Author Archive: Jeremy Parkinson
Bitcoin 2018: Tailwinds Should Trump Headwinds, Say Top Analysts
Following a feverish 2017, Bitcoin (BTC) should continue to rise in 2018 according to Canaccord Genuity’s top analysts Michael Graham and Robert Young. “While we find it easier to identify a greater number of potential headwinds for BTC value in 2018 (which should lead to event-driven volatility), we think the tailwinds will generally prove more powerful,” say the analysts. […]
The Most Active Equity Options And Strikes For Midday – Wednesday, January 10
Top tickers for midday January 10th
Can The S&P 500 Really Go To 3700?
Jeremy Grantham drew some attention for believing that a serious melt up in asset prices is underway. In reaction to Grantham, Rudolf E. Havenstein (this is a historical figure, so it is an anonymous account) jokingly Tweeted that old people should own the cryptocurrency Ripple, a Chinese internet stock, one of those companies that changed […]
Why Investing In Exchange Traded Funds Will Grow Your Wealth Fastest
As an investor, you have many options for where to put your money. You could invest your money into certificates of deposit at your bank, in mutual funds or even in stocks. While all of these choices have their place in investor’s portfolios, there is one type of investment that outshines all of them. It […]
Avoiding The Mutual Fund Tax Trap
Earlier this week, the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) observed a problem that our readers have long known: mutual funds have a major structural flaw that exposes shareholders to unwanted and unnecessary tax liabilities. Moreover, this flaw should be of acute interest to anybody anywhere that owns a mutual fund – even ones that purport to […]
Energy Consolidating Recent Gains Still
My Swing Trading Approach I’ve been moving my stops up over the past eight trading sessions to guard my profits against a market sell off. Today we are seeing the potential for one. I may be stopped out of some trades today, but it will be with profits. Indicators VIX – Up four straight days, and […]
E Investors Are Stashing Funds Ahead Of Earnings
The National Association of Active Investment Managers (NAAIM) Exposure Index represents the average exposure to US Equity markets reported by NAAIM members. The blue bars depict a two-week moving average of the NAAIM managers’ responses. As the name indicates, the NAAIM Exposure Index provides insight into the actual adjustments active risk managers have made to client accounts […]
Billion Dollar Unicorns: SoFi Delays IPO Plans
According to The 2017 Americas Alternative Finance Industry Report, the alternative finance market across the US, Canada, Latin America, and the Caribbean has grown 23% to $35.2 billion in 2016. A leading Billion Dollar Unicorn in this sector is Social Finance or SoFi. Social Finance’s Journey San Francisco-based Social Finance Inc. or SoFi was founded in 2011 by Mike Cagney, […]
2018: The Weakest Year In The Presidential Election Cycle Has Begun
You are probably aware of the influence US elections have on the stock market. After Donald Trump was elected president, a particularly strong rally in stock prices ensued. Contrary to what many market participants seem to believe, trends in the stock market depend only to a negligible extent on whether a Republican or a Democrat […]
5 Dividend Growth ETFs For Higher Returns In 2018
A history of dividend growth year over year leads to a healthy portfolio with a greater scope of capital appreciation as opposed to simple dividend paying stocks or those with high yields. Now, with the biggest tax overhaul in decades, the appeal for these stocks have increased on optimism that the new tax structure would […]
