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E Market Deluge
One of the largest hurricanes to hit the US continues to storm through the Southern States today. Markets had their own deluge yesterday that continues today. China Shanghai Composite fell 5.22% – the biggest drop since February 2016 – blamed on US trade war intensifying and the FOMC rate hikes continuing. If money is leaving equities, where is it […]
Sears Creditors Push For Bankruptcy Liquidation As Vendors No Longer Paid
Amid recent reports that Sears (SHLD) is set to file for bankruptcy as soon as this weekend ahead of a $134 million debt payment due on Monday, the only question is whether the filing will be a Chapter 11 debt for equity reorganization or a Chapter 7 liquidation. And contrary to the desires of Sears […]
Revisiting A Trade: When I Sold Square
A look at the work that goes into owning individual stocks. Today I wanted to revisit a trade that I made back in early August when I sold Square (SQ). My rationale as follows, …I bought late last year around $40. An eight month hold is very short for me, I have quite a holdings for clients […]
A Guide To The U.S. Corporate Debt Bubble
Video Length 00:04:29 In this special video presentation, Jesse Colombo explains the U.S. corporate debt bubble that is inflating in the U.S. While the soaring stock market has attracted the most attention, a dangerous bubble has also formed in U.S. corporate debt. Since 2008, total outstanding non-financial corporate debt has increased by over $2.5 trillion or 40%. […]
Markets Crash, Trump Blames Fed, How To Protect Your Portfolio
The stock market is crashing with the S&P 500 index down 3.3% and the Nasdaq down 4% today. Both indices closed at their lows for the day and have continued lower in after-hours, which adds to the bearish view. The Dow had it’s worst day since February 8th and the S&P 500 fell through support […]
Southside Bancshares: Today’s Pick
Today I’m reviewing a small-cap regional US bank, named Southside Bancshares Inc. Its trading ticker symbol is SBSI. Southside Bancshares Inc is a financial institution offering financial services to individuals, businesses, municipal entities, and non-profit organizations in the communities it serves. It was was founded in 1960 and is headquartered in Tyler, Texas. The company operates […]
E Market Briefing For Thursday, Oct. 11
Re-calibrating expectations for profitability; for monetary policy; and of course for ‘corporate earnings’, has dominated the ongoing rationalizations or interpretations, of what’s going on; what’s happened; or what it means. (We all know what led up to the market break; the selling in FANG as well as others that’s gone on for weeks and in some […]
Oil And Gas And … Edelweiss?
Switzerland has no natural resources apart from its Alpine natural gas producers, scenic beauty and water. If you watch the following video, you can join those four legged producers as they contentedly add flavour to Switzerland’s famed pure mountain air. Oil and gas are otherwise nonexistent except for gas produced from recycled decomposable waste – biogas […]
Final Demand Producer Price Inflation Slowest Since Dec 2017
Final Demand Producer Prices continued to roll over for the 3rd month in a row, rising just 2.6% YoY (below expectations) – the weakest inflationary impulse since Dec 2017 thanks to a 3.5%MoM decline gasoline prices in September. Digging into the details: Final demand ex food, energy rose 0.2% m/m vs est. up 0.2% Final demand rose […]
The Opportunities In Copper
Sean Brodrick, Natural Resource Analyst at Weiss Ratings joins me today to share his thoughts on the copper market. We look at how China is continuing to play a large roll on the demand side. Also, the fact that there are not many companies left in the copper space means you need to be even […]
