Today's Video Newsletter: Money Makes The World Go Around

Hello traders everywhere! Adam Hewison here, co-founder of MarketClub with your mid-day market update for Tuesday, the 12th of February.

TONIGHT - STATE OF THE UNION
I will be a guest on CNBC Asia, live from Washington DC shortly after the State of the Union Address on "Cash Flow" around 10pm ET, tonight (Feb 12th). I will be discussing President Obama's speech and what effect it will have on the markets. I hope you have time to tune in and watch.

CURRENCY WARS
You have probably heard the terms "currency wars" and "race to the bottom" to describe what has been taking place in the world currency markets in the last few years. Today, we will be looking into a market that is bigger than all of the US equity markets combined and trades over four trillion dollars a day! Continue reading "Today's Video Newsletter: Money Makes The World Go Around"

Today's Video Newsletter: A Snake, an iWatch and the State of the Union

Hello traders everywhere! Adam Hewison here, co-founder of MarketClub with your mid-day market update for Monday, the 11th of February.

2013-THE YEAR OF THE SNAKE
Yesterday was the beginning of Chinese New Year, the year of the snake. Traditionally, the Chinese set off fireworks to mark this holiday and celebrations take place throughout China. This year, sales of fireworks were 37% less than in previous years. This was said to reflect a government appeal to ignite fewer fireworks to avoid more pollution in the cities. The year of the snake means it's going to be a year of steady progress, focus and discipline for the nation of China. Given the crazy world that we are living in, steady progress, focus and discipline are not a bad way to go IMHO. Continue reading "Today's Video Newsletter: A Snake, an iWatch and the State of the Union"

Today's Video Newsletter: The market takes a pause before the State Of The Union Address on Tuesday

Hello traders everywhere! Adam Hewison here, co-founder of MarketClub with your mid-day market update for Friday, the 8th of February.

*TO ALL OUR CLIENTS IN THE NORTHEAST, STAY WARM AND SAFE THIS WEEKEND*

THE STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS ON TUESDAY
I think this week is pretty reflective of a wait-and-see attitude the market is taking to see what Pres. Obama is going to say on Tuesday with his State of the Union address.

I will be on CNBC Asia live from Washington DC shortly after the State of the Union Address on "Cash Flow" around 10pm ET, next Tuesday night (Feb 12th). I will be addressing what the President said and how the markets are likely to respond. With the State of the Union address and the sequestration at the end of this month, there are a lot of uncertainties in most investors' minds. I think that the markets next week and even perhaps for the rest of the month are going to be choppy. Let's check the trends carefully and see how some of the key markets react to these two important events. Continue reading "Today's Video Newsletter: The market takes a pause before the State Of The Union Address on Tuesday"

Today's Video Newsletter: Did Yahoo Strike a Deal with The Devil?

Hello traders everywhere! Adam Hewison here, co-founder of MarketClub with your mid-day market update for Thursday, the 7th of February.

YAHOO STRIKES DEAL WITH GOOGLE - GOOD OR BAD?
On the job for a little over 6 months, Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer turns to her old employer Google and signs a deal to help bump up Yahoo's advertising revenues. Will this strategy help or hurt Yahoo?

Yahoo's revenues have been steadily declining until last year, when magically there was a small up-tick. In the non-exclusive deal with Google, the revenue split could be as much as 68% in favor of Yahoo. On the outset we cannot see how this could hurt Yahoo, but is it a long term solution to sustained profitability? Yahoo already depends on Microsoft for most of its search-driven advertising as part of a long-term deal executed back in 2009. Continue reading "Today's Video Newsletter: Did Yahoo Strike a Deal with The Devil?"

Today's Video Newsletter: Michael Dell goes private and China catches gold fever

Hello traders everywhere! Adam Hewison here, co-founder of MarketClub with your mid-day market update for Tuesday, the 5th of February.

Dell Goes Private for $24.4 Billion
Going from a public company to a private company allows for many advantages that perhaps Michael Dell thinks he needs in today's ultra competitive smart tablet/phone world.

Michael Dell has sunk all his shares into his new private company and then added another $700 million to get the deal done. Dell, as an individual, has put the most skin into the game to go private. Other investors, like Microsoft, will be investing $2 billion and Silver Lake partners will put up $1 billion. The rest of the financing, over $15 billion is coming from banks. Dell stockholders will receive $13.65 in cash for shares of common stock. So it would appear that DELL has come full circle, private, public, and now private again. If DELL survives, will we see them again offer shares to the public? Continue reading "Today's Video Newsletter: Michael Dell goes private and China catches gold fever"