Author Archive: Jeremy Parkinson

5 Best-Performing Aggressive Growth Mutual Funds Of Q3 (Revised)

5 Best-Performing Aggressive Growth Mutual Funds Of Q3 (Revised)

Markets gained traction in the third quarter primarily due to strong quarterly earnings which came in above estimates. This led to benchmarks hitting record highs in the period. Another major push came in the form President Trump’s new tax code which sought to reduce tax rates considerably. Also, the U.S. economy has improved at an […]
Has The Market’s Timer Popped?

Has The Market’s Timer Popped?

The larger the bird, the longer it takes to cook. Luckily, the handy red timer thingy pops when the bird of any size has roasted to perfection. Why then, do some people still overcook or undercook a turkey? Perhaps, it’s because they ignore the pop-up technology. The market’s indices made new all-time highs. Not surprising […]
Passive Investing Is 38% Of The Market

Passive Investing Is 38% Of The Market

Bitcoin Getting Larger But Not Safer In a previous article it was mentioned that with the recent excessive speculation in bitcoin, that bitcoin’s volatility since has been increasing after it went through a stretch of relative calmness. This aspect is important to review because in the past few years, bitcoin proponents have said that the […]
Retail Tries To Bounce – Can It Last?

Retail Tries To Bounce – Can It Last?

Awful. Simply put, the word awful sums up the year for investors with ties to stocks in the retail sector not named Amazon.com (AMZN), Home Depot (HD), or a handful of other companies. It hasn’t been just 2017 either. As shown in our Death By Amazon Index (DBA) below, the retail sector has been in a tailspin […]
Yield Curve Crash Continues As Stocks Surge On Biggest Short-Squeeze In 11 Months

Yield Curve Crash Continues As Stocks Surge On Biggest Short-Squeeze In 11 Months

Ignore gold, ignore earnings expectations, ignore the dollar, ignore the yield curve… and… Video length: 00:02:44 German stocks sum it all up… Buy The F**king German Government Crisis… (even as EUR stays weaker) Record Highs all around in ‘Murica… As once again the European Session (green boxes) cominated the ramp… As VIX was slammed back to […]
Why Target Corporation Sank Last Week Despite Surge In Same-Store Sales

Why Target Corporation Sank Last Week Despite Surge In Same-Store Sales

Target Corporation (NYSE:TGT), one of the top online shopping sites in America, saw a significant rise in its quarterly same-store sales according to the company’s earnings report released last Wednesday. However, shares of the big-box store dropped by more than 4% before the morning session opened and tanked even harder after it commenced, and though shares have rebounded […]
Add These 4 Retail Stocks To Your Black Friday Shopping List

Add These 4 Retail Stocks To Your Black Friday Shopping List

With Q3 earnings season nearly over, the focus is likely to shift to the retail sector, which hogs all attention with the advent of the holiday season. Retail stocks get a thrust during this busiest part of the year, which is often a make-or-break time for retailers. As the countdown to Black Friday begins, investors […]
Russell 2000 And Semiconductor New Highs / S&P Breaks

Russell 2000 And Semiconductor New Highs / S&P Breaks

The S&P broke higher to confirm a ‘bear trap’ and also closed at a new all-time high. Volume climbed to register an accumulation day but there were further losses in relative performance and continued losses in the MACD.   The Nasdaq posted a gap-driven 1% gain to bring it ever closer to channel resistance. It […]
How To Hedge Against A 5% S&P Decline From Tax Reform Failure

How To Hedge Against A 5% S&P Decline From Tax Reform Failure

Earlier today, we brought you some excerpts from Goldman’s year ahead S&P outlook which is now ricocheting around the financial media and should serve to further embolden retail investors who are just fine with Goldman as long as the Squid is telling them what they want to hear (in this case that the market is going to […]
The Front Of The Natural Gas Strip Keeps Deteriorating

The Front Of The Natural Gas Strip Keeps Deteriorating

Another trading day, another down day for prompt month natural gas. That is now 6 out of the last 7 trading days that have seen losses for the December natural gas contract, and yet even with further losses today we have not entirely closed the gap below.  The continued trend recently has been losses almost […]