Author Archive: Jeremy Parkinson
Mixed Market, Topping Pattern Or Just Pause Within A Rally?
The U.S. stock market indexes were mixed between -1.2% and +0.1% on Wednesday, as investors hesitated following the recent record-breaking rally.The S&P 500 index has reached the record high of 2,916.50 last week. It currently trades below 2,900 mark. The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 0.1% and the technology Nasdaq Composite lost 1.2% yesterday. The nearest important […]
Small Cap And Growth Factors Continue To Lead US Stocks In 2018
Year-to-date returns for US equity investing are still dominated by small-cap and growth factors, based on a set of exchange-traded funds (ETFs).By contrast, large-cap-value stocks are currently posting the weakest gain so far in 2018 among the main equity factor buckets. At the front of the factor horse race is a broad small-company fund: iShares […]
Morning Call For Thursday, Sept. 6
Overnight Markets And News Sep E-mini S&Ps (ESU18 +0.01%) this morning are down -0.03% and European stocks are down -0.02% at a new 4-month low on concern about escalation of China/U.S. trade tensions if the U.S. goes ahead with its planned tariffs on an additional $200 billion of Chinese goods. Losses were limited on a rebound […]
China Vows To Retaliate If US Imposes Additional Tariffs
China vowed that it will respond and take necessary countermeasures to protect its own economic interests as President Trump is expected to press on with a plan to impose tariffs on an extra $200 billion in Chinese imports as soon as this week. “China will be forced to retaliate if the U.S. ignores resistance in public […]
Is Now A Good Time To Buy PayPal?
PayPal (PYPL) is delivering outstanding financial performance and the stock has gained nearly 50% in the past year alone. However, even the best companies can turn out being mediocre investments if the valuation is excessively high, and valuation ratios for PayPal are getting extended as the stock trades near record levels. In this context, it […]
BTC/USD Forex Signal – Thursday, Sept. 6
Yesterday’s signals were not triggered, as there was no bullish price action at $7,333 or $7,128. Today’s BTC/USD Signals Risk 0.75% per trade. Trades may only be entered before 5pm Tokyo time, during the next 24-hour period. Long Trades Long entry after a bullish price action reversal on the H1 time frame following the next touch […]
Indian Indices Chart Turnaround; Pharma Stocks Top Gainers
After opening the day in green, share markets in India witnessed positive trading activity throughout the day and ended the day in green. Sectoral indices too ended the day in green, with stocks in the pharma sector and stocks in the FMCG sector leading the gains. At the closing bell, the BSE Sensex stood higher by 225 points (up 0.6%) and the NSE Nifty closed […]
Fragile Calm Weighs On Greenback
The global capital markets are calmer today. This is not preventing the MSCI Emerging Market Index from extending its drop into the seventh consecutive session, but there has been a respite in the sell-off of emerging market currencies, where the Mexican peso, South African rand, Turkish lira, and Indonesian rupiah are modest, modest gains. At the […]
VL Geometric Index Testing Prior Breakout Point
The Value Line Geometric Index is my preferred broad stock market index. It has retreated a bit after breaking above 585 and then above 590, taking out the January highs. My trend slope indicator has been up since mid-May and has been relatively stable for the past two weeks or so. The Index needs to […]
Telephone And Data Systems Is A Reliable US Telco
This week I’m seeking a prestigious and long-term dividend-paying stock from the communications services sector. That sector has companies that connect us electronically in either of two ways: telecommunications, or pay TV. Some do both. Not this one, it’s strictly Telco: Today I’m reviewing a mid-cap telecom outfit named Telephone and Data Systems Inc. Its […]
