Author Archive: Jeremy Parkinson
Emerging Market Preview: Week Ahead-March 13
EM enjoyed an extended rally last week, and it should carry over to the early part of the week. The Wednesday FOMC meeting poses a risk to EM, especially if markets continue to price in a more hawkish Fed. The dot plots and press conference will be very important. BOE and the Norges Bank also meet […]
Another Pre-Fed Critical Juncture For The Stock Market
Sometimes what determines the health of a trend is not the immediate momentum but the capacity for coming back from a setback. In the last T2108 Update, I described how the market suffered a setback rare for this post-oversold bounce. On Friday, March 11th, the stock market came back strong. T2108, the percentage of stocks trading […]
Passive Investing – I Doth Protest Too Much
One of my favorite blogs, The Monevator blog, did a brief write-up on my new paper this weekend. If you don’t read their website you’re missing out because they consistently post some of the best financial content around. Anyhow, they had a very fair and objective view of the paper and approach to portfolio construction. However, one point […]
EC The Traitorous 8 And Birth Of Silicon Valley
Over my 25 year investment career, I’ve made quite a few technology investments and visited dozens of Silicon Valley companies. I heard bits and pieces about the story of the Traitorous 8, but I never fully comprehended the technology revolution they started. Out of intellectual curiosity, I decided to delve a little deeper into the […]
CAD: Rebound Going Too Far – CIBC
The Canadian dollar rallied hard and was only temporarily moved by weak employment figures. Has it gone too far? Here is their view, courtesy of eFXnews: We’ve had evidence that a weak C$ finally started lifting manufacturing shipments, export volumes and GDP generally towards the end of last year. However, the strong rebound in the C$ […]
Playing Volatile Oil Prices
Today I penned my eighteenth guest column for Barron’s, filling in for Steve Sears and the venerable The Striking Price options column. Looking back, I was surprised to see that this is the eighth year I have been contributing to Barron’s and while I have generally tilted in the direction of volatility topics during this period, I always like to […]
Is Now The Time To Purchase Calls On Apple?
Apple (AAPL) was once considered to be a stock that is a sure bet to invest into. The stock has been known to produce stellar gains year over year. However, over the past year, it has struggled. In fact, over the past year, Apple’s stock has fallen by 16%. So, it is in desperate need […]
Has The Bull Stock Market Reappeared?
We have had a strong rally.These strong rallies can also be a retracement in a bear market. Hard to tell until time has passed. The fact however is that the indexes have taken out the 200 day moving averages. If they can hold these moving averages this is very constructive and gives proof to this […]
Insider Weekends – March 13, 2016
Insider buying increased last week with insiders buying $103.49 million of stock compared to $85.92 million in the week prior. Selling on the other hand decreased slightly with insiders selling $2.15 billion of stock last week compared to $2.2 billion in the week prior. Amongst the insider purchases this week, the purchases by a trio of insiders at […]
Bear Hunt FOMO Melt-Up
I have a confession: I have been a stock market bear this year. “But I had a great reason,” you can hear me say. My reason was the Earnings Recession. In the video that accompanies this article, I show the update on forward estimates that shows negative 9.4% “growth” for the first quarter and minus […]
