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Market Outlook: Bulls Are Running

Market Outlook: Bulls Are Running

It was another solid week on Wall Street as investors digested a slew of earnings and economic data. The major indices overcame a mid-week sell-off and ended higher after several well-known tech stocks reported strong numbers and GDP beat estimates. Buyers showed up on Friday after Alphabet, Amazon, and Microsoft were some of the well-known stocks […]
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                        All-Around Strength In Q3 Earnings Season

EC All-Around Strength In Q3 Earnings Season

We are past the halfway mark in the Q3 earnings season, with results from 54% of the S&P 500 members already out. This reporting season has turned out to be very good, further strengthening the narrative of a favorable earnings backdrop that has been in place over the last few quarters. The Technology sector became […]
Tesla Inc Stock Skids On Model 3 Warning, Analyst Downgrade

Tesla Inc Stock Skids On Model 3 Warning, Analyst Downgrade

Tesla Inc (Nasdaq:TSLA) stock tumbled to its lowest level in months after one analyst downgraded it and an Asian publication reported that the company canceled some of its orders for Model 3 parts. Clearly the company has a lot of explaining to do next week on the earnings call after it releases its third-quarter results. […]
One Trader Asks: ‘What Does Draghi Know That We Don’t?’

One Trader Asks: ‘What Does Draghi Know That We Don’t?’

As you probably/hopefully noticed on Thursday, the DAX hit a record following the announcement of the ECB taper and unquestionably, one reason why is because by slapping a dovish bow on an announcement about paring back asset purchases, Draghi managed to drive the euro lower, thus supporting European equities. But just because everyone heard what […]
Amid A Better Economic And Earnings Picture, Concerns Remain

Amid A Better Economic And Earnings Picture, Concerns Remain

The bottom line for the week is the economic picture looks better today than it did a few months ago. Earnings so far have been in general stronger than was expected, but we are still dealing with an equity market that is in overbought territory and valuations remain in the top 0.7% of all time […]
Bank Stock Roundup: Q3 Earnings At Tail End – COF Tops, FITB, STI, RF In-Line

Bank Stock Roundup: Q3 Earnings At Tail End – COF Tops, FITB, STI, RF In-Line

All the major banks that reported third-quarter 2017 results over the last five trading days reported bottom-line growth. This was mainly driven by a rise in revenues attributable to higher net interest income and loan growth. Moreover, margin pressure seems to be easing. Further, the rise in deposit balances helped drive organic growth at the […]
Goldman Sachs Maintains The Most Tax Havens Of Any US Company… By Far

Goldman Sachs Maintains The Most Tax Havens Of Any US Company… By Far

Multinational companies based in the United States are able to avoid paying an estimated $100 billion in federal income tax every year through the use of tax havens. As Statista’s Niall McCarthy notes, a recent report from the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy has found that 366 of America’s largest 500 companies maintain 9,755 tax haven subsidiaries holding over […]
Apple IPhoneX Epic Fail

Apple IPhoneX Epic Fail

Just for fun, I set my alarm for 2:45 a.m. ET and I decided to be the first kid on my block to get a brand new iPhoneX. What could go wrong? I know that Apple only has a few million phones available (as of October 27, 2017) and that the demand will be in […]
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                        OpGen: Helping Solve A Rapidly Expanding Health Crisis

E OpGen: Helping Solve A Rapidly Expanding Health Crisis

With a leading analyst predicting that “Superbugs” will become a bigger killer than cancer by 2050, OpGen (OPGN) is suddenly in the middle of a promising area of demand. The small stock remains relatively unknown despite a potential large market opportunity and a peer with a much larger market value. With over 2 million multi-drug […]