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How Much Should Investors Pay For Spotify?

How Much Should Investors Pay For Spotify?

Spotify (SPOT) will begin trading publicly on April 3, but it will not have an IPO. The Swedish streaming service instead plans to do a direct listing of its stock. Employees and investors will be able to sell shares on public markets, but the company itself will not be raising any new capital. The lack […]
Best Dividend Paying Stocks For Dividend Growth Investors – April 2018

Best Dividend Paying Stocks For Dividend Growth Investors – April 2018

This article will look at companies reviewed by ModernGraham which have grown their dividends annually for at least the last 20 years.Out of over 900 companies covered by ModernGraham, only 70 have grown dividends annually for at least the last 20 years. Defensive Investors are defined as investors who are not able or willing to […]
Spotify CEO Warns Of ‘Ups And Downs’ Ahead Of Wall Street Listing

Spotify CEO Warns Of ‘Ups And Downs’ Ahead Of Wall Street Listing

In a blog post, titled “Tomorrow,” Spotify co-founder, chairman and CEO Daniel Ek writes that he’s proud of what the company has accomplished since its debut in October 2008. “Lots of people have asked me how I feel about tomorrow’s listing. Of course, I am proud of what we’ve built over the last decade. But […]
A Dragging Anchor — Higher Rates And Tighter Risk-Premia Spreads

A Dragging Anchor — Higher Rates And Tighter Risk-Premia Spreads

I want to share a recent note from Morgan Stanley with you guys. The note discusses the rise in front end rates and what it means for the relative attractiveness of other assets. I think it’s largely to blame for the repricing of risks we’re seeing in markets right now. And it’s going to be […]
Why U.S. Recession Could Be Imminent In Later 2018 And Early 2019

Why U.S. Recession Could Be Imminent In Later 2018 And Early 2019

iStock.com/tang90246 Three Indicators Pointing to a Recession for the U.S Economy Mark my words, the U.S. economy could be headed towards a recession, not economic growth. There’s a lot of data that suggest an economic slowdown could be imminent in the later part of 2018 and early 2019. There are three data sets that are […]
Forex Short-Term Analysis – Tuesday, April 3

Forex Short-Term Analysis – Tuesday, April 3

Greetings everyone and happy Easter, let’s take a look at some Forex pairs that are in interesting formations and very important junctions. CADJPY Holding inside the bullish channel. Price is bouncing. As long as the price is above 81.65 we could see another new higher high towards 83.25. However, a break below 81.65 will open […]
‘Buyers Market’ Spreading In Real Estate

‘Buyers Market’ Spreading In Real Estate

It’s not just in Canada’s most expensive markets that home sales are tumbling in 2018. A report today shows that from luxury condos to the least expensive co-ops in Manhattan, sales fell 25% year over year in Q1 2018 for the biggest annual decline since NYC’s property market froze during the 2009 financial crisis. Similar […]
US Dollar Holds Ground As Risk Sentiment Slides, Eurozone Data Weakens

US Dollar Holds Ground As Risk Sentiment Slides, Eurozone Data Weakens

The US Dollar (via the DXY Index) has proven sturdy at the start of the new month and quarter as European markets have come online for the first time since last Thursday. Reinvigorated tensions between China and the US thanks to a series of comments by US President Trump have hit global equity markets again, with tech […]
Morning Call For Tuesday, April 3

Morning Call For Tuesday, April 3

Overnight Markets and News June S&P 500 E-minis (ESM18 +0.39%) are trading higher by +0.50% this morning as some of the gloom from Monday dissipated and as overseas stock markets today did not fall as far as U.S. stocks did on Monday. The Euro Stoxx 50 index this morning is down -0.58%, which is a […]
Northwest Natural Gas: A Sleep Well At Night Dividend King

Northwest Natural Gas: A Sleep Well At Night Dividend King

NW Natural (NWN) has a track record of dividend increases that puts it in very exclusive company. NWN has increased its cash dividend for more than 60 consecutive years, making NWN one of just a handful of companies in the entire market with a dividend increase streak of that length. That puts it among the […]