Wind & Solar Technology Won’t Stop The Collapse Of The U.S. Empire
Apr 14, 2017
Jeremy Parkinson
Finance
Americans who believe technology will be the cure for all our problems, don’t count on wind and solar energy to save the day. This is the delusion I see over and over again in the Mainstream and alternative media. I even receive emails from followers who tell me not to worry, because the cost of […]
Holiday Markets Remain On Edge
Apr 14, 2017
Jeremy Parkinson
Finance
The holiday-induced calm in the capital markets conceals a high degree of anxiety. The investment climate has been challenged by heightened geopolitical risk and unusual complaints about the US dollar’s strength from the sitting US President. While sending an “armada” toward the Korean peninsula, the US ordered a missile strike against Syria in retaliation for the use […]
Earnings Results In Focus
Apr 14, 2017
Jeremy Parkinson
Finance
Three of the biggest banks on Wall Street have reported earnings results for fiscal Q1 before the bell this Thursday: JPMorgan Chase (JPM – Free Report) , Citigroup (C – Free Report) and Wells Fargo (WFC – Free Report) have all beaten or met bottom line earnings per share (EPS) estimates while topping slightly estimates for revenues in the quarter. This tips off the […]
Earnings Reporting Season Kicks Off
Apr 14, 2017
Jeremy Parkinson
Finance
Podcast: Play in new window | Play in new window (Duration: 13:15 — 7.6MB) DOW – 138 = 20,453 SPX – 15 = 2328 NAS – 31 = 5805 RUT – 13 = 1345 10 Y – .06 = 2.23% OIL – .07 = 53.04 GOLD + 1.20 = 1288.80 JPMorgan Chase (JPM) kicked off a day of earnings reports […]
Clearing The Air On Verizon’s Dividend Safety
Apr 14, 2017
Jeremy Parkinson
Finance
A number of readers have emailed me in recent weeks wondering about Verizon’s (VZ) dividend safety. Their anxiety developed after reading several articles online that suggested Verizon’s dividend was no longer sustainable because the company’s free cash flow did not cover it last year. However, Verizon scores a 93 using our Dividend Safety Scores, indicating that […]
Gold Rally Flirts With Major Breakout On Trump / Dollar
Apr 14, 2017
Jeremy Parkinson
Finance
Fundamental Forecast for Gold: Neutral Gold prices are poised to close higher for the fifth consecutive week with the precious metal up more than 2.6% to trade at 1286 ahead of the New York close on Thursday. The advance comes amid softness in broader risk assets with global equity markets suffering minor losses ahead of the […]
Transportadora De Gas Del Sur – Chart Of The Day
Apr 13, 2017
Jeremy Parkinson
Finance
The Chart of the Day belongs to Transportadora De Gas Del Sur (TGS). I found the Argentine pipeline stock by using Barchart to sort today’s Top Stocks to Own list first by the highest Weighted Alpha, then again by technical buy signals of 80% or more. Since the Trend Spotter signaled a buy on 11/25 the stock gained 108.30%. Transportadora de […]
Market Talk – Thursday, April 13
Apr 13, 2017
Jeremy Parkinson
Finance
Currency, namely YEN, was the main talking point for the day as then yen approached 109 over Two big figures on the week. This obviously the currency move hit the Nikkei which closed down -0.7% all surrounding the on-going geopolitical concerns. Late in US trading news that the USA had dropped a large devise on […]