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Multiples Have Fallen The 3rd Most In 40 Years
Multiples – Apple & Amazon Fall, But Stocks Rally The S&P 500 rallied 0.56% on Monday. Berkshire Hathaway’s Class B shares rallied 4.7%. That’s because the company bought almost $1 billion of its shares back in August. In the first 9 months of the year, the firm purchased $24.4 billion worth of shares. That’s over […]
September 2018 CoreLogic Home Prices Up 5.6% Year-Over-Year
CoreLogic’s Home Price Index (HPI) shows that home prices in the USA are up 5.6 % year-over-year (reported up 0.4 % month-over-month). CoreLogic HPI is used in the Federal Reserves’ Flow of Funds to calculate the values of residential real estate. The quote of the day was in this data release: …. By waiting to […]
A Sneak Preview Of AMC Entertainment’s Third Quarter Earnings Show
The movie theater industry is set for further growth, despite increasing competition with online, on-demand and at-home media consumption. The entertainment business has been undergoing massive upheaval recently, with streaming video services such as Netflix (Nasdaq: NFLX) and Amazon Prime (Nasdaq: AMZN) generally stealing younger generations away from the movie theater experience. In its third-quarter […]
US Mid-Term Elections Dominate Price Action In All Markets
Waiting for the US mid-term elections was reflected in the markets this afternoon, and following an initial move higher, that was it for the rest of the session as all three indices rotated around the VPOC on the fast timeframe charts and lacking both direction and participation. The price action was no great surprise given […]
Beaten-Down Pharma ETFs To Buy Post Q3 Results
Total earnings for 76.7% of the total healthcare market capitalization are up 11% on revenue growth of 7.2%. The growth rates seem unimpressive when compared with some of the other sectors. Earnings and revenue beat ratios of 82.9% and 57.1%, respectively, are also not great either. Among the most notable players, Johnson & Johnson (JNJ – Free Report) was […]
Symantec Jumps 14% After Private Equity Firm Said To Make Takeover Approach
Shares of Symantec (SYMC) have jumped after Reuters reported, citing people familiar with the matter, that technology-focused private equity firm Thoma Bravo has approached the cybersecurity software company about a potential deal to go private. Symantec previously reached a settlement with activist hedge fund Starboard Value in September and PE firms Bain Capital and […]
The S&P 500, Dow And Nasdaq Since Their 2000 Highs – Tuesday, Nov. 6
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 […]
Job Openings Decline By 284,000 But Still Near Record Highs
September job openings level fell to 7.0 million (-284,000) after reaching a revised series high of 7.3 million in Aug. The BLS Job Openings and Labor Turnover (JOLTS) report shows openings at the end of September fell to 7 million from an upwardly revised record high in August. Job Openings On the last business day of September, […]
Can Low Volatility ETFs Protect Your Portfolio?
Video Length: 00:09:44 Stocks have been extremely volatile over the past few weeks, making investors nervous about the safety of their portfolios. Volatility is expected to stay at elevated levels as there are so many factors to worry about now including midterm elections, trade & tariff tensions, slowing global economy and peak earnings. In this […]
September 2018 Headline JOLTS Declines
The BLS Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS) can be used as a predictor of future jobs growth, and the predictive elements show that the year-over-year growth rate of unadjusted private non-farm job openings declined relative to last month – wiping out last month’s gain. Analyst Opinion of JOLTS Data The BLS stated: On the last […]
