Author Archive: Jeremy Parkinson
UK Unemployment Falls Further
Whilst pro- and anti-EU membership campaigns continue to debate (no, argue is closer to the truth) the effect of a Brexit on the UK economy and employment prospects thereafter, unemployment currently, at least, declined further with the roll dropping by 28000 in the three month period from November 2015 to January 2016. This takes the […]
E Strongest And Weakest Small Cap Stocks
· The strongest small cap sectors are utilities and consumer goods. · The best small cap industry is business software. The average small cap score is 53.67 and that’s above the four week moving average score of 52.29. The average small cap stock in our universe is trading -34.98% below its 52 week high, -2.93% below its […]
PayPal Takes A Blow From Apple Pay
PayPal (PYPL) was down 2% on Wednesday on news that Apple (AAPL) Pay will be coming to mobile websites later this year. In an attempt to steal a page from PayPal’s book, Apple’s looking to expand the usefulness of its payment service, letting online shoppers checkout easily in its Safari browser on iPhone and iPad models that […]
Market Closing For The Week Today
Today will be the close for the week and this will be an important indicator. A closing in gold below 1237.50 will warn of weakness. We have important technical resistance at 1245 level and a closing back below that Breakout Line will also warn that the upward momentum is starting to decline. Gold bounced off […]
E In Bottom Fishing For Value, Ambarella And AMD Are Tops
A favorable reversal for momentum stocks helped the Bottom Fishing for Value continue its positive ROI. Ambarella (AMBA) may move and hold above the $40 level, as markets rewarded the stock for its value through multi-year contracts and a moat in automotive safety solutions. In the semiconductor space, Intel (INTC) said it would slow the […]
E Stock Picks For A Trump Win In November
What would a Trump win in November mean for your portfolio? I had a lot of fun with this one. I spoke to more than a dozen investors, all Republicans, and the responses I received were as varied as they were interesting. Of course, the knee jerk reaction was to recommend concrete stocks, as Donald […]
The Stock Whisper Of The Day: EWJ, SAN, USO, EEM, IWM
Hot stocks of the day: EWJ, SAN, USO, EEM, IWM Video length: 00:05:25
Some Erosion, At Last
How heartening it is to see a double-digit red number on the ES after having received one the day prior. The pendulum is, I believe, slowly beginning to swing the other way. With the world’s central bankers in STFU mode for a while, since they had their several weeks of mayhem earlier in March, we bears finally have a […]
For Saudi Aramco, Breaking Up Is (Not So) Hard To Do
Saudi Aramco and Royal Dutch Shell (RDS-A) recently announced plans to end their co-ownership of the Motiva refinery in Texas. The two energy companies have operated the refining and marketing enterprise as a 50/50 joint venture since 2002. This move is significant because Motiva includes three refineries in the gulf region of the United States […]
Japan Goes Full Krugman: Plans Un-Depositable, Non-Cash “Gift-Certificate” Money Drop To Young People
The Swiss, the Finns, and the Ontarians may get their ‘Universal Basic Income’ but the Japanese are about to turn the Spinal Tap amplifier of extreme monetary experimentation to 11. Sankei reports, with no sourcing, that the Japanese government plans to unleash “vouchers” or “gift certificates” to low-income young people to stimulate the “conspicuous decline” in consumption among […]
