Author Archive: Jeremy Parkinson
Are There Any Good Buying Opportunities Still Left In Tech, Or In Any Industry For That Matter?
Audio Length: 00:47:15 This week, I am joined by Sean Udall, CIO at Quantum Trading Strategies. We review Q4 tech results, with small and mid cap enterprise tech still putting up the biggest beats and finally getting rewarded for it. With inflation likely to rise as interest rates normalize, the group takes a look at […]
Stocks And Precious Metals Charts – Jumping The Shark
The big news was when President Trump fired his Secretary of State Rex Tillerson. Trump and Tillerson disagreed on a number of points, particularly the current accord with Iran, and the general approach of using diplomacy and partnering with allies, rather than beating the war drums and trying to go it alone. I think there are […]
Market Breadth: Foreign Investors Fleeing US Bond Market
Though we’ve seen markets swing a bit recently, we’re still in positive territory for the year. This time on Financial Sense Newshour, we spoke with Dave Nicoski of Vermillion Research for his take on whether recent pullbacks hint at a more significant correction, or if this is just a pause for markets to catch up. Nicoski discusses […]
Bearish Setups – Just In Case
Ugly price action across the board today. SPX is 38 points off the highs, as of this post, and continues to put in lower-lows and lower-highs on the intraday charts. I have yet to add any short positions to the portfolio, but that very well could change tomorrow, should the weakness continue. Below I’ve put […]
The Market Crash Is Underway And Cannot Be Stopped?
There was an intriguing headline on Bloomberg today. Here it is: Investors Hate Leverage Like It’s 2009, According to This Metric. Here’s the main chart of the Bloomberg pure leverage portfolio. The underlying jist of the article is this, Investors have ditched stocks of companies that are highly leveraged, just like back at the height of […]
What Real Returns Should Bond Investors Expect?
At 2.9%, the 10-Year Treasury yield is near its highest level in the past 4 years. At the current rate of inflation (2.2% CPI in the past year), this translates into a real yield of 0.7% (real yield = nominal yield minus inflation). Is such a real yield good or bad value for Treasury bond […]
Moby Dick Guns For Sister Semiconductor Mermaid
I shot this photo using my iPhone, while on a whale watching boat. The boat took us on the Pacific Ocean about an hour north of Puerto Vallarta. Last week, I compared Semiconductors (SMH), not only to Wonder Woman, as I have done many times before, but also to a mermaid. After all, she flies […]
Gains From Trade
There are joint and distributional gains from trade. That a rising tide lifts all boats (joint gains) is nice in theory but how those gains are distributed is critical in the competition among nations. Within a country, trade exposes some sectors to competition, and there are some who gain and some who lose. The powers of the […]
Analyzing Micron’s Most-Bullish Analyst Call Ever
Audio Length: 07:43 On Monday, Micron received its most-bullish analyst call ever when Nomura Instinet raised its 12-month price target for the stock to $100 from $55. That projection represents about an 83% upside to MU’s Friday’s close and marks the highest price target out of the 26 research firms that cover the company, according […]
Why Our European Financial Sector Outlook Is Bullish In 2018
EUFN, the iShares MSCI Europe Financials ETF tracks the investment performance of an index composed of European equities in the financials sector. We consider EUFN a good way to gain exposure to the financial sector in Europe and it also provides a good overview of the sector in the region for analysis purposes. This article will provide our updated […]
