Author Archive: Jeremy Parkinson

The Secular Advisor – July 27, 2015

The Secular Advisor – July 27, 2015

Economy – Additions & Updates Additions – inflation expectations, World trade, China electricity consumption & manufacturing Updates – initial jobless claims, housing, sentiment, manufacturing  Asset Allocation – Additions & Updates Additions – US only allocations, currency trends Updates – none Economic Summary: Initial Jobless Claims – falling Inflation Expectations –  on target Housing – existing home sales: expanding, new home sales: falling Sentiment […]
Baidu Inc Shares Fall After Earnings Miss

Baidu Inc Shares Fall After Earnings Miss

Baidu Inc (ADR) (NASDAQ:BIDU) released its latest quarterly earnings report after closing bell tonight, posting adjusted earnings of RMB11.19 per ADS or $1.81 per share on RMB16.58 billion ($2.673 billion) in revenue, a 38.8% year over year increase. Analysts had been looking for earnings of RMB10.58 or $1.88 per share on revenue of RMB16.57 billion for […]
The Most Important Market Trendline Since 2009 Was Just Broken

The Most Important Market Trendline Since 2009 Was Just Broken

The trend is your friend… until it ends… Charts: Bloomberg
Fifth Day Of Selling

Fifth Day Of Selling

Sellers in the S&P made it five days of downside in a row. On this last day it closed near the day’s lows, but also on its 200-day MA. If there was reason for a bounce, then tomorrow could be the day. Technicals are all net negative.   The Dow took the selling harder. It […]
Inflation Deniers Emboldened By Gold’s Struggles

Inflation Deniers Emboldened By Gold’s Struggles

The vultures are circling. Precious metals bulls, laid flat by gold and silver prices dropping for the 5th week in a row, are watching deflationists such as Harry Dent and the financial media squawk about the imminent demise of precious metals. The superficial and condescending coverage of the metals markets in the financial press has […]
Gold Daily And Silver Weekly Charts – Miner Miner

Gold Daily And Silver Weekly Charts – Miner Miner

There is a chart of the GDX relative to the Price of Gold. This is why some will say that the miners are ‘weak relative to the price of the metal.’ And they are. They can get even cheaper, and the underlying metal can also get ‘cheaper.’ Sentiment is obviously at a negative extreme, and […]
The Fed Is About To Rattle The Market

The Fed Is About To Rattle The Market

“Everybody has a plan until they get punched in the mouth.” This quote, one of former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson’s most famous, is always relevant when investing. After countless hours of research, diversifying portfolios and strategies, investors feel confident about weathering a market storm — until they are punched in the mouth. Today, we are […]
Greece After Its Salvation

Greece After Its Salvation

S&P 500 Snapshot: Day Five Of The Selloff

S&P 500 Snapshot: Day Five Of The Selloff

The big pre-open news today was the historic -8.48% Monday rout in the Shanghai Composite, an event that no doubt rattled the optimists hoping that the China benchmark index had bottomed out last week. Euro zone indexes also saw some suffering, with DAX and CAC 40 both deep in the red and destined to close […]
Final Second Quarter “GDPNow” Forecast 2.4% Vs. Bloomberg Consensus 2.9%

Final Second Quarter “GDPNow” Forecast 2.4% Vs. Bloomberg Consensus 2.9%

The Atlanta Fed second quarter GDPNow final estimate came in at 2.4%.  The second quarter GDP official “advance” estimate from the BEA is due out Thursday, July 30 along with the annual revision of the National Income and Product Accounts (NIPA). The Bloomberg Consensus Estimate for second quarter GDP is 2.9%, a half percentage-point higher than the Atlanta Fed […]