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3M: A Dividend King With A Long History Of Growth

3M: A Dividend King With A Long History Of Growth

Founded in 1902, 3M (MMM) was intended to be a mining company that would find minerals used in sand paper and grinding wheels. While the company wasn’t successful in this initial adventure, the founders’ turned to working with different materials to produce innovative new products for customers in order to grow their business. That spirit […]
Break Through The Clutter

Break Through The Clutter

The news cycle has been thick and heavy lately with updates about so many different major stories flying from the press. Sometimes it’s hard to keep on top of all of it. The markets have been hyper-focused on the US interest rate decision coming today from the new Fed chair Jerome Powell but at this point, I’m not even […]
Additional Signs For PMs Amid Increasing FOMC Tension

Additional Signs For PMs Amid Increasing FOMC Tension

Are you feeling lucky? We all should. Whether you’re short or long gold (or you’re waiting on the sidelines), the additional day of signals is truly a blessing. That is, if you know what to look at. The previous days and weeks provided us with multiple signs and yesterday’s price action served as the – […]
Wheat World Price May Block 4th Quarter Export Advance To Hit US Goal

Wheat World Price May Block 4th Quarter Export Advance To Hit US Goal

Market Analysis The wheat market’s focus may be split between the up-coming quarterly stocks and the US producers’ prospective planting survey since both USDA reports will be released on March 29. The upcoming March 1 stocks report is important to see if wheat’s current demand trends for exports, feed and food are remaining on their […]
Fasten Your Seat Belt, Turbulence Ahead

Fasten Your Seat Belt, Turbulence Ahead

U.S. Treasury securities across the maturity spectrum are reaching yield resistance levels that have proven for decades to be extremely valuable to investors engaged in technical analysis. We believe it is possible the reaction of interest rates to these resistance levels will hold important clues about future economic activity and the direction of the stock […]
AUD/USD Technical Analysis: Why 0.7780 Level Matters

AUD/USD Technical Analysis: Why 0.7780 Level Matters

The Australian Dollar started its decline on March, 14 following tepid economic data and the statement from the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA). Yesterday, the decline continued after the RBA released its minutes for the meeting it held last week. In the past week, the AUD/USD pair fell from a high of 0.7916 to a […]
No Light At The End Of The Tunnel For This Stock

No Light At The End Of The Tunnel For This Stock

Investors will ignore a lot of red flags if they think they’ve found a diamond in the rough. This company has an alarming number of red flags. Its shrinking cash flows can’t cover its debt burden, its accounting is confusing and possibly unreliable, its industry faces technological disruption, and its valuation assumes implausibly high profit […]
Transport ETFs To Ride High On Huge Earnings Beat By FedEx

Transport ETFs To Ride High On Huge Earnings Beat By FedEx

After the closing bell yesterday, transport bellwether FedEx (FDX – Free Report) reported robust 2018 third-quarter earnings results. The courier company outpaced the Zacks Consensus Estimate on both the top and bottom lines and lifted its full-year earnings guidance. Earnings per share came in at $3.72, way above the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $3.08 and up from […]
Chaos Is The Only Way Out

Chaos Is The Only Way Out

The prevailing fiction pervading Wall Street right now is that economic growth is picking up in a sustainable fashion and that interest rates will merely rise slowly. Then, soon level off at historically low levels. In other words, they are selling a fairytale; and a dangerous one at that. This premise is blatantly false. The […]
Risks And Realities

Risks And Realities

Geopolitical risk and the reality of surging U.S. and Global oil demand sent oil on a tear to a three-week high. Oil prices rose as President Donald Trump and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Salman met as traders felt it was a signal that soon Saudi Arabia and The United States would work together to […]