Author Archive: Jeremy Parkinson
Gemini, Coinbase Turn Away Ripple’s Pay-For-Listing Offers
If you’re a Ripple investor and you’ve been distressed over XRP’s inability to hit a major fiat exchange, don’t worry. Garlinghouse and his team have been trying. However, that may be little consolation, considering all their attempts have been in vein. Ripple is currently the third largest crypto-asset on the market, with XRP’s price tag of $0.50 […]
The Problem With Indexing
Indexing your investments is a good way to increase your chances of doing better than average. Most active investors trying to pick winning stocks (and avoid losing ones) don’t beat the index. Those who do are hard to identify ahead of time. Once you think you’ve identified a market-beating manager, they often allow their fund […]
Leading Stocks Rejecting Latest Pullback
Almost all stocks followed the market lower when it went under pressure in late January. But as often happens in corrections, leading stocks tend to firm up before the rest of the market and start making higher highs. When I survey the market I see a lot of stocks acting pretty strong and that’s a […]
JPMorgan CEO Talks Fed, Trump Administration, Immigration In Annual Letter
Shares of JPMorgan (JPM) are in focus on Thursday after Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Jamie Dimon released his annual letter to shareholders. In the letter, Dimon said it is “remarkable how well our company has performed” over the last decade and the last year, adding that “Throughout a period of profound political and economic […]
We Win Trade War, China Goes Generic Big Time
Donald Trump has proved the skeptics wrong, it seems that the American people stand to be big winners as a result of his trade war. The Chinese government announced a major initiative to promote the manufacture and use of generic drugs. The reason this is potentially a big deal for the United States is that it could […]
Up 30% In 3 Months, Is Crocs, Inc. Still A Buy?
Crocs, Inc. (Nasdaq: CROX), a consumer discretionary company with a market capitalization of $1.1 billion, saw its share price increase by 28.6% over the prior three months. As a small-cap stock with decent coverage by analysts, you could assume any recent changes in the company’s outlook is already priced into the stock. Is there still an […]
Lennar Corp. Shares Climb After Yesterday’s Revenue Figures Surpass Wall Street Estimates
Lennar Corporation (LEN) announced its Q1 earnings on Wednesday. Shares of the company went on to gain more than $9, or 5% after it posted a revenue of $2.98 billion, representing an increase of 28%. The results were above the $2.65 billion figure that analysts had been expecting. The company said it made more sales of luxury […]
China Declares Trade War Victory: Gloats At US “Suffering” After “Crushing Counterattack”
Barely a day after China dropped the hammer on US stock markets by unveiling retaliatory tariffs on $50 billion in US imports that – unlike US measures that mostly targeted obscure industrial products – actually struck at key industries like soybean farmers, automobiles and airplanes, the Communist Party crowd about what it already sees as its “victory” […]
Why Is China’s Punch Back Good For Risk Assets?
China’s proposal spurs risk appetite, will USD/JPY break 107? China’s proposal to match the scale of proposed US tariff actually paved way for further negotiation to fill the gap, instead of ending with an escalation of trade tension; that said, stocks market may be overreacted initially. Any further negotiation may not be limited to trade […]
USD/CAD Daily Analysis – Thursday, April 5
USD/CAD extended its downside movement from 1.3124 to as low as 1.2756. Further decline is still possible in the coming days and next target would be at 1.2650 area. Resistance levels are at 1.2860 and 1.2948, only break above these levels could signal completion of the downtrend.
