Author Archive: Jeremy Parkinson
Labor Strikes In China
The China Labour Bulletin website provides maps displaying incidents of labour strikes that have occurred in recent years. While of course these should be viewed with a hefty grain of salt, they may be worth scrutinizing all the same. This image below shows the number of strikes in general that have occurred since 2011; as you can […]
As If We Needed It, Asian ‘Dollar’ Might Be More Complicated, Too
A few weeks back, on March 18, the Japanese government bond market was hit with a “buying panic” of some noteworthy proportion. Yields all across the curve dropped, which takes some doing since yields were already at that point mostly negative. Common sense forces any sane person to wonder if sanity itself remains relevant to global […]
Gold Daily And Silver Weekly Charts – Grifters, Conmen, And Grafters
“What good is it, brethren, if someone claims to have faith but does not perform acts of love? Can this kind of faith save them? If a brother or sister is poorly clothed and lacks food, and one of you says to them, ‘Go with God, keep warm and eat well,’ but do not help them at […]
End Of Forex Exchange Fees Via Bitcoin-Like App? What’s The Downside?
Trading dollars for euros, Yen, Icelandic króna, or any other currencies typically involves hefty conversion fees. Those fees soar at airport currency exchange counters. A new Goldman-Barclays app that uses the Bitcoin blockchain algorithm may reduce or eliminate those exchange fees. When that happens, currency exchange counters, now common all over Europe will soon vanish. […]
Ranks And Rates Of Oil Industry Stocks
Don’t look now, but we are seeing some decent signs of a recovery in the Energy sector and commodities more generally. Crude prices jumped today on news of a diminishing US stockpile. Of course, given the fact that last week saw news that the glut of crude within the US was at its highest level […]
U.S. Oil Production Continues To Drop In Latest EIA Report
We had nearly a 5 Million drawdown in Oil Inventories during what is technically still the building season for oil stocks. (Video length 00:14:35)
E When This Time Is Different Meets This Time Is Different
What happens when the four most dangerous words in the investment language applies to two diametrically opposed viewpoints? Something’s gotta give. The Wall Street axiom “Don’t fight the Fed” has served investors and traders well for decades. To go against this advisory phrase is to implicitly say “this time is different”. Valuation history tells that […]
Great Action All Around As We Round Hump Day
“If you don’t design your own life plan, chances are you’ll fall into someone else’s plan. And guess what they have planned for you? Not much.” –Jim Rohn A solid day indeed. Monday I showed the trend we’ve had for a while now of early week weakness followed by strength to close the week out […]
SP 500 And NDX Futures Daily Charts – Squiggling In The Trend Channels
A drawdown in crude oil and a divided Fed minutes helped stocks to rally off support today. After the bell, Bed Bath & Beyond beat their modest expectations and said they would start paying a dividends, which helped spark a rally in the afterhours. Let’s see if they can keep this going. Have a pleasant […]
What Is Driving CarMax’s Earnings This Quarter?
Photo Credit: Theron Trowbridge CarMax, Inc. (KMX) Consumer Discretionary – Specialty Retail | Reports April 7, Before Market Opens Key Takeaways: The Estimize consensus is forecasting EPS of $0.71 and revenue of $3.68 billion, right in line with Wall Street’s estimates CarMax focus on used-vehicles and location expansion could give them an upper hand on the competition […]
