Author Archive: Jeremy Parkinson
Uber Reports Massive $1.5 Billion 3Q Loss As Two Investors Drop Out Of New Financing Round
Following an embarrassing revelation from about a weak ago that Uber concealed a massive cyberattack – in which hackers stole personal data from 57 million customers for more than a year – and paid the hackers $100,000 to keep quiet (not to mention the plethora of other scandals of late), investors in the private company have rightfully […]
US Retail Companies Have A Massive Bill To Pay Come 2018
Right now, retail stores are closing at a pace that we haven’t seen since the 2008-2009 financial crisis. Some are calling it a ‘retail apocalypse’ as a number of major headwinds approach, including increasing pressure from Amazon and the sad fact that most brick-and-mortar retailers simply built way too many stores and borrowed too much […]
How Should We Think About Bitcoin?
Is it a speculation or an investment? Is it an Investment? Bitcoin is most certainly not an investment. Investments can be valued based on a current or expected cash flow stream. Think CDs, bonds, stocks, or real estate. Bitcoin generates no cash flow. Yes, there are businesses that currently do not generate positive cash flow […]
USD/JPY And AUD/USD Forecast – Thursday, Nov. 30
USD/JPY The US dollar rallied during the trading session on Wednesday, slicing through the 112 level at one point during the day. We did pull back a bit, but as we roll over into the Thursday session, it looks as if the buyers are trying to continue the move to the upside. If we can […]
Bitcoin Buying Panic Leaves A Dangerously Overextended Market
What’s interesting about the nature of markets is just when one side of the battle between buyers and sellers thinks they have it completely won, they are at their most vulnerable. Bitcoin has gained over 100% since the start of October on top of an over 900% gain for the year 2017. Since Bitcoin broke […]
Billion Dollar Unicorns: Zscaler Getting Ready For IPO
According to Gartner, cloud-based security web gateways services are showing rapid growth with a five-year historical compound annual growth rate of 32%, compared to just 5% for on-premise appliances. Billion Dollar Unicorn Zscaler has been named as a leader in the Gartner Secure Web Gateway Magic Quadrant for the seventh consecutive year. Zscaler’s Journey San Jose-based Zscaler […]
Opportunities In Tech Stocks Today
My Swing Trading Approach I will look for opportunities in tech stocks today, if the early gap higher shows that it wants to hold. If not, I will look to play the market with a much more cautious approach. Indicators VIX – VIX bounced 6.7% up to 10.7. Mainly due to the fears in tech stocks. […]
Box (BOX) Q3 Loss In Line With Expectations, Revenues Beat
Box, Inc.’s (BOX – Free Report) fiscal third-quarter 2018 adjusted loss was 13 cents per share, in line with the Zacks Consensus Estimate. The loss was 18.2% wider on a sequential basis but 7.7% narrower than the year-ago quarter. The reported loss was toward the lower end of the guided range. Revenues came in at $129.3 million, […]
Broad Based Indices Continue Upside Breakouts
Rocky took some many punches and kept coming back. Fighting the trends highlighted below might be a little painful to the pocketbook. Below looks at three broad-based indices on a monthly basis over the past few decades: Breakouts continue to take place in each of these broad-based indices at each (1). Until these indices reflect weakness […]
E Trump Is Very Lucky. He Inherited A Strong Economy And A Healthy Job Market
The U.S. economy has very strong momentum behind it as it enters the 2017 holiday spending season. U.S. real GDP increased at a 3% annual rate in the third quarter of 2017, industrial production rose 1.6% y/y in September, and the CPI inflation rate was 2% in October. Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by a […]
