Author Archive: Jeremy Parkinson
How To Spin Retail Fool’s Gold Into Real Profits
I first heard the phrase ‘retail ice age’ on Fox Business News’ Varney & Co. I don’t know if anchor Stuart Varney coined it, but it’s a pretty good assessment of the condition of bricks-and-mortar retail in America. Sure, some down in the dumps retail stocks will bounce if the market keeps on rallying. But beware […]
Did The French Start A Revolution In Gold?
On Tuesday, the price of gold fell to a two-week low on the French election. What does it mean for the gold market? As we reported on Monday, the first round of the French election is over: Macron and Le Pen advanced further. As polls suggest that the former will easily become the president, investors increased their […]
AUD/USD At The Lowest Since January – Levels To Watch
Political pundits are commemorating Trump’s first 100 days in office. It has also been 100 days since AUD/USD traded at the current level of 0.7465. This popular currency pair is below the 0.7470 level that was seen earlier in April. It last dipped to these levels on January 17th, just before Trump’s inauguration. Why is […]
Analyst Sees Video Game Makers Boosted By Continued Shift To Digital
Pacific Crest analyst Evan Wingren resumed coverage of the interactive entertainment sector with a positive outlook. Fueled by higher digital distribution rates, the sector should generate additional gross margin gains going forward, the analyst stated. Additionally, Wingren believes that companies in the sector should be able to use data they obtain from online users to […]
5 Best Performing Mutual Funds Of Q1
Just over 93% of all the funds tracked by Morningstar had given positive returns in the first quarter. U.S. stock funds did well, while the largest among them posted the best quarterly performance in years. Investors also favored bond funds in the first three months of the year, even though gains were lower than those […]
EC ‘NYHL’ Had A Divergence In 2000 And 2007; A Divergence Is Also Present In 2017
Bad Breadth Can Foreshadow Bear Markets Market breadth speaks to the number of stocks participating in an advance. Strong market breadth means a high percentage of stocks are making new highs as the major indexes make new highs. Strong breadth also aligns with widespread confidence in stocks and the economy. Bearish Divergence In 2000 The […]
Recession To Recovery: A Decade In Perspective
from the Atlanta Fed The Cyclical Recovery In the complex U.S. economy, trends do not often fit cleanly into categories such as cyclical and secular. Broadly speaking, though, it is possible to classify certain developments as mainly cyclical and others as more persistent, or secular. As the video explained, we have experienced a cyclical economic […]
Each Day JP Morgan Adds Silver Bullion To Its Holdings
Since April 17 each trading day silver prices have been going down. I realize that precious metals bugs are in despair. Yes, it is an awful market. The question is not whether gold or silver prices go down but how deeply they are going to drop. However, JP Morgan does not care about it. Look at […]
A Couple Swing Trades To Watch This Week
Stock Swing Trades to keep an eye on, based on strong trending movement and the price finding support after a pullback. Stocks mentioned: $PIR $LITE I don’t want these articles to be viewed as trade signals, but rather a learning device. There is a lot more to trading than just buying at price A and […]
What Is The Bank Of Japan To Do?
The Bank of Japan is unlikely to change policy. Its current policy of targeting 10-year bond yields and expanding the balance sheet by JPY80 trillion is aimed at boosting core inflation to 2%. However, the risk is that BOJ Governor Kuroda surprises the market as he has done on other occasions. If Kuroda is going to surprise the […]
