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Weekly Gasoline Price Update: WTIC Up Again – Wednesday, Jan 24

Weekly Gasoline Price Update: WTIC Up Again – Wednesday, Jan 24

It’s time again for our weekly gasoline update based on data from the Energy Information Administration (EIA). The price of Regular and Premium were up four and three cents, respectively, from last week. According to GasBuddy.com, Hawaii has the highest average price for Regular at $3.31 and Santa Barbara, CA is the most expensive city, averaging […]
The Real Estate Bubble Looks Eerily Like Early 2006

The Real Estate Bubble Looks Eerily Like Early 2006

We called the real estate bubble top in late 2005, just before it began to burst in early 2006. So did Jim Stack, a newsletter writer in Whitefish Montana. Now Jim has a Housing Bubble Bellwether Barometer that’s flashing a sell signal after going up 80% last year. All our alarms are going off as […]
A Few Words On The Gold Sector

A Few Words On The Gold Sector

As the long-term interest rate Amigo continues upward, the anti-USD ‘inflation trade’ continues onward and more and more gold bug writers emerge from the woodwork, it is time for a little antidote to the inevitable pitches and hype to come. Everything is playing to script and with this little pullback to a higher low in the miners […]
Dow Jones Industrials: Fast Approaching Major Resistance Of 27,500

Dow Jones Industrials: Fast Approaching Major Resistance Of 27,500

The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) has been continuing its almost vertical climb since the 2016 presidential election. It successfully broke through the 25,000 resistance level mentioned in our Weekly Report Volume 6 from January 7, 2018.  At 26,200, the Dow is roughly halfway to its long-term geometric target price of 27,500. Here is an updated chart: […]
Vendanta Limited Transforms Elements

Vendanta Limited Transforms Elements

Every New York stock exchange trading day I’m posting a daily dividend stock or fund review. I’ll share the three chief qualities of just one equity or fund that could be selected for a dividend stock portfolio I’ve named the Safari to Sweet Success. This week my Safari portfolio seeks a company in the basic […]
Abbott (ABT) Beats Earnings And Revenue Estimates In Q4

Abbott (ABT) Beats Earnings And Revenue Estimates In Q4

Abbott (ABT – Free Report) is an Illinois-based company focused on bringing a diverse line of healthcare products to the market. Abbott reports its diversified business in four segments – namely Established Pharmaceuticals Division (EPD), Medical Devices, Diagnostics and Nutrition. The company has reshaped its portfolio through strategic acquisitions/divestitures in recent times. It has also been taking strategic […]
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                        Although Positive For Financial Markets, The Massive U.S. Tax Cut Will Generate Large Budget Deficits

E Although Positive For Financial Markets, The Massive U.S. Tax Cut Will Generate Large Budget Deficits

“Considering that tax cuts are tilted towards corporations and wealthy individuals, both of which have low fiscal multipliers, we’re expecting the associated economic boost to be restrained to less than half a percentage point… While the tax cut package is likely to have only a small impact on economic growth it is set to structurally […]
Bitcoin Market Crashing: Is This The End Of Bitcoin Or A Pause Before The Next Bull Run?

Bitcoin Market Crashing: Is This The End Of Bitcoin Or A Pause Before The Next Bull Run?

For greed all nature is too little. – Seneca Whenever the masses fully embrace a market, trouble is usually close at hand, and that’s what occurred with bitcoin; the masses were completely enamoured with Bitcoin. The masses were euphoric and were expecting bitcoin to soar to the next galaxy. Wild targets of $100,000 were being issued […]
Caterpillar Dealer Sales Soar Most In 6 Years

Caterpillar Dealer Sales Soar Most In 6 Years

If Caterpillar’s dealer sales statistics, traditionally released just one day before the company’s earnings report, are an indication of what to expect from the heavy industrial equipment maker, then CAT’s Q4 results will be a blowout. As shown in the following chart, growth in world retail sales jumped from 26% to 34% in December, the highest […]
Texas Instruments Shares Get Trounced On Q4 Earnings

Texas Instruments Shares Get Trounced On Q4 Earnings

Texas Instruments (TXN), the multinational American, U.S.-based company that produces semiconductors and various integrated circuits along with analog chips and embedded processors, announced their fiscal quarterly earnings after the market closed on January 23rd, 2017. Unfortunately the reaction was not pretty as soon as the news was released. Shares sold off hard on volume. The […]