Author Archive: Jeremy Parkinson
Best And Worst Performing Sectors On Earnings
More than 2,000 companies have now reported their Q2 earnings results since early July, including 422 S&P 500 companies. Below we show the average one-day price change for stocks on their earnings reaction days broken out by sector and whether the stock is in the S&P 500 or not. The average S&P 500 stock that […]
A Long-Term Look At Inflation – Monday, August 13
The Consumer Price Index for Urban Consumers (CPI-U) released Friday morning puts the year-over-year inflation rate at 2.95%. It is substantially below the 3.76% average since the end of the Second World War and above its 10-year moving average, now at 1.59%. For a comparison of headline inflation with core inflation, which is based on […]
American Eagle Outfitters – Chart Of The Day
The Barchart Chart of the Day belongs to the retail apparel stock American Eagle Outfitters (AEO). American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. is a leading global specialty retailer offering high-quality, on-trend clothing, accessories and personal care products at affordable prices under its American Eagle Outfitters and Aerie brands. The company sources, designs, and markets a versatile line of timeless and relaxed […]
Don’t Let A Market Pullback Scare You
There are so many jittery traders out there, worried about a market pullback. A pullback is perfectly normal and healthy, so don’t let one scare you. If you are scared, you’ll look for any excuse in the book to sell. You want to avoid being the last one out the door before it slams shut, […]
Cryptocurrency Is Alive And Well
You hear it wherever you go: “Bitcoin is dead” “Cryptocurrency is a fad” Don’t listen to the haters and naysayers. Cryptocurrency is alive and well. It isn’t going anywhere. Every market has bull and bear periods. It is only natural and extremely healthy for the market to correct itself after a massive bull run. Welcome to the current state of […]
Most Undervalued Stocks Of The S&P 500 – August 2018
There are a number of great companies in the market today. Defensive Investors are defined as investors who need to select only the companies that present the least amount of risk. Enterprising Investors, on the other hand, are able to do substantial research and can select companies that present a moderate (though still low) amount […]
Central Banks: Hedge Fund Friend Or Foe?
Are central bankers friends or foes of hedge funds and other seekers of alpha? In particular, what is the answer to this friend-or-foe question for the period since the global financial crisis a decade ago, where the central bankers with whom we are especially concerned are those at the US Federal Reserve? These are the […]
Applied Materials Supplies Over 25% Upside
Buffett’s Blend Value investor Warren Buffett once described his investing style as 85% Benjamin Graham and 15% Philip Fisher. While most investors know Benjamin Graham as the father of security analysis, Fisher may not be quite as well known. Fisher made his mark on the investment industry in his own right when he coined the term “scuttlebutt” research to describe interview-intensive […]
Nonsense On Deflation
We are now hearing ominous warnings about imminent deflation. Checking the welcome page at AOL this morning, I see that the lead item in the financial news section heralds “The Looming Threat of Deflation.” This headline encapsulates two highly problematic ideas. The first is that deflation would necessarily be a bad thing. The second is […]
