Author Archive: Jeremy Parkinson
China’s Weapons In The Coming China-U.S. Trade War
Image Source: Pexels With less than a month from the second Trump inauguration, trade specialists are now examining ways in which China is going to react to a host of American trade restrictions. We know that Trump is planning a broad-based increase in tariffs, some speculate as high as 100% on certain manufactured products. In addition, […]
Nasdaq 100 & S&P 500 Elliott Wave Update – Thur., Dec. 26
Image Source: Unsplash Nothing to be adding to current analysis. I did update today’s activity and continue to work with the preferred and alternate counts.Video Length: 00:10:29More By This Author:Nasdaq 100 & S&P 500 Elliott Wave Update – Tue., Dec 24 Nasdaq 100 & S&P 500 Elliott Wave Update – Monday, Dec 23 Weekly Technical Update: […]
Finding The Best Stocks For All Kinds Of Markets
Image Source: Pixabay This month we’ve explored a few of my favorite fundamental criteria, like free cash flow and operating margin, to name a few, for picking safe stocks with great upside potential.Let’s keep it going, and look at two other boring-sounding numbers that can spice up your returns: assets-to-liabilities and the fixed charge coverage ratio.Trust […]
Stocks And Precious Metals Charts – Quiet Post-Holiday Trading Day
This was a very quiet post-holiday trading day. The adults are on vacation, and the juniors are just following a pattern given to them.I suspect tomorrow will be similar once we get past the first hour or two of trading, unless *something happens*.The New Year’s holiday is next week on Wednesday. Gold is forming up what could […]
Are Continuing Claims A Concern?
With the holidays, today’s economic data slate was light with only jobless claims on the calendar. For initial claims, this week’s reading came in at 219K. That was down 1K from an unrevised reading of 220K the previous week and was a surprise decline versus the forecasted print of 223K. Seasonally adjusted weekly claims have […]
Dow Logs 5th-Straight Win; Nasdaq Holds 20,000
A Santa Claus rally is still in play, albeit barely.Amid lighter volume, the Dow pared a triple-digit loss at its session lows, capturing a fifth-straight win. While the S&P 500 and Nasdaq also fought their way back into positive territory, both finished marginally in the red, though the tech-heavy latter managed to hold the psychologically-significant 20,000 level. […]
Why Not Tax Hikes To Fix The Budget?
Why don’t I push for tax increases to address the massive budget deficits and the ever-growing national debt?The answer is simple – Uncle Sam doesn’t have a revenue problem. He has a spending problem. Did Tax Cuts Pillage the Treasury? A reader posed the question in response to an article I wrote about the recent budget […]
Continued Unemployment Claims Make A New High For The Year
The lead chart shows the Continued Claims and the 4-week moving average of continued claims from the Department of Labor Weekly Claims Report.Continued Claims The advance seasonally adjusted insured unemployment rate was 1.3 percent for the week ending December 14, an increase of 0.1 percentage point from the previous week’s unrevised rate. The advance number for seasonally adjusted […]
Ranked: The World’s 10 Largest Companies By Revenue (2019-2024)
Collectively, the world’s 10 largest companies by revenue generate roughly $4.6 trillion in annual sales, exceeding the GDP of countries like Japan and Germany.Over the past five years, corporate balance sheets have swelled amid robust consumer demand, recovering economies, and strong labor markets. At the same time, stock markets have become increasingly concentrated, with the […]
Strive files for “Bitcoin Bond” ETF tied to MicroStrategy holdings
Key Takeaways Strive’s ETF offers Bitcoin exposure through “Bitcoin Bonds,” primarily MicroStrategy convertible securities and derivatives. The ETF seeks to participate in the growing institutionalization of Bitcoin. Share this article Strive Asset Management is launching a new ETF that will provide exposure to Bitcoin through convertible securities, primarily focusing on MicroStrategy’s holdings.The Strive Bitcoin Bond […]
