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The Future Of Crypto Payments In The Retail Market
Apr 18, 2018
Jeremy Parkinson
Finance
In the original whitepaper, Satoshi Nakamoto envisioned Bitcoin as a peer-to-peer version of electronic cash that would facilitate transactions without the oversight on a trustworthy, centralized party. Since then, cryptocurrency has surged in popularity as an asset class – and Bitcoin is now just one of many digital currencies out there. Investment has poured into […]
American Express Beats The Street
Apr 18, 2018
Jeremy Parkinson
Finance
CNBC’s Deirdre Bosa reports on the quarterly earnings report for American Express.
Stocks And Precious Metals Charts – Hi Yo Silver!
Apr 18, 2018
Jeremy Parkinson
Finance
Silver was the quiet star of the market action today, breaking out and above of the 17 handle level. Stocks rallied early and then stalled. They are pushing up against some more significant resistance levels on the charts as can be easily seen. I watched the Cleveland Indians and Minnesota Twins play the first of […]
Banks & Big Blue Battered; Bond Yields Bounce; Big Tech, Bullion, & Bitcoin Bid
Apr 18, 2018
Jeremy Parkinson
Finance
Good is bad, up is down, stocks are safe, war is peace… The Dow underperformed notably, driven mostly by IBM weakness (swiping 84 points off The Dow), but Trannies surged once again… Futures show overnight gains, a dump at the open followed by panic-buying… and then a weak close… Big bank stocks are not […]
Varonis Systems – Chart Of The Day
Apr 18, 2018
Jeremy Parkinson
Finance
The Chart of the Day belongs to Varonis Systems (VRNS). I found the data management software stock by using Barchart to sort Barchart’s Top Stocks to Own list first by the highest Weighted Alpha, then I used the Flipchart feature to review the charts for consistent price appreciation over the past 6 month period.The List ranks stocks by the highest current […]
The U.S. Stock Market’s Impressive Outperformance May Be Coming To An End
Apr 18, 2018
Jeremy Parkinson
Finance
Since putting in a major bottom in 2009, the U.S. equity market has dramatically outperformed the rest of the world. This may have something to do with the fact that the Fed explicitly encouraged greater risk-taking on the part of investors by buying up trillions of dollars of risk-free instruments over that span. But now […]
An Analyst’s Bullish $10 Trillion Case For Crypto
Apr 18, 2018
Jeremy Parkinson
Finance
A broker from a big bank just did something I’d never do… He put a number on the potential value of the blockchain market. If you think, as I do, that blockchain technology will expand from dozens of uses to hundreds and then thousands, how can you calculate a precise market value for that? It’s like Thomas […]
10 Fairly Valued Dividend Growth Stocks For Total Return: Part 4
Apr 18, 2018
Jeremy Parkinson
Finance
Introduction This is the fourth of a five-part series presenting 50 dividend growth stocks that I have screened for current fair value. With this article, I will be covering 10 additional dividend growth research candidates with moderate to higher yields in addition to the initial 30 that I presented in part 1 found here, part 2 found […]
Market Talk – Wednesday, April 18
Apr 18, 2018
Jeremy Parkinson
Finance
Wall Streets euphoria spilled-over into Asia with many markets making gains. The one outsider today was the SENSEX which closed marginally lower -0.2%, breaking its recent winning streak. We continue to see the INR trade weaker against the dollar and now is heading for levels not seen since late September 2017. The majority of the […]
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The Evolution Of U.S. Agricultural Exports
Apr 18, 2018
Jeremy Parkinson
Finance
from the St Louis Fed — this post authored by Alexander Monge-Naranjo and Hee Sung Kim It is well known that the U.S. economy is a major supplier of food products to the world. Not only is the country endowed with fertile lands and natural resources, but it also has the appropriate climate for grains and grass. […]