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HH Better Big Pharma Dividend Stock: AbbVie Or Gilead?
Pharmaceutical companies are among the strongest dividend growth stocks in the market. For example, AbbVie (ABBV) and Gilead Sciences (GILD) both currently sport above-average dividend yields. When it comes to dividends, AbbVie has a head start over Gilead. Going back to its days as a subsidiary of Abbott Laboratories (ABT), AbbVie is a Dividend Aristocrat, a […]
EUR/USD Rallies To ’Decision Point’
EURUSD Daily Technical Outlook: EURUSD is testing resistance at the 1.07-handle where the 50% retracement of the March advance converges on the 61.8% line of the ascending pitchfork formation. Note that this level sits just above the monthly opening-range and if compromised on a close basis, would shift the focus higher in the pair heading deeper into […]
Taxes Are Worse Than You Thought
We are quickly approaching the deadline for filing (and paying) our federal and state income taxes (extended to April 18 this year because of Emancipation Day), and that means it’s time for my annual post at tax time to help put things in perspective. 1. Some Historical Perspective. “In the beginning” when the US federal income […]
US Restaurant Industry Suffers Worst Collapse Since 2009
What tentative hope had emerged for a rebound for the U.S. restaurant industry at the start of the year, was doused last month when in its February Restaurant Industry Snapshot, TDn2K found that “Restaurant Sales and Traffic Tumble in February” and reported that same-store sales fell -3.7% in February, with traffic declining -5.0%. It did, however, leave a possibility […]
Trump Redraws The Thin Red Line In Banking
If I had to pick one event that led to the housing bubble and subsequent financial crisis, it wouldn’t be difficult… The answer is easily the erosion of the Glass-Steagall Act — also known as the U.S. Banking Act of 1933. In the purest spirit of the legislation, Glass-Steagall was intended to keep commercial banking […]
Forex: The General View Remains Bullish
Good day to all, after the long weekend we are back into trading action with the Dollar weakened at the end of last week but bulls still hoping for a full-scale reversal. For me, the key level to watch out is the 101.50 in the short-term Dollar index chart and the 98.80 support and March […]
Netflix Earnings Yield Mixed Results, Share Prices Slightly Up
Netflix Earnings On Monday after the market closed, Netflix Inc. (NFLX) announced first quarter results that were slightly better than expected but missed on the amount of users added. The company the earned 40 cents per share on $2.64 billion in revenue which was in line with analyst expectations. This is compared to $1.96 billion […]
Forex Forecast For EURUSD, GBPUSD, USDCAD, USDJPY – Tuesday, April
Forecast for the EUR/USD currency pair Technical indicators of the currency pair: Prev Opening: 1.06110 Opening: 1.06419 Chg. % of the last day: +0.31 Daily range: 1.06369 – 1.06529 52-week range: 1.0366 – 1.1616 Yesterday, purchases prevailed on EUR/USD. At the moment, the currency is already testing a “mirror” support level of 1.06400. The news […]
Looking For The Reason
Long time readers know that when markets do something unexpected – such as breaking a 3-day losing streak with a surge of 184 Dow points – I need to know why. And while I haven’t forgotten that I’m in the middle of a series on “how to outperform” when designing portfolios (with the next segment […]
Billion Dollar Unicorns: Zoom Video Communications Enters The Club
According to Gartner, web conferencing will be used for 15% of enterprise voice and video communications by 2019, up from less than 1% in 2016. A rising player in this space is cloud video conferencing service Zoom Video Communications, which recently made it to the Billion Dollar Unicorn Club. Zoom Video Communications’ Journey San Jose, California-based […]
