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News From Switzerland And Turkey
Trouble in Swiss Employment This story from Switzerland will be ignored, lest it generate cognitive dissonance. The mainstream looks at a few carefully curated statistics. I encourage you to do a Google search on “marginal productivity of debt”. My articles are all over the first page of results. This is not because I am such […]
Irhythm Bounces Back As Analysts Say Apple Watch Good News, Not Bad
Shares of iRhythm Technologies (IRTC) were under pressure yesterday after Apple (AAPL) announced that its new Watch Series 4 had received FDA approval for a built-in electrocardiogram scanner, but have since bounced back. Commenting on Apple’s new watch, JPMorgan analyst Robbie Marcus argued that the device’s new features pose almost no competitive threat to iRhythm’s […]
Most Active Equity Options And Strikes For Midday – Thursday, Sept. 13
Top tickers for midday: BAC, AAPL, CZR, INTC, GNC.
The Emerging Countries To Bank On… And The Ones To Avoid
Just saw a chart with the second quarter GDP results for the fastest growing countries in the world, and… Of course, emerging countries – largely Asia – dominated. India topped at a whopping 8.2%, followed by waning China at 6.7%, Indonesia at 5.3%, and Turkey at 5.1%. Other notable emerging countries were struggling, with Brazil […]
Bull Flag Breakout
My Swing Trading Approach I added one new additional trade to the portfolio yesterday while also raising the stops in my other positions. Still looking to be measured with any additional trades. I don’t want to be overexposed in this market. Indicators Volatility Index (VIX) – VIX broke below the rising trend-line below August lows. Likely […]
August 2018 CPI: Year-Over-Year Inflation Rate Moderates To 2.7%
According to the BLS, the Consumer Price Index (CPI-U) year-over-year inflation rate was 2.7 % year-over-year (lower than the 2.9 % last month) – up 0.2 % month-over-month. The year-over-year core inflation (excludes energy and food) rate moderated from 2.4 % to 2.2 % and continues to be above the target set by the Federal Reserve. Analyst […]
September 2018 Stock Considerations
A little late with this post as I like to highlight my potential stock buys in the beginning of the month but sometimes it can be tough deciding where to deploy fresh capital when many stocks are trading at premium prices. Of course, we all know that no matter how high the market rises there […]
Trump Denies WSJ Report, Says “Under No Pressure To Make Deal With China”
The reason why the market spiked yesterday just before noon, if briefly, was a WSJ report that the Trump admin is reaching out to China for a new round of trade talks, in an effort “to give Beijing another opportunity to address Washington’s concerns over trade issues before the Trump administration implements additional tariffs on Chinese imports.” […]
Trade War Rhetoric Pushes Hang Seng Into Bear Territory
Hong Kong is a special administrative region in China. It is known as one of the largest financial cities in the world. It has a population of about 8 million people and a GDP of $320 billion. The Hong Kong Stocks Exchange has a combined market capitalization of more than $1.2 trillion. The exchange is […]
4 Toxic Stocks To Abandon Or Sell Short For Solid Gains
Successful investing depends upon the accurate identification of the correctly priced stocks. However, in practice, the rightly priced stocks and the overpriced toxic stocks are intertwined in such a way that it is very difficult to distinguish between them. Usually, overhyped toxic stocks are susceptible to external shocks. Moreover, these stocks are burdened with huge […]
