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Homebuilders Fall As Canadian Lumber Tariff To Impact Profitability

Homebuilders Fall As Canadian Lumber Tariff To Impact Profitability

Shares of homebuilding companies including PulteGroup (PHM), Lennar Corporation (LEN), and Toll Brothers (TOL) are falling in the midst of a strong broader market rally new tariffs by the Trump administration on Canadian softwood lumber imports will raise costs. SOFTWOOD LUMBER FROM CANADA: Monday, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross announced the preliminary determination in […]
A Short List Of Short Setups To Short

A Short List Of Short Setups To Short

All my bullish swing trading setups to follow this week Bulls are back to being in full control of this market. We got today what we haven’t gotten in a long time from the market and that is follow through. Follow through from a previous day’s rally. Follow through on a break through a key […]
The World’s Largest 50 Companies By Revenue

The World’s Largest 50 Companies By Revenue

Today’s data visualization comes from Datashown, and it compares the world’s largest companies by their 2016 revenues to really help put the size and scale of these companies into perspective. As just one example, despite being worth more than the majority of brick and mortar retailers combined, Amazon ranks just #44 in terms of global revenue to […]
Qualcomm: 4.3% Dividend Yield, With NXP Acquisition A Major Growth Catalyst

Qualcomm: 4.3% Dividend Yield, With NXP Acquisition A Major Growth Catalyst

A 4%+ dividend yield is hard to find in the technology sector, which makes Qualcomm (QCOM) that much more appealing. Qualcomm stock possesses the rare combination of a high dividend yield, along with high dividend growth as well. It recently raised its dividend by 7.5%, which pushed its dividend yield up to 4.3%. Qualcomm is a Dividend Achiever, […]
Silver Prices Testing Key Support Hurdle

Silver Prices Testing Key Support Hurdle

Silver Daily   Technical Outlook: Earlier in the month we highlighted the threat of a near-term turnover in silver prices with key support noted at 17.50. Since then, prices are down nearly 3% with today’s low (so far) Registering at 17.53. Note that the decline will have marked its 7th consecutive daily decline if we were to close at […]
BioSig Provides Shareholder Letter – April 2017

BioSig Provides Shareholder Letter – April 2017

BioSig Technologies, Inc. (BSGM) provided an update for investors via a Shareholder Letter posted on the company’s website this morning. The letter highlights some of the recent positive developments for the company, including the collaboration with Mayo Clinic and the recent $5.0 million financing. I am optimistic about the future of BioSig and PURE EP™, a […]
Want A Reason To “Sell In May”? Here’s One

Want A Reason To “Sell In May”? Here’s One

Remember China? It’s a big country that’s somewhere near Sweden I think. No but seriously, people have seemingly forgotten those tense mornings in the dog days of summer 2015 when the authorities in Beijing were forced to suspend trading in some stocks and buy others via the now infamous “national team” as a truly epic unwind […]
Dividend Aristocrat Grainger Is Down 24% Since February: Buying Opportunity Or Amazon Victim?

Dividend Aristocrat Grainger Is Down 24% Since February: Buying Opportunity Or Amazon Victim?

Grainger (GWW) has seen its stock price slide by more than 20% since early February, catching the attention of many value-focused dividend growth investors. After all, it’s rare to see such a high quality business tumble so quickly, and one of the most effective habits of dividend investing is to let market volatility work for you. With […]
NAFTA Trade Update

NAFTA Trade Update

The Trump Administration has switched gears. During the campaign through the inauguration, Trump picked on Mexico. The rhetoric and threats drove the peso to record lows. By the OECD’s calculation the peso more than 150% undervalued.  The re-opening of NAFTA negotiations was supposed to be aimed more at Mexico than Canada. Sentiment turned about the peso. The central bank […]