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The Tech Sector Is About To See A Major Reshuffling

The Tech Sector Is About To See A Major Reshuffling

In addition to the next anticipated fed rate hike, there’s a lesser-known factor set to take effect later this year that may impact markets, and may even cause a flash crash. The change that’s coming has to do with both the S&P and MSCI overhauling their global industry classification system (GICS), and Jim Puplava offered […]
Newell Brands Inc – A Turnaround Opportunity

Newell Brands Inc – A Turnaround Opportunity

Newell Brands Inc. (NWL) has been one of the most requested stocks that I’ve been asked to provide an analyze out loud video on. When I first looked at it, I had to wonder why people were so interested in this particular stock. Then I realized that statistically, it looks great. The company’s blended P/E […]
Apple And Amazon $1 Trillion Market Cap: What Is That Telling Us About The Markets

Apple And Amazon $1 Trillion Market Cap: What Is That Telling Us About The Markets

Allison Ostrander, Director of Risk Tolerance and Options Trader Specialist at Simpler Trading is a new guest to the show. I came across her work very recently and like what she had to say about a wide range of markets. In this segment, we discuss the $1 trillion market caps of Apple and Amazon and […]
Massive Deficit Spending Greenlights Waste, Fraud, Profiteering And Dysfunction

Massive Deficit Spending Greenlights Waste, Fraud, Profiteering And Dysfunction

America’s problem isn’t a lack of deficit spending/consumption. America’s problems are profoundly structural. The nice thing about free to me money from any source is the recipients don’t have to change anything. Free money is the ultimate free-pass from consequence and adaptation: instead of having to make difficult trade-offs or suffer the consequences of profligacy, the recipients of […]
Trump To Proceed With $200BN More In China Tariffs Despite Talks; Stocks Tumble

Trump To Proceed With $200BN More In China Tariffs Despite Talks; Stocks Tumble

So much for the optimism that followed the WSJ report that the Trump administration is willing to offer China an olive branch in trade talks in hopes of avoiding further escalation (and which pushed the S&P back over 2,900). Moments ago Bloomberg reported that President Trump has instructed aides on Thursday to proceed with tariffs on […]
S&P 500 Maintains Solid Trend, Can The DAX And FTSE Follow Higher?

S&P 500 Maintains Solid Trend, Can The DAX And FTSE Follow Higher?

S&P 500 This coming week is a quiet one on the data front, with no ‘high’ impact releases on the schedule. Trade war headlines from time-to-time have looked to take stocks lower (as was the case on Friday when it was reported Trump gave the go-head on $200 bln tariffs on China), but at this […]
Inflation: An X-Ray View Of The Components – Friday, September 14

Inflation: An X-Ray View Of The Components – Friday, September 14

Here is a table showing the annualized change in Headline and Core CPI, not seasonally adjusted, for each of the past six months. Also included are the eight components of Headline CPI and a separate entry for Energy, which is a collection of sub-indexes in Housing and Transportation. We can make some inferences about how […]
Most Active Equity Options And Strikes For Midday – Friday, Sept. 14

Most Active Equity Options And Strikes For Midday – Friday, Sept. 14

Top tickers for midday: GE, FTV, AAPL, DVN, BAC.
What May Be The Final Month Of The Fake News Boom

What May Be The Final Month Of The Fake News Boom

For the second consecutive month, retail sales recorded by gasoline stations surged by an annual rate of more than 20%. It was the fourth month in a row where sales have been up by nearly that amount. Last year’s jump in oil prices is feeding through in a number of ways. From headline inflation rates to now […]
Retail Sales Weaker Than Expected, July Revised Up, Large Y-o-Y Amazon Impact

Retail Sales Weaker Than Expected, July Revised Up, Large Y-o-Y Amazon Impact

Retail sales only rose 0.1% in Aug, but July was revised from +0.5% to +0.7%. Amazon impact stands out year-over-year. The U.S. Census Bureau’s Advance Estimates of U.S. Retail and Food Services Sales report for August 2018 shows unexpected weakness as retail sales rose only 0.1% vs the consensus estimate of 0.4% The noticeable standout in this […]