Author Archive: Jeremy Parkinson
Persimmon Builds UK Homes
The consumer cyclicals sector includes twenty-eight industries ranging from Advertising Agencies to Apparel, Autos, Broadcasting, Department Stores, Gambling, Leisure, Lodging, Packaging, Personal Services, Shoes, Restaurants, Rubber, Plastics, Textiles, and all such consumer aimed enterprises. Today I’m reviewing another residential construction firm in the U.K.. It’s a large-cap stock with market capital over $10 billion. Its name […]
Bitcoin Jumps $1,000 In Insane Morning Surge
Bitcoin is on the move and “big league.” Bitcoin price just increased from $6,900 to $7,600 within 10 minutes. — Joseph Young (@iamjosephyoung) April 12, 2018 This looks like the biggest intraday gain in at least two months: Ethereum, Litecoin, and Ripple are all along for the ride: Jeez, this move is nuts. Like an […]
GBP/USD Uptrend Tests 1.41 Support And Aims At 1.4250
GBP/USD 4 hour The GBP/USD bullish trend is testing the previous resistance levels (red), which could complete a wave 5 (green) pattern and start a potential reversal. A break below the long-term support trend line would confirm a larger bearish reversal. 1 hour On the 1 hour chart, the GBP/USD could be building a wave […]
Incyte Upgraded To Buy From Neutral At UBS
UBS analyst Carter Gould upgraded Incyte (INCY) to Buy while lowering his price target for the shares to $76 from $106. The stock offers an improved risk/reward profile after resetting lower on negative epacadostat Phase 3 data and removal of the drug from analyst models, Gould tells investors in a research note. The focus on […]
Morning Call For Thursday, April 12
Overnight Markets And News Jun E-mini S&Ps (ESM18 +0.45%) this morning are up +0.57% and European stocks are up +0.41% as the markets await President Trump’s decision on military action against Syria. President Trump tweeted this morning that he “never said when an attack on Syria would take place. Could be very soon or not so […]
Geopolitics Overshadow The Fed, Greenback Steadies
The US dollar steadied at lower levels, while equities eased as investors remain focused on the preparations to strike Syria and still tense rhetoric on trade. Reports indicate that the US and France have moved warships into the area and the UK has moved submarines within striking distance as well. One thing that complicates matters […]
Futures Jump, Global Stocks Extend Advance After Trump Tweet
It was a relatively subdued trading session, with markets treading water amid modest volumes awaiting news of action in Syria, until just after 6am ET when as we reported previously, Trump reversed on his Wednesday morning tweet, and in his latest tweetstorm, said that he “Never said when an attack on Syria would take place. Could be […]
Treasury Interest-Rate Spread Narrows To Lowest Level Since 2007
A widely followed measure of the Treasury yield curve has resumed its decline in recent days, dipping to its flattest level in more than a decade. The narrowing between long and short rates is generally considered a signal of weaker economic activity in the future. An inversion of the curve – short rates above long […]
Indian Indices End Marginally Higher; Infosys Surges 3.4%
After opening their day on a flat note, Indian share markets witnessed volatile trading activity throughout the day and ended their session marginally higher. Gains were largely seen in the IT sector and banking sector, while realty stocks and metal stocks ended the day lower. At the closing bell, the BSE Sensex stood higher by 161 points (up 0.5%) and the NSE Nifty closed higher by 42 points […]
Gold Attacks Crucial Resistance, Which Likely Cracks – If Not Right Away, Later
Gold is hammering on crucial resistance. This has been going on for a while now. A breakout will happen – sooner or later. Kudos to the gold bugs, they are at it again. Once again, they are hammering on resistance that has been in place since July 2016 (Chart 1). The latest salvo came after […]
