Author Archive: Jeremy Parkinson
4 Top-Ranked Liquid Stocks To Snap Up Now
Investors may consider allocating their assets in stocks with favorable liquidity positions for big returns. Liquidity indicates a company’s capability of meeting debt obligations by converting assets into liquid cash and equivalents. However, one should be cautious before investing in liquid stocks. While a high liquidity level may mean that the company is meeting its […]
Inflation – An X-Ray View Of The Components
Here is a table showing the annualized change in Headline and Core CPI, not seasonally adjusted, for each of the past six months. Also included are the eight components of Headline CPI and a separate entry for Energy, which is a collection of sub-indexes in Housing and Transportation. We can make some inferences about how […]
EUR/USD – Something Old, Something New And… Something Blue
Since the beginning of the month all battles between bulls and bears run in a fairly narrow area, which unfortunately doesn’t create good investment opportunities. In today’s alert, we looked at the broader perspective of EUR/USD and the USD Index itself, and we already have our own types where we will likely open next positions. […]
Technical Analysis: Why Sugar Is Headed To $10
Sugar is one of the most popular commodities in the world. Every day, it is consumed in its pure form or as a derivative by more than 6 billion people. In the past decades, the number of people who consume sugar has been on the rise in line with the growing population. Asian and African […]
Paying The (Volatility) Tax Man
Zerohedge reposted a short commentary by Mark Spitznagel from Universa Investments, the firm that Nassim Taleb is affiliated with. The short version is that buy and hold doesn’t work due to what he calls a volatility tax. Investors can’t capture the average return of the market due to the lumpiness of returns citing this example; “lose 50% […]
Bull Of The Day: Applied Material
Semiconductor sector is one of the best performing sectors this year. It is up about 11%, handily beating the broader technology sector’s return of 9.3% and S&P 500’s return of 3.4%. About the Company Headquartered in Santa Clara, CA, Applied Material (AMAT – Free Report) is a leading equipment supplier to the global semiconductor industry. They have been the […]
Homebuilder Sentiment Continues Retreat From Extreme Highs
After a hitting the highest level since 1999 back in December, Homebuilder sentiment dropped for the third straight month in March, falling from a downwardly revised level of 71 down to 70. A decline is a decline, but any reading in homebuilder sentiment that still has a 7-handle is quite impressive. The table below shows […]
Swing Trading
We perform technical analysis of the charts using candlestick charting. Indicators used are the relative strength indicator as well as the stochastic. We are very bullish on the gold stocks and very bearish on the US Dollar.
The Many Uses Of Gold
As our loyal readers know, at U.S. Global Investors we carefully monitor the price of gold. We pay close attention to the macro drivers moving the yellow metal, like government policy and cultural affinity spurring demand globally. We also monitor the micro drivers, like company management and quant factors that make one gold stock superior […]
Investor Sentiment Turning; Bigger Stock Market Crash Possible In 2018
iStock.com/vlastas Earnings Surprises Are Foretelling a Stock Market Crash If you own stocks, you might what to read this: the stock market could disappoint in 2018. Don’t get too complacent just yet. There are developments suggesting that a stock market crash is still a possibility this year. Go back to late 2016 and 2017… No […]
