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11 Jun: XLP

The XLP offers exposure to the consumer staples sector, making it an appealing option for investors looking to implement a sector rotation strategy or tilt exposure towards corners of the U.S. market that may perform well during a downturn. XLP offers impressive liquidity, cost efficiency, and depth of exposure, making it one of the best ETF options for playing

11 Jun: MLPA

MLPA seeks to replicate USA Oil master limited partnerships (MLP) asset class. MLPs have become very popular in recent years for primarily two reasons: (1) required quarterly distributions provide a steady stream of current income, and (2) because they are partnerships, MLPs avoid corporate income taxes at both the federal and state level as the the tax liability is passed through to the individual partners. By generating at least 90% of income from natural resource-based activities such as transportation and storage, an entity can qualify as an MLP

08 Jun: Put/Call Ratio

CPC is the put/call ratio for option markets. It is one of the most important indicators for determining market participants positioning in aggregate. If a market is heavily bearish, typically that means its sensitive to massive bear rally rips upward. Inverse is true when markets are fully long, quick abrupt drawdowns can occur as the positioning is so heavily skewed.

05 Jun: USD Weekly

DXY is the USD Index which is a basket of currencies of the largest currencies relative to the USD: EUR, GBP, JPY, AUD, CAD and a few smaller others. This collection of currencies makes up the bulk of global currency reserves and is an accurate barometer of the relative performance of the US Dollar.

05 Jun: USDJPY

USDJPY is a major indicator of the Yen Carry Trade as Japanese citizens have the highest savings rate in the world and a larger portion of them invest in both our equities market as well as our US Treasury market, so any time they buy their yen are exchanged for US dollars thus putting upside pressure on USD & downside pressure on JPY naturally boosting this pairs ratio.

05 Jun: EURUSD

The Currency Pair EUR/USD is the shortened term for the euro against U.S. dollar pair, or cross for the currencies of the European Union (EU) and the United States (USD). The currency pair indicates how many U.S. dollars (the quote currency) are needed to purchase one euro (the base currency). Trading the EUR/USD currency pair is also known as trading the “euro.” The value of the EUR/USD pair is quoted as 1 euro per x U.S. dollars. For example, if the pair is trading at 1.50, it means it takes 1.5 U.S. dollars to buy 1 euro.