Archives by Month:
- January 2025
- December 2024
- November 2024
- October 2024
- September 2024
- August 2024
- July 2024
- June 2024
- May 2024
- April 2024
- March 2024
- January 2024
- December 2023
- November 2023
- October 2023
- August 2023
- July 2023
- June 2023
- May 2023
- February 2023
- January 2023
- December 2022
- November 2022
- October 2022
- September 2022
- August 2022
- July 2022
- June 2022
- May 2022
- April 2022
- March 2022
- February 2022
- January 2022
- December 2021
- November 2021
- October 2021
- September 2021
- August 2021
- July 2021
- June 2021
- May 2021
- April 2021
- March 2021
- February 2021
- January 2021
- December 2020
- November 2020
- October 2020
- September 2020
- August 2020
- July 2020
- June 2020
- May 2020
- April 2020
- March 2020
- February 2020
- January 2020
- December 2019
- December 2018
- November 2018
- October 2018
- September 2018
- August 2018
- July 2018
- June 2018
- May 2018
- April 2018
- March 2018
- February 2018
- January 2018
- December 2017
- November 2017
- October 2017
- September 2017
- August 2017
- July 2017
- June 2017
- May 2017
- April 2017
- March 2017
- February 2017
- January 2017
- December 2016
- November 2016
- October 2016
- September 2016
- July 2016
- June 2016
- April 2016
- March 2016
- February 2016
- January 2016
- December 2015
- November 2015
- October 2015
- September 2015
- August 2015
- July 2015
- June 2015
- May 2015
- April 2015
- March 2015
- February 2015
- January 2015
- December 2014
- November 2014
- October 2014
- September 2014
- August 2014
- July 2014
- June 2014
- May 2014
- April 2014
- March 2014
- February 2014
- January 2014
- December 2013
- November 2013
- October 2013
- September 2013
- August 2013
- July 2013
- June 2013
- May 2013
- April 2013
- March 2013
- February 2013
- January 2013
- November 2012
- October 2012
- August 2012
- July 2012
- June 2012
- May 2012
- April 2012
- March 2012
- February 2012
- January 2012
- December 2011
- November 2011
- October 2011
- September 2011
- August 2011
- July 2011
- June 2011
- May 2011
- April 2011
- March 2011
- February 2011
- January 2011
- December 2010
- November 2010
- October 2010
- September 2010
- August 2010
- July 2010
- June 2010
- May 2010
- April 2010
- March 2010
- February 2010
- January 2010
- December 2009
- November 2009
- October 2009
- September 2009
- August 2009
- June 2009
- April 2009
- February 2009
- December 2008
- November 2008
- October 2008
- August 2008
- June 2008
- May 2008
Archives by Year:
Fantasyland Reality Check: Fed’s Beige Book Makes Impossible Claims In At Least 3 Places
The Fed’s Beige Book, a summary of economic activity in 12 Fed regions, claims modest wage increases broadened, manufacturing expanded, and light vehicle sales strengthened. Let’s investigate those claims in detail, emphasis mine, then do a reality check on those ideas. Overall Economic Activity Economic activity increased in each of the twelve Federal Reserve Districts between mid-February and […]
American Express Soars On Q1 Earnings And Revenue Beat
American Express Company (AXP – Free Report) released its 2017 first quarter financial results, posting earnings of $1.34 per share and revenues of $7.9 billion. Currently, American Express is a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold) and is up 2.38% to $77.40 per share in trading shortly after its earnings report was released. Beat earnings estimates. The company posted […]
U.S. Steel Falls As Recovery In Energy Sector Falters
Shares of U.S. Steel (X) closed lower, along with the price of crude oil. With U.S. Steel’s prospects so closely tied to crude prices, shares of the steel maker fell with the drop in crude, after stockpiles dropped less than expected in the latest week. U.S. oil prices almost 4% percent Wednesday with an intraday […]
Numbness Is How It Happens
The more I look back the more I am convinced that this version of “reflation” was born Japanese. It all seemed to turn around in early July 2016, the very week that whispers of the, for some, long-sought “big one.” It was all over the financial press all around the world. Having gone as far […]
Dance Hall Girls And Profits For Fifteen Minutes
Yesterday, we explored the myths and truths of the old Wild West and the current Wild Market. Back in the day, rowdy frontier towns gave rise to saloons, which in turn gave rise to the “saloon girl.” The “saloon girl,” had many dfferent names, most with connotations of ill-repute. Nonetheless, saloon girls were hired to […]
5 Mid Caps For Momentum Investors – Wednesday, April 19
Today I wanted to find 5 Mid Cap stocks that would be of interest to Momentum Investors. I used Barchart to sort the S&P 400 Mid Cap Index stocks first for the most frequent number of new highs in the last month, then again for technical buy signals of 80% or more. It just so happened that […]
Finisar Plunges After MKM Reports ‘Surprisingly Negative’ Checks
Shares of optical component maker Finisar (FNSR) have been weak since the open today after MKM Partners lowered estimates, pointing to its “surprisingly negative” channel checks. SURPRISING NEGATIVE: A recent look by MKM Partners revealed some “surprisingly negative” headwinds for the communications equipment maker, said MKM analyst Michael Genovese in a note out earlier. The […]
Agriculture Markets Report – Wednesday, April 19
A review of the day’s trading in the agriculture markets. Video Length: 00:11:37
This Indicator Shows How Long The Trump Effect On Markets Continues
Trump pushed severeal markets higher in November which is what most tend to call the ‘Trump effect’. We observed that primarily a market sector rotation took place: the Trump effect resulted in value outperforming growth. For April 2017, we forecasted that Trump effect on markets would continue based on 5 charts. So far so good, but the key […]
