Russia and Saudi Arabia Battle for European Oil Market

Nov 30, 2015

A contest for dominance in Europe is heating up between the world’s two biggest oil exporters—Saudi Arabia and Russia—as they contend with stubbornly low crude prices and the prospect of Iran’s post-sanctions return.

Are we celebrating the Christmas eve of 2007 or 2004?

Nov 30, 2015

It’s been seven years since the last great financial crisis in 2008. For those of us who remembered, 2007 was going nowhere, being at the tail-end of a bull market cycle. It had its own mini-crash in Aug (down over 9%), quickly rallied back up to bre…

This Chart is Too Ugly for Comfort

Nov 30, 2015

It’s quite easy to get carried away with the drawing of conclusions based on a few technical chart patterns (and we are not doing that here!), but this chart is just too ugly to at least go unmentioned. What we’re looking at is the percent of stock…

Cutting Your Losses? With High-Yield ETFs, Maybe It’s Time

Nov 30, 2015

If you bought a high-yield exchange-traded fund (ETF) over the past two years and still own it, you’ve probably lost money. But don’t fret. This might be an ideal time to change course.For more information about Advisor Perspectives services, click…