slide as Government Shutdown Continues
The US dollar fell to a 4-month low against the Japanese yen on the last trading day of the year. Thin conditions persist as trading was closed for much of the euro area and Japan. USD/JPY continue to remain heavy...

Dismal 2018 for Canadian Dollar
As we bid adieu to 2018 and welcome in a New Year, USD/CAD is unchanged. Currently, the pair is at 1.3638, down 0.01% on the day. On Friday, USD/CAD touched its high of the year, at 1.3661. There are no U.S. or...

GBP/USD Could Break Above 1.28
Bulls are controlling the momentum The GBP/USD pair is trading in uptrend on a 4-hour time frame. The confirmation of the uptrend comes from the fact that the price has broken its 50-day moving average (show in orange) and the...

US Futures Higher After Trump Tweet | Gold Prices Focused On Risk Off Events
Gold prices are trading near-six month high thanks to the weakness in the dollar index. The economic data released on Friday pretty much put cold water on Fed being hawkish in Q1 of 2019 and this pushed the dollar index...

GBPUSD Marginally Bullish in Very Short-Term; Remains Below Falling Trend Line
GBPUSD has rebounded somewhat after falling to a 20-month low of 1.2475 on December 12 and momentum indicators are endorsing that the market sentiment might get better and create some gains in the daily timeframe, despite the latest sideways movement;...

Euro Posts Gains in December, Ends 2018 on High Note
On the last trading day of 2018, EUR/USD is trading quietly. Currently, the pair is at 1.1435, down 0.10% on the day. With no U.S. or eurozone events, traders can expect an uneventful day. Looking back at 2018, EUR/USD slipped...

Trump’s Trade Tweet Boosts Confidence in the Last Day of the Year
Trade optimism supports stocks, but dollar not so excited Italy approves revised 2019 budget plan Oil set for negative close after three years Trump’s trade phonecall lifts market sentiment in the last day of the year Investors will have their...