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5 Top Stocks With Striking Net Profit Margin

5 Top Stocks With Striking Net Profit Margin

The primary motive of any investor is to generate maximum returns. Thus, investors are always on the lookout for companies that are raking in huge profits. Net profit margin is the most effective way to measure a company’s profitability. A proper analysis of the same reveals how well a company is functioning and the headwinds […]
Currency Exchange Value Dynamics

Currency Exchange Value Dynamics

In a recent article[i] I postulated that the dollar could lose all its purchasing power with a rapidity that will come as an unpleasant bombshell, even to those who already see inflation as society’s greatest problem in the future. The key to understanding why this may be so lies in human reactions to the monetary consequences […]
Marshall Islands: Why The Island Nation Wants To Launch A Cryptocurrency

Marshall Islands: Why The Island Nation Wants To Launch A Cryptocurrency

The Big Picture Cryptocurrencies and, more broadly, the mechanism that underpins them — distributed ledger technology — continue to emerge in importance. One key trend within that sphere is the creation and adoption of cryptocurrencies by nation-states as they seek to harness the technology to their advantage. Some, such as Venezuela, have sought to bypass […]
Fed Rate Hike Odds Increase; BOC, BOE May Odds Drop

Fed Rate Hike Odds Increase; BOC, BOE May Odds Drop

FOMC MARCH HIKE ODDS HOLD AT 100%; JUNE ODDS EDGE HIGHER Rate hike odds for the Federal Reserve’s March meeting remain at 100%, so we’ve turned our attention further down the glide path to see what market participants think. Even as the odds of the second (June) and third rate hikes (by November) in 2018 have been pulled […]
Nordstrom Shares Slip On Earnings Miss, But Comps Manage To Grow

Nordstrom Shares Slip On Earnings Miss, But Comps Manage To Grow

Nordstrom Inc. (JWN – Free Report) just released its fourth quarter fiscal 2017 financial results, posting earnings of $1.20 per share and revenues of $4.6 billion. The stock is down about 3% to $49 per share shortly after the report was released. Currently, JWN is a #2 (Buy) on the Zacks Rank, and our consensus estimate trend […]
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                        Market Briefing For Friday, March 2

E Market Briefing For Friday, March 2

Combined catalysts that constantly deflect both rallies and declines are starting to wane; although there’s no argument that these battle line skirmishes ‘can’ persist for awhile, until heavy turbulence returns. What we had on Thursday actually broke only the 100-day Moving Average, with an excessive focus on Trump and protectionism. That means that if the […]
Two Measures Of Inflation And Fed Policy – Thursday, March 1

Two Measures Of Inflation And Fed Policy – Thursday, March 1

The BEA’s Personal Consumption Expenditures Chain-type Price Index for January, released this morning, shows that core inflation remains below the Federal Reserve’s 2% long-term target at 1.52%. The most recent Core Consumer Price Index release, also data through January, is higher at 1.82%. The Fed is on record as using Core PCE data as its […]
Significant Decline In Stocks On The Cards!

Significant Decline In Stocks On The Cards!

There is a whole lot going on across the markets after today’s trade! And a lot of opportunities developing in the charts. So let’s not waste time chatting, and get right into it! UPCOMING RISK EVENTS: USD: Revised UoM Consumer Sentiment.EUR: German Retail Sales m/m.GBP: BOE Gov Carney Speaks, Construction PMI, Prime Minister May Speaks.JPY: n/a. […]
The Brown Earth Dog Is A Fire Breathing Dragon

The Brown Earth Dog Is A Fire Breathing Dragon

The dragon dance is a customary way to celebrate the Chinese New Year. We all know what dragons breathe-FIRE! Furthermore, where there’s smoke, there’s fire.  Plus, as the element this year of the brown earth dog is water, bulls now have to hope its enough water to put out the fire, rather than just enough water to […]
Gap Shares Rally On Strong Earnings, Total Comps Up 5%

Gap Shares Rally On Strong Earnings, Total Comps Up 5%

Gap Inc. (GPS – Free Report) just released its fourth quarter fiscal 2017 financial results, posting earnings of 61 cents per share and revenues of $4.8 billion. The stock is 9% to $34.55 per share shortly after the report was released. Currently, GPS is a #2 (Buy) on the Zacks Rank, and our consensus estimate […]