Author Archive: Jeremy Parkinson
E Trifecta Drove Stocks Lower
A report by the Schwab Center for Financial Research mentioned a trifecta of concerns drove stocks lower last week, including an announcement by the Trump administration that it would impose roughly $50 billion in tariffs on imports from China. The news came amid concerns about procedures social media firms use to protect the data of […]
Slaves To Government Debt Paper
Picture, if you will, a group of slaves owned by a cruel man. Most of them are content, but one says to the others, “I will defy the Master.” While his statement would superficially appear to yearn towards freedom, it does not. It betrays that this slave, just like the others, thinks of the man […]
Market Outlook
In the video I cover a few themes in detail: 1) The recent breakdown and key support levels to look for in the two strongest US Stock Indexes 2) What our Risk Gauges are telling us right now 3) The key level in Gold that would indicate more trouble ahead
Headline Durable Goods Orders Up 3.1% In February, Beats Forecast
The Advance Report on Manufacturers’ Shipments, Inventories, and Orders released today gives us a first look at the latest durable goods numbers. Here is the Bureau’s summary on new orders: New orders for manufactured durable goods in February increased $7.4 billion or 3.1 percent to $247.7 billion, the U.S. Census Bureau announced today. This increase, […]
Lowe’s Jumps After CEO Robert Niblock Announces Retirement Plans
Shares of home improvement retailer Lowe’s (LOW) jumped in pre-market trading after the company announced that its long-time chief executive officer will retire from the company. SUCCESSION PLANS: Lowe’s said this morning that Chairman, CEO and President Robert Niblock will retire from the home improvement retailer as soon as the company is able to secure […]
Stocks Set To Bounce Back, But Bulls’ Worries Far From Over
The U.S. stock market indexes lost between 1.8% and 2.1% on Friday, as investors’ sentiment remained very bearish following Thursday’s sell-off. The S&P 500 index broke below the level of 2,600, as it got closer to its February 9 local low of 2,532.69. It currently trades 9.9% below January 26 record high of 2,872.87. The Dow […]
E Was That A Spike Bottom In Corn?
Corn Futures Corn futures in the May contract are currently trading higher by 2 cents to start off the week in Chicago as prices have experienced higher volatility in recent weeks as the Trump tariffs sent prices down about $0.25 from the March 13th high of 3.95 as a spike bottom was created last Friday […]
The Scariest Chart For Business In The Coming Decade: Workers Not Available
The scariest chart I’ve ever developed shows that the pool of available workers will grow at the slowest pace since the Civil War. If your business plans include expansion, either figure out a way to do it without more workers, or get better than other companies at employee retention and recruiting. Dr. Bill Conerly based […]
3 Large-Cap Mutual Funds With Stupendous Return Potential
Large-cap funds are ideal investment options for those seeking a high return potential accompanied by lower risk than small-cap and mid-cap funds. These funds have exposure to large-cap stocks with a long-term performance history, assuring more stability than what mid or small caps offer. Additionally, growth funds focus on realizing an appreciable amount of capital […]
PetroYuan Vs. PetroDollar… Dollar Crisis?
In Stock Charts today we discuss the PetroYuan which is the new competitor to the US PetroDollar. This is the first competition to the PertroDollar since the early 1970’s when President Nixon took the United States off of the Gold Standard. We also discuss Gold which is on the verge of a major breakout in […]
