Author Archive: Jeremy Parkinson

Google Beats, But Stock Slides On Tumble In Cost-Per-Click

Google Beats, But Stock Slides On Tumble In Cost-Per-Click

Google, aka Alphabet, reported Q2 earnings that beat on the top and bottom line, reporting EPS of $5.01, above the estimate of $4.45, and earnings per share excluding the $2.7 billion European Commission fine of $8.90, also above the $8.25 expected. Total Q2 revenue of $26.01 billion rose 21% Y/Y, and also beat consensus of […]
Long Setups In The Ongoing Rally

Long Setups In The Ongoing Rally

The market found another dip that it could not resist buying today, AND Buy It DID! SPX is still dealing with negative breadth in the overall market, but it is improving, and the TICK readings are improving and the VIX continues to crawl into its hole, yet again.  The Nasdaq did pullback a whopping 0.04% on Friday, […]
Stocks: The Forest And The Trees

Stocks: The Forest And The Trees

Taking A Big Step Back The expression “the market needs to consolidate its gains” applies to all timeframes, from 60 minutes to 60 years. The chart below shows the NYSE Composite consolidating between 1965 and 1982. After the consolidation period ended, stocks surprised on the upside between 1982 and 2000. A similar “the market needs […]
Four Stocks To Keep An Eye On Before A Big Earnings Day Tomorrow

Four Stocks To Keep An Eye On Before A Big Earnings Day Tomorrow

Photo Credit: Dave Center Domino’s Pizza Inc. (DPZ) Releasing 7/25/17 BMO The Estimize consensus calls for EPS of $1.25, three cents higher than the Wall Street consensus. Currently, the Estimize community is looking for revenues of $616.35M, just slightly higher than the Street’s expectation for $609.58M. Domino’s is showing some impressive numbers this quarter, with a P/E […]
Global Flash Manufacturing PMI Ticks Up In July

Global Flash Manufacturing PMI Ticks Up In July

The July round of flash manufacturing PMIs showed a slight but important rebound in the “global flash manufacturing PMI” (an indicator we put together based on the Markit readings). Our data show the global flash reading up +0.4pts to 54.3 – which is the highest reading since February this year, thus while the move is […]
Incumbents Shouldn’t Bet On Rulemaking To Win The Sharing Economy Wars

Incumbents Shouldn’t Bet On Rulemaking To Win The Sharing Economy Wars

Mayor de Blasio and Uber may have reached a truce, but the battle between the sharing economy complex and the groups threatened by it will continue. City councils, presidential candidates, corporations and labor unions will continue to paint the so-called “gig economy” as a threat to society that can only be addressed through caps, taxes […]
Existing Home Sales In June Dive 1.8 Percent: Same Old Problem? Second And Third Quarter Impact?

Existing Home Sales In June Dive 1.8 Percent: Same Old Problem? Second And Third Quarter Impact?

The wind down to the end of the second quarter is not going very well. Existing home sales in June fell 1.8% to a seasonally adjusted annualized rate of 5.52 million. The Econoday consensus estimate was 5.58 million. The slip in pending home sales was no false signal as existing home sales fell 1.8 percent in June […]
Goldman Sachs Gets Second Downgrade After Earnings

Goldman Sachs Gets Second Downgrade After Earnings

Shares of Goldman Sachs (GS) are sliding after UBS analyst Brennan Hawken downgraded the stock to Neutral as he has “limited confidence” in a revenue recovery. Last week, his peer at Keefe Bruyette also cut the stock’s rating to Market Perform, citing his view of its weakening revenue outlook following the investment bank’s second quarter […]
Great Graphic: Surprise – S&P 500 Outperforming The Dow Jones Stoxx 600

Great Graphic: Surprise – S&P 500 Outperforming The Dow Jones Stoxx 600

Many asset managers have been bullish European shares this year. European and emerging market equities are among the favorite plays this year. Surveys of fund managers find that the allocation to US equities is among the lowest in nearly a decade. The case against the US is based on overvaluation and being a crowded trade. Many are […]