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4 Best-Ranked Liquid Stocks For Impressive Returns

Jan 25, 2018 Jeremy Parkinson Finance 0

Liquidity is an important yardstick that indicates a company’s capability to meet debt obligations by converting assets into cash. Investors seeking solid returns may invest in companies that boast a favorable liquidity position. However, one should be cautious before investing in liquid stocks. While a high liquidity level may mean that the company is meeting […]

Introducing The New Normal

Jan 25, 2018 Jeremy Parkinson Finance 0

I wanted to use one stock – – Marriott – – to illustrate how the market has gone utterly and totally into la-la land. In the circle area, you see a normal market. It has ups and downs. It has volatility. It is dynamic and provides opportunities in both directions. For the past year, however, a lot of stocks look […]

Dick’s Sporting Dips Despite Fifth Upgrade This Month

Jan 25, 2018 Jeremy Parkinson Finance 0

This morning, Telsey Advisory analyst Joseph Feldman upgraded Dick’s Sporting Goods (DKS) to Outperform as he expects industry pressures will stabilize. Since the beginning of the month, four other Wall Street analysts have upgraded the stock to buy-equivalent ratings, citing better sector trends and benefits from new U.S. tax reforms. BUY DICK’S SPORTING: In a […]

The Fantastic Four That Make FANG Look Tame

Jan 25, 2018 Jeremy Parkinson Finance 0

The FANG stocks (Facebook, Amazon, Netflix, and Google, now known as Alphabet) have become the face of the current bull market in equities. But there is another fantastic foursome, typically the province of far less intrepid investors, that has outperformed even this notable group over the past two years and more accurately epitomizes what has […]

Davos And Currency Moves

Jan 25, 2018 Jeremy Parkinson Finance 0

(Audio length 00:09:44) Chris Temple joins me today to look at the moves in currencies especially the continued breakdown in the USD. We also consider how the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland is playing a roll in this move down. Relating this the moves in gold and gold stocks there are some considerations here […]

The Euro Rises To The 3-Year High Following Draghi’s Forward Guidance

Jan 25, 2018 Jeremy Parkinson Finance 0

The Euro Rises to the 3-Year High Following Draghi’s Forward Guidance. The ECB’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) concluded their January meeting today. As expected, the committee left rates unchanged. The base interest rates remained at 0% while the deposit facility rates were left at –0.40%. As mentioned yesterday, this month’s meeting came at an interesting period […]

A Quantitative Strategy For Enhancing Merger Arbitrage

Jan 25, 2018 Jeremy Parkinson Finance 0

Merger arbitrage, sometimes known as “risk arbitrage,” is an investing strategy in which the investor bets on announced M&A deals. After a merger is announced, shares of the target tend to trade below the offered price (due to deal uncertainty), representing the arbitrage spread; if the deal is successful, the price moves up and the […]

Near Record Foreign Buyers For Tremendous 7Y Treasury Auction

Jan 25, 2018 Jeremy Parkinson Finance 0

If the 2 Year auction earlier this week was described by many as “tremendous”, today’s 7 Year “belly buster” was nothing short of spectacular. Pricing at a high yield of 2.565%, today’s 7Y auction stopped through the When Issued 2.77% by a whopping 1.2bps; as expected the yield was the highest since April 2011. However, it was the […]

The GDP Of Bridges To Nowhere

Jan 25, 2018 Jeremy Parkinson Finance 0

On January 18, 2018, China’s National Bureau of Statistics announced that the country’s GDP grew by 6.9 percent in 2017: According to the preliminary estimation, the gross domestic product (GDP) of China was 82,712.2 billion yuan in 2017, an increase of 6.9 percent at constant price compared with last year. Specifically, the year-on-year growth of […]

Euro Nears Critical Point

Jan 25, 2018 Jeremy Parkinson Finance 0

The EUR/USD is now nearing a key region of resistance after reaching fresh 3-year highs earlier today. A key trendline and two key Fibonacci measurements are lining-up in the 1.2617/33 region, just above current price action. This, however, is not just any trendline, its a trendline that originates from the double top pattern in 2009, […]