Author Archive: Jeremy Parkinson
Gold: Tactics For The Price Sale
It’s very important for investors to act prudently and professionally with their investment capital in the gold market. As a particularly interesting example, most North American gold stocks had a big sell-off yesterday, while my entire “Thunder Down Under” portfolio of Australian gold stocks was up overnight! My current mindset is to be a very modest […]
Intelligent Systems – Chart Of The Day
The Barchart Chart of the Day belongs to the technology services stock Intelligent Systems (NYSEMKT: INS). Intelligent Systems Corporation’s main focus is to help entrepreneurs build valuable companies by forming flexible partnership arrangements with early stage domestic companies. They bring value to these companies by providing practical business advice, a proven incubator program, early-stage equity […]
Saudi Arabia And Iran Reignite The Oil Price War
The rivalry between Saudi Arabia and Iran is becoming increasingly evident in the oil pricing policies of the two large Middle Eastern producers. The two countries are currently reigniting the market share and pricing war ahead of the returning U.S. sanctions on Iranian oil. Saudi Arabia, OPEC’s largest producer, has been boosting oil production to […]
It’s Time For Contrarians To Get Bullish On Gold
Gold can’t seem to catch a break. The yellow metal normally acts as a safe haven in times of political and economic strife, but in the face of Turkey’s lira meltdown, investors have taken cover instead in the U.S. dollar. On Monday, the stronger greenback pushed gold to end below $1,200 an ounce for the […]
A Bullish Bond Argument That Hides In Plain Sight
It’s been a while since I advised anyone to load up on long Treasuries. The bearish bond narrative has been too strong for that, thanks largely to fiscal policy but also to near-4% unemployment rates, quantitative tightening and—maybe most threatening of all—tit-for-tat tariffs. In fact, I challenge anyone to think of a time during the […]
How Money Is Really Made In Markets
Profitable trading and investing comes down to two groups, those who know what they are doing (banks and financial institutions) and those who don’t (average traders and investors). In the trading and investing world, those who know what they are doing simply get paid from those who don’t. This is no surprise as banks and […]
E AT&T: Quality & High Yield
Dividend growth investors like high yielding stocks because they offer more income. When it comes to these types of investments, investors want to be sure that the dividend is safe. Stocks with yields above 5% can be a red flag to as there maybe heightened risks of dividend cuts in the future. Generally, these companies […]
Is The Fed Model A Good Valuation Tool?
Should investors use bond yields as a baseline to determine if stocks are over-or-under valued? If you believe in the “Fed Model,” your answer is “yes”. The model instructs investors to compare the S&P 500’s earnings yield (Earnings/Price, the inverse of the P/E ratio) to the 10-Year Treasury yield: If the Earnings Yield is above the […]
The Emerging Market Contagion Flowchart
There is a striking pattern of regularity how every time the dollar spikes, or sufficient high level, emerging market contagion usually follows. Yes, of course, “each time is different”, and frequently there are idiosyncratic factors but for the most part, the one precipitating factor to turmoil in emerging markets (at first, as it then spreads […]
Tesla’s Potential Outcomes
Unfortunately, Elon Musk’s “funding secured” comment last week was not as secure as previously hoped. Clean Up Now the board has selected a special committee which, for one protects Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA ) from any more Musk tweets about going private. The Tesla press release today said, “no Going Private Transaction will be consummated without […]
