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Is Tesla Counting On A Billion Dollar Regulatory Credit Bonanza?

Is Tesla Counting On A Billion Dollar Regulatory Credit Bonanza?

Tesla’s primary business of manufacturing and selling electric vehicles, or EVs, generates two classes of tradable regulatory credits that it sells to other automakers. Under rules promulgated by the EPA, automakers must meet Federal greenhouse gas emissions standards, buy GHG Credits from other automakers, or pay substantial fines. Under rules promulgated by California and nine […]
Hot Options Report For End Of Day – Wednesday, Sept. 19

Hot Options Report For End Of Day – Wednesday, Sept. 19

Data Courtesy of Trade Alert 
Why This China-U.S. Trade War Could Last 20 Years

Why This China-U.S. Trade War Could Last 20 Years

I agree with him! The richest man in China, Alibaba co-founder Jack Ma, reckons the trade war is the beginning of a long-term battle for supremacy between China and the U.S. He sees no effective short-term solution to this big global issue. China needs to strengthen its economy to fulfill its long-term shift to stronger domestic consumption […]
Asset Class Performance MTD, QTD, And YTD 2018

Asset Class Performance MTD, QTD, And YTD 2018

Below is an updated look at the performance of various asset classes using key ETFs tracked in our Trend Analyzer tool. For each ETF, we show its total return month-to-date, quarter-to-date, and year-to-date. While September has been an up month so far for the S&P 500 (SPY), we’ve seen some rotation out of the strategies that were […]
Housing: A Big Miss In Permits With Important Ramifications

Housing: A Big Miss In Permits With Important Ramifications

Despite a smart month over month increase in starts, this morning’s report on housing permits and starts, taken as a whole, was a sharp negative. It’s true that starts, both in total and for single-family units only, were higher than their readings from the last two months. This is something that I forecast one month […]
Trade War? Stocks Rally Sharply

Trade War? Stocks Rally Sharply

Trade War Potentially Simmers Down It’s shocking how the trade war situation worked out. The futures market looked weak on Monday night. It seemed inevitable that China would match the tariffs President Trump announced. However, that’s not what happened. China announced it would tax $60 billion worth of American goods between a 5% and 10% […]
Tilray Hits $300, Then Is Halted Three Times During Dramatic Plunge

Tilray Hits $300, Then Is Halted Three Times During Dramatic Plunge

The Volkswagen Tilray short-squeeze is becoming unbearable for pot bears, as a result of the minute moves in the stock, which moments ago soared to $300/share. We will let readers catch up on the TLRy story, but what was remarkable is just how clinically TLRY tumbled the instant it hit a record high of $300, sending its market […]
US Telecom Stocks Surge As 5G Ambitions Intensify

US Telecom Stocks Surge As 5G Ambitions Intensify

U.S.-based telecom sector stocks have been soaring, amid progress towards advancing 5G (next generation) technology and despite global competition. Telcos have been ramping up their efforts recently to achieve an edge in rolling out nationwide 5G networks, which are widely expected to open up a vast array of services, including for broadband, mobile and Internet […]
AutoNation CEO Jackson To Step Down In 2019 After Nearly 20 Years

AutoNation CEO Jackson To Step Down In 2019 After Nearly 20 Years

Shares of AutoNation (AN) are climbing in morning trading after the company said its long-time chief executive officer will step down from his role in 2019 to become the company’s executive chairman. AutoNation is also undertaking a search to find its next CEO. LONG-TIME CEO MIKE JACKSON TO STEP DOWN IN 2019: AutoNation’s CEO Mike […]
U.S. Markets Ignore Tariff Worries: 5 Top-Ranked Picks

U.S. Markets Ignore Tariff Worries: 5 Top-Ranked Picks

Wall Street shrugged off early losses on Sep 18 to close in the green as investors chose to ignore trade tensions. Stocks moved north after the latest tariffs from the United States and China were less harmful than expected.   Consumer discretionary and industrials stocks emerged as the leading performers. Tech shares also gained after […]