Concerning the financial markets

Late last month it was announced Facebook would be shutting down Parse.  This came as a surprise from many as there wasn’t any indication Facebook was planning to change direction for Parse.  Looking at the decision in more detail makes sense however as Facebook is moving to consolidate around its

2016 has started off with severe volatility in the financial markets.   The downturn in Chinese equities has led to global contagion as the Shanghai Composite had two trading days end closed 7% limit down and forced Chinese financial regulators to dispose of their circuit breaker policy.  Additionally, the S&P has

It might seem odd that during a time where nearly all commodities have seen double-digit declines in the past year there is an underlying push for investment and consolidation of these resources.  It’s no secret OPEC has fought to drive out US shale oil producers by flooding the market with

2015 was an exciting year for GFC and for the financial markets in general.  We covered a number of topics including the following articles which proved to be especially relevant: Tech fatigue:  As with any new Apple device, analysts were anticipating record sales and the possibility of the next iPhone

Amazon announced with much fanfare in 2013 their intention to develop and launch a drone delivery service. Two years later, drones have bumped 3D printers out of the technological limelight. Drones already make scheduled deliveries: DHL employs them to deliver medication to a North Sea island. And now Amazon has

GFC wanted to post this update on the U.S. Dollar to alert our readers on a high probability trading opportunity.  Last week the dollar rallied on light volume through the holiday week to approach the previous 2015 high at 100.39.   This has many dollar bulls excited, however optimistic sentiment toward

Many economists have expressed concern over the low peak season shipping levels, especially coming into the holiday season.  We commented on this observation last week and confirmed the downtrend in port activity with our Dry Cargo Index.  However many speculated this import slump might not reflect a poor holiday buying

The Wall Street Journal recently published an article detailing the slowdown of U.S. port activity for the months of September and October.  These data indicate that during an otherwise typically busy time of the year, imports have declined at each of the three busiest seaports in the U.S.  Economists are