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                        Fitbit Misses Q3 Expectations And Lowers Full Year Guidance

E Fitbit Misses Q3 Expectations And Lowers Full Year Guidance

It’s not just that Fitbit (FIT) reported a miss on the top-line, but more so that the company lowered expectations for the full-year and expectations regarding growth going forward. The average analyst estimate for revenue growth in 2016 was roughly 40%, before Fitbit’s revised guidance.Now, analysts expect the company to report revenue growth of roughly […]
Regime Change: What Trump Means For Markets

Regime Change: What Trump Means For Markets

It’s interesting how quickly the consensus around what a Trump presidency means for markets went from “it’d be an unequivocal disaster” to “his policies will bring forth a new and lasting economic expansion.” Moral of the story: consensus has a habit of being wrong and reality tends to be bit more nuanced. What should we […]
Janet The Commodity “Killer”

Janet The Commodity “Killer”

Buffy may have her way on slaying vampires but she has nothing on Fed Chair Janet Yellen when it comes to killing commodities. Ms. Yellen’s testimony to Congress basically assured us that the Federal Open Market committee will raise rates in December as the economy is making significant progress. The talk sent the dollar, that […]
Data Presented At ACR, Bristol-Myers Inks Immuno-Oncology Deal

Data Presented At ACR, Bristol-Myers Inks Immuno-Oncology Deal

Several companies were present at the annual meeting of the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) presenting data on approved as well as pipeline candidates. Meanwhile, Bristol-Myers (BMY – Free Report) announced an immune-oncology deal and also provided updates on some of its cancer treatments. Recap of the Week’s Most Important Stories Data Presented at ACR: Quite a few […]
King Of Debt Takes The Reins

King Of Debt Takes The Reins

The election of Ronald Reagan in 1980 provides the best recent precedent for the unexpected triumph of Donald Trump (in my opinion, the other post-war Republican takeovers of the White House –Ike in ’52, Nixon ’68, and W. in ’00 – did not constitute a real break from the status quo.) As many people expect […]
Ross Stores (ROST) Q3 Earnings & Revenues Beat, Stock Up

Ross Stores (ROST) Q3 Earnings & Revenues Beat, Stock Up

Shares of Ross Stores Inc. (ROST – Free Report) rose 3.4% in the after-hours trading session on Nov 17, after the company reported robust third-quarter fiscal 2016 results. Both the top and bottom-line beat our estimates as well as the company’s projections. Moreover, earnings and sales improved year over year. The strong results stemmed from […]
Weekend Reading: The Trump Effect

Weekend Reading: The Trump Effect

After more than a week following the election, the markets, and a large chunk of the nation, remain a mixed bagged of emotions ranging from exuberance and disbelief to anger and depression. While I don’t want to get into the “left versus right” debate in this missive, it has been interesting to watch market participants swing from “Trump The […]
Wild Volatility: These Canadian Marijuana Stocks Provide Great Day-Trading Opportunities

Wild Volatility: These Canadian Marijuana Stocks Provide Great Day-Trading Opportunities

With intraday fluctuations of up to 80% – yes, 80% – the Canadian marijuana stocks on our list create significant day-trading opportunities for those so inclined.   By SmallCapPower.com Circuit breaks are tripped when a stock climbs or falls at least 10% in a five-minute period and the following 5 stocks did more than that going on a […]
Institutional Buying And Selling – Friday, Nov. 18

Institutional Buying And Selling – Friday, Nov. 18

Conditions are up but under very high stress. Take a look at today’s chart that show’s Institutional Buying and Selling.   Institutional Investors were in net Accumulation with down ticks in Buying and Selling yesterday.
Are The Saudis About To Reveal The Best Kept Secret In Oil?

Are The Saudis About To Reveal The Best Kept Secret In Oil?

One of the oil world’s longest and best kept secrets may finally be revealed. Saudi Arabia is preparing to unveil how much oil it holds, a closely guarded state secret that has been kept quiet for decades.  The decision to bring such important data to light comes as Saudi Aramco is preparing to partially privatize […]