Author Archive: Jeremy Parkinson
Slightly Less Bearish On Multi-Line Retailers
If there’s one area of the market that investors couldn’t be more bearish on, it’s the multi-line retailers. With Amazon eating their lunch, consumers changing the way they spend money (choosing experiences over stuff), and an overall bloated retail footprint, multi-line retailers have faced a perfect storm and their stocks have reacted accordingly. With all […]
The GOP Tax Bill: Fuggedaboutit!
The GOP has become so politically desperate that they might as well enact a two-word statute and be done with it. It would simply read: Tax Bill! Actually, that’s not far from where they are in the great scheme of things. The Senate Finance Committee’s bill is a dog’s breakfast of K-Street/Wall Street pleasing tax cuts, narrowly focused revenue […]
The Hidden Riches Inside Your Cash Flow
Most people only have two bank accounts they utilize in their lives. Those two accounts are usually a checking and savings account. Your paycheck gets deposited into your checking account, you then pay bills and if there is anything left the balance goes into a savings account. According to Trading Economics, the national savings rate […]
China ETFs In Focus On Recent Sell-Off
China is hot and soaring among all the other equity markets this year thanks to improving economic growth. In fact, China is leading the global markets, attaining the best-performing country spot in the year-to-date time frame. But the incredible run eased somewhat last week as a combination of factors including tightening liquidity and jitters over […]
Black Friday To Thanksgiving Weekend, Discontinuities Aside
I was expecting quite a bit more, but perhaps should not be surprised at what was actually delivered. The National Retail Federation (NRF) after delaying its Black Friday retail spending estimates updated them later Tuesday for the now designated Thanksgiving Weekend. These new figures capture spending activity on both Thanksgiving Day itself as well as […]
Move Over, Tesla – China Holds The Keys To Electric Vehicles
Earlier this month, I shared with you a quote from Arnoud Balhuizen, chief commercial officer of BHP Billiton, the largest mining company in the world. In a September interview with Reuters, Balhuizen called 2017 the “revolution year [for electric vehicles], and copper is the metal of the future.” Balhuizen’s assessment couldn’t be more accurate, and the implications […]
Hasbro-Mattel Merger Could Produce Big Profits
Hasbro (HAS) is not playing around. One of the largest companies in the toy industry is looking to acquire major competitor Mattel (MAT) according to a report from The Wall Street Journal . Mattel reportedly rejected Hasbro’s first offer, but I could still see more effort to make a deal happen. This is not the first time […]
JPMorgan’s Outlook For 2018: “Eat, Drink And Be Merry, For In 2019…”
While the prevailing outlook by the big banks for 2018 and onward has been predominantly optimistic and in a few euphoric cases, “rationally exuberant”, with most banks forecasting year-end S&P price targets around 2800 or higher, and a P/E of roughly 20x as follows… Bank of Montreal, Brian Belski, 2,950, EPS $145.00, P/E 20.3x UBS, Keith […]
Q4 Lifted Hedge Fund Assets To Another All-Time High
Written by eVestment The continued positive aggregate returns to start Q4 lifted hedge fund assets to another all-time high, despite net flows in negative territory for a second consecutive month. On a net basis, outflows were small again in October, but the industry felt redemption pressures more broadly than much of the year. Allocations and redemptions were highly […]
Wholesale Inventories Down 0.4%, Retail Down 0.1%
Wholesale and retail inventories both declined in October according to the Census Bureau Advance Indicators report. Census Bureau Advance Inventory Numbers Chart excerpted from the Census Bureau Advance Indicators report. The inventory numbers are likely to reduce fourth-quarter GDP estimates slightly.
