Author Archive: Jeremy Parkinson
Our Latest Look At The Total Return Roller Coaster
Note: We’ve updated the charts below based on monthly data through March. Here’s an interesting set of charts that will especially resonate with those of us who follow economic and market cycles. Imagine that five years ago you invested $10,000 in the S&P 500. How much would it be worth today, with dividends reinvested but […]
4 Business Services Stocks Poised To Beat Earnings Estimates
The Business Services sector (one of the Zacks 16 sectors) covers an array of services including marketing, consulting, staffing, security, telecommunications, Internet services, logistics and waste handling. Thus, the outlook of the business services sector is firmly tied to the broader economy. The Trump administration’s business-friendly approach, a strong U.S. economy, reduced tax rates, robust manufacturing activity […]
Compiling A List Of Biomass Stocks
Biomass stocks are publicly traded companies whose business involves growing, collecting, or using biological matter (biomass) which can be used to make some other form of energy. Biomass includes human waste, municipal solid waste, sewage sludge, as well as industrial wastes such leftover wood from logging operations. Mulch from yard waste By Dvortygirl (Own work) […]
Master Limited Partnerships Are Cheap
For most of the past 25 years, there was no better investment for income-seeking investors than Master Limited Partnerships (MLPs). That changed with the oil price crash of 2014. Despite a recent rally in the energy sector, a deep disconnect has opened between the price of oil and the market valuation of MLPs. MLP Basics To review, […]
US Imports Don’t Quite Match Chinese Exports
In early 2015, a contract dispute between dockworkers’ unions and 29 ports on the West Coast of the US escalated into what was a slowdown strike. Cargoes piled up especially at some of the largest facilities like those in Oakland, LA, and Long Beach, threatening substantial economic costs far and away from just those directly […]
What Else Will Red Hat Acquire?
Linux may not be the OS of choice for desktops, but it dominates the world when it comes to Supercomputers, Web Servers, and Chromebooks. Additionally, Linux Kernel actually powers the Android OS that is used in Android-based mobile devices. According to market reports, as of 2017, Linux powered all of the top 500 supercomputers in […]
SPX: It’s All About Perspective…
SPX: It’s All About Perspective…👀 April 6 @ 11:30 am ET A reminder from this post that 2625 and 2585 are important near/long-term support/resistance levels for the SPX…and that if 2585 failed to hold, a retest of 2460 was long overdue…or even an eventual decline to 2220… April 6 @ 2:35 am ET * UPDATE at […]
France Issues 10% Of Its Debt In Inflation-indexed Securities
In our last article, we explained how Banque de France owned close to 20% of the country’s debt and how that part was growing rapidly – some financial cavalry that doesn’t bode well. This time – here exclusively because it is not mentioned anywhere else in the media – here’s new proof of the incompetence […]
