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The S&P 500, Dow And Nasdaq Since Their 2000 Highs – Wednesday, Oct. 3
This update is in response to a standing request for real (inflation-adjusted) charts of the S&P 500, Dow 30, and Nasdaq Composite. It includes the latest monthly close data. Here are two overlays — one with the nominal price, excluding dividends, and the other with the price adjusted for inflation based on the Consumer Price […]
What Will Make The Fed Hike Faster, Pause Or End The Cycle: Here Are The Answers
After Fed Chair Powell’s latest FOMC presentation, and also following his speech yesterday, the general market consensus was that the Fed is on auto-pilot for the conceivable future, at least until something changes. But what could make the FOMC speed up the pace of tightening? What would make it pause? And how will the Committee […]
NZD/USD Bearish Pressure Eyes 0.6502 Zone
NZD/USD bearish pressure eyes 0.6502 zone as it retains its broader medium term downtrend. This development leaves it vulnerable beyond the above support. Support lies at the 0.6450 level. Further down, the 0.6400 level comes in as the next downside target. Its daily RSI is bearish and pointing lower suggesting further weakness. On the upside, […]
Century Aluminum Falls, Alcoa Rises After Norsk Halts Alumina Refinery
Norsk Hydro (NHYDY) announced overnight that its alumina refinery Alunorte in Brazil is preparing for full curtailment of its operation. The decision was taken as the bauxite residue deposit area 1 is close to reaching its capacity, due to the embargo on the state-of-the-art press filter and the newly developed bauxite residue deposit area. Alunorte […]
Acuity Brands’ Q4 Earnings, Revenues Beat Estimates
Acuity Brands, Inc. (AYI – Free Report) reported fourth-quarter fiscal 2018 results, wherein earnings and revenues surpassed the Zacks Consensus Estimate. Earnings surpassed the consensus mark for the second straight quarter, while revenues beat the same for the third successive quarter. Adjusted earnings of $2.68 per share surpassed the consensus estimate of $2.63 by 1.9%. Also, earnings increased […]
September 2018 ISM And Markit Services Indices Again Mixed
The ISM non-manufacturing (aka ISM Services) index continues its growth cycle and improved. Markit PMI Services Index again declined but remains in growth territory. Analyst Opinion of the ISM and Markit Services Survey Both services surveys are in expansion – and their intensity of growth and general trends are different again this month. Markit shows […]
Bonds Are Bloodbathing (But Will It Continue?)
Bonds are getting battered so far today… Pushing 30Y yields breaking above 2018 highs (back to 2014 levels)… 10Y hits its highest yield since 2011… Next stop 3.33/3.43%… And 5Y within a tick of 3.00%… highest since 2008 A lot of bond bear hopes had been pinned on rising oil prices but that pair has […]
4 Best Warren Buffett Stocks To Buy For Q4
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (BRK-B – Free Report) Chairman and CEO Warren Buffett is a great role model if you want to be an astute investor. He has accumulated a fortune of more than $87 billion over his career after getting into the investing game pretty early. Buffett’s investing style is quite simple. He uses a more qualitative […]
Small Caps And Cyclical Stock Sectors Underperforming
During the early part of this year, quite a bit was written about the outperformance of small-cap stocks versus large-cap stocks. One commonly referenced reason for the outperformance was based on the trade and tariff issues and the potentially greater negative impact this would have on large-cap stocks. It does seem though the trade issues […]
