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James Harris Simons (April 1938 – May 2024) was an American hedge fund manager, investor, mathematician, and philanthropist.  In the 1980’s he founded Renaissance Technologies, which was one of the first quantitative hedge funds. Simons was a pioneer in the field of...

12th October 2024 – The share price of the iconic sports brand Nike Inc remains in a negative medium-term trend, reports Trend Intelligence, as its price currently sits at $82, down some 55% from its November 2021 highs of nearly $180 a share. Trend's Analysis (click...

9th October 2024 – The price of spot WTI crude oil is beginning to exhibit an aggressive positive short-term trend reports Trend Intelligence, as its price currently sits some 11% higher than its September 2024 low of around $65 a barrel. Trend's Analysis (click chart...

October 5th 2024 –  The price of the US Dollar weighted against a basket of other currencies in the well known DXY Index continues to exhibit a negative medium-term trend reports Trend Intelligence, as the index continues to trend some 10% down from its September 2022...

12th September 2024 – Donald Trump's listed media group (Trump Media & Technology Group) continues to exhibit an aggressive negative medium-term trend reports Trend Intelligence, as its stock price closed down 10% in yesterday's trading having fallen some 80% from...

September 6th 2024 –  The price of Alphabet Inc continues to exhibit a negative short-term trend reports Trend Intelligence, as the US tech giant's stock has been falling from its high of $190 in July to now below $160. Trend's Analysis (click chart to expand): In our...

August 14th 2024 –  The price of  the VIX index, the eminent volatility index that displays the level of fear priced into S&P 500 options, continues to exhibit  a positive medium-term trend reports Trend Intelligence, as the index recently fell from over 60 in the...

August 6th 2024 –  The price of  the Nasdaq 100 index, the eminent US big tech index, remains in a positive medium-term trend reports Trend Intelligence, as the index closed down close to 3%  yesterday and has fallen some 15% from its all-time high in July 2024....

5th August 2024 –  Amid a devastating global sell-off in global risk assets, Israel's leading TA-125 equity index has entered a negative short-term trend reports Trend Intelligence, as its price closed at just over 1,900 ILS having fallen some 12% since its 2022...

17th July 2024 –  One day after Burberry Group held their London AGM and announced a swift replacement of their CEO for the new Joshua Schulman, the price of the British fashion brand's shares continue to dwell in their negative short-term trend reports Trend...

July 11th 2024 –  The price of West Texas Intermediate crude oil maintains a positive short-term trend reports Trend Intelligence as price action settled on Tuesday 10th July at just over $82 a barrel. Trend's Analysis (click chart to expand): Trend’s D* Momentum...

1st July 2024 –  The price of the French CAC 40 Index continues its negative short-term trend reports Trend Intelligence, as the index closed at 7,561 Euros having fallen some 8% from its respective March and May price highs.  Trend's Analysis (click chart to...

June 11th 2024 –  The share price of  alcoholic beverage giant Diago PLC, owner of Guiness, Smirnoff and Baileys is now exhibiting a negative medium-term trend reports Trend Intelligence, as shares of the company have fallen some 37% from their January 2022 all-time...

June 10th 2024 –  The share price of Parisian luxury fashion brand Louis Vuitton Moet Hennessy (LVMH) is  continuing its negative short-term trend reports Trend Intelligence, as the price has fallen  some 16% from its March 2024 high and now trades at around 750 Euros...

May 31st 2024 –  The pricing of the US Dollar against a basket of global currencies, known as the US Dollar Index (or DXY) is now exhibiting a negative short-term trend reports Trend Intelligence, as the index has fallen  around 1.5% from its late April/early May 2024...

May 30th 2024 –  The share price of oil major Shell Plc is now exhibiting a negative short-term trend reports Trend Intelligence, as shares of Shell have fallen some 6% from their May 2024 all-time high of £29.60 Trend's Analysis (click chart to expand): Trend’s M*...

May 22nd 2024 –  The pricing of the British Pound in relation to the US Dollar is now exhibiting a significant positive short-term trend reports Trend Intelligence, as the pound has risen around 20% from its September 2022 low 0f $1.03 and now trades at just over...

May 14th 2024 –  The pricing on China's CSI 300 index is now exhibiting a significant positive short-term trend reports Trend Intelligence, as the index has risen around 17% from its February 2024 low, and now trades at close to 3,660 points. Trend's Analysis (click...

April 25th 2024 –  The price of natural gas is now exhibiting a positive short-term trend reports Trend Intelligence, this even as price action fell close to 8% in yesterday's trading and settled near to $2. Trend's Analysis (click chart to expand): Trend’s M*...

April 8th 2024 –  The price of silver is now exhibiting a positive medium-term trend reports Trend Intelligence as price action settled on Monday 8th April at close to $28. Trend's Analysis (click chart to expand): Trend’s M* Momentum Indicator creates a clear visual...

April 1st 2024 - The yield on the US Government's 10 year bond  is expected to develop further into a negative medium-term trend reports Trend Intelligence, with the instruments settling at 4.194% on the last trading day of March. Trend's Analysis (click chart to...

March 25th 2024 –  Today Boeing chief executive Dave Calhoun announced that he will step down at the end of 2024; taking ownership of the ever-building safety concerns being raised across Boeing's fleet of aircraft. In response, Trend Intelligence now reports that the...

March 22nd 2024 - The price of Tesla Inc is expected to develop further into a negative medium-term trend reports Trend Intelligence, with the stock settling just short of $171 at the end of its trading day on Friday. Trend's Analysis (click chart to expand): Trend's...

March 16th 2024 - The price of UK houses as measured by Nationwide's House Price Index are exhibiting, and developing further into, a neutral/negative long-term trend reports Trend Intelligence, with the index settling at 519.51 in February 2024. Nationwide's House...

March 12th 2024 - The price of Bitcoin in US Dollars is building a significant positive medium-term trend reports Trend Intelligence, with the price settling today at around $71,000. Trend's Analysis (click chart to expand): Trend's R* Momentum Indicator remains in...

March 11th 2024 – The price of Apple Inc is developing into a negative medium-term trend reports Trend Intelligence, as price action settled on Monday 11th March just short of $173. Trend's Analysis (click chart to expand): Trend’s D* Momentum Indicator creates a...

March 11th 2024 – The price of Nvidia Corp remains in a positive short-term trend reports Trend Intelligence, as price action settled on Friday 9th March at $875 - very close to its all time high set on the previous day. Trend's Analysis (click chart to...

March 3rd 2024 – The price of Peloton remains in a negative medium-term trend reports Trend Intelligence, as price action settled on Friday 1st March at $4.60, far from its $160+ all time high. Trend's Analysis (click chart to expand): Trend’s D* Momentum Indicator...

February 27th 2024 - The price of Gold remains in a positive medium term trend reports Trend Intelligence, despite shorter-term sideways price action settling today at around $2030. Trend's Analysis (click chart to expand): Trend's R* Momentum Indicator remains in...