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More Of The Same

More Of The Same

There was little change on the day-to-day machinations of the market. The S&P is riding along upper channel resistance with technicals still bullish. The Nasdaq is caught in a halfway house with bullish technicals and a relative advantage of the index against the S&P.  The Russell 2000 is working off a MACD trigger ‘sell’ with […]
Crude Oil, Natural Gas & More: How To Spot High-Confidence Junctures

Crude Oil, Natural Gas & More: How To Spot High-Confidence Junctures

Steve Craig, Elliott Wave International’s Chief Energy Analyst and editor of Energy Pro Service, tells you how he stays on top of the ebbs and flows in energy markets.
Hot Options Report For End Of Day – Tuesday, October 17

Hot Options Report For End Of Day – Tuesday, October 17

 Top Tickers for October 17, 2017:S, FB, AAPL, GE, WFT, MSFT
Shire Plc (ADR) In The Spotlight As Activist Fund Sachem Pushes For More Divestment

Shire Plc (ADR) In The Spotlight As Activist Fund Sachem Pushes For More Divestment

Although M&A is a frequent occurrence in the biotech sector, major M&A is normally less common for large cap stocks. In the case of Shire PLC (ADR) (NASDAQ: SHPG), a $46 billion market cap pharma company, major M&A could be a potential outcome due to activist activity. According to Sky News, famous activist fund Sachem Head Capital Management has urged Shire’s board […]
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                        A Fund Flows Theory For Value And Momentum Investing

EC A Fund Flows Theory For Value And Momentum Investing

Value and Momentum Investing — our two favorite factors. We talk about these phenomena on our blog all the time, and have given both rational (1) and behavioral explanations as to why these may occur. (Here is a hot off the press working paper that attempts the “rational” route). However, only a handful of investors in the finance community directly invest in stocks […]
NAHB Housing Market Index: “Builder Confidence Rises Four Points In October”

NAHB Housing Market Index: “Builder Confidence Rises Four Points In October”

The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) Housing Market Index (HMI) is a gauge of builder opinion on the relative level of current and future single-family home sales. It is a diffusion index, which means that a reading above 50 indicates a favorable outlook on home sales; below 50 indicates a negative outlook. The latest […]
International Business Machines Corp. 3Q 2017 Earnings Send Shares Higher

International Business Machines Corp. 3Q 2017 Earnings Send Shares Higher

IBM 3Q 2017 earnings were released after closing bell, and the company posted non-GAAP earnings of $3.30 per share on $19.2 billion in sales, compared to the consensus estimates of $3.28 per share in adjusted earnings on $18.57 billion in revenue. In the year-ago quarter, the company reported adjusted earnings of $3.29 per share on $19.23 billion […]
Profit From U.S. Manufacturing With These 5 Terrific Stocks

Profit From U.S. Manufacturing With These 5 Terrific Stocks

In the latest sign that U.S. manufacturing is in fine fettle, the New York Federal Reserve’s Empire State manufacturing index hit its highest level in three years during the month of October. A raft of recently released data also serves to indicate that the manufacturing sector has performed particularly well this year. The reasons for […]
Peso Surges After NAFTA Ministers Announce Extension Of Talks Beyond Year-End Deadline

Peso Surges After NAFTA Ministers Announce Extension Of Talks Beyond Year-End Deadline

Following earlier reports that Canada and Mexico would push back on and “firmly reject” Trump’s Nafta demands, moments ago the Mexican Peso surged by 1.5%, the most in 4 months, after Nafta negotiators announced they had successfully completed the 4th round of talks and agreed to extend negotiations past the year-end deadline.The optimism came despite US trade rep […]
Introduction To Silver Viper Minerals – Exploration Focused In Mexico

Introduction To Silver Viper Minerals – Exploration Focused In Mexico

TM Editors’ Note: This discusses a penny stock and/or microcap. Such stocks are easily manipulated; do your own careful due diligence.   (Audio length 00:08:00) Silver Viper Minerals (TSX.V: VIPR) is a newly listed exploration company focused on the Clemente Project in Sonora State, Mexico. Steve Cope, CEO of Silver Viper joins me to provide […]