AutoZone Authorizes Additional Stock Repurchase
Mar 22, 2016
Jeremy Parkinson
Finance
MEMPHIS, Tenn., March 22, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — AutoZone, Inc. (NYSE:AZO), today announced its Board of Directors authorized the repurchase of an additional $750 million of the Company’s common stock in connection with its ongoing share repurchase program. Since the inception of the repurchase program in 1998, and including the above amount, AutoZone’s Board of […]
S&P 500 Snapshot: Five-Day Rally Ends With A Fractional Loss
Mar 22, 2016
Jeremy Parkinson
Finance
The Brussels terrorist attack had surprisingly little impact on equity markets. The Euro STOXX 50 traded in a relatively narrow range and closed with a fractional 0.08% gain. The S&P 500 opened in the shallow red and sold off to its -0.54% intraday low about 20 minutes later. The index then traded higher in a […]
4 Restaurant Stocks Crushing Chipotle So Far In 2016
Mar 22, 2016
Jeremy Parkinson
Finance
Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. (CMG – Analyst Report) was once the darling of Wall Street with revenues showing a phenomenal CAGR of more than 23% (till 2014), since it went public. This stunning performance was supported by solid comparable restaurant sales (comps) growth. However, the Colorado-based fast casual restaurant fell from grace toward 2015-end, as a series of […]
Market Talk March 22, 2016
Mar 22, 2016
Jeremy Parkinson
Finance
Shortly after the European open news broke of the Belgium terror attacks and we saw the usual flight to quality. Treasuries rallied, as did Gold and the US Dollar while stocks fell and in particular airlines and travel companies. At one stage we saw the DAX down over -1.5% with CAC, IBEX and FTSE not […]
Is “Saving More Money” Always The Cure?
Mar 22, 2016
Jeremy Parkinson
Finance
Wall Street’s remedy for fixing whatever problems that afflict your investment portfolio is simple: “Save more money.” And if you happen to be among the godforsaken group that always manages to have unsatisfactory investment results, regardless of whether the pesky stock market is up or down, Wall Street’s solution is invariably the same: You need to “save […]
Gold Daily And Silver Weekly Charts – Nothing Has Changed
Mar 22, 2016
Jeremy Parkinson
Finance
Just the usual nonsense from these jokers today. The box scores are all in the reports below. Not one thing has changed, except we are in a period of extended shenanigans as the pros attempt to push more bad paper out to the public before things take a turn down again. You will forgive the […]
Crude Drops On Yuuge Inventory Build
Mar 22, 2016
Jeremy Parkinson
Finance
Overall crude inventories rose for the 6th week in a row according to API. Despite draws in Gasoline, Distillates, and Cushing; Crude inventories surged 8.8mm barrels – the 2nd biggest weekly build in a year. API, according to RTRS: Crude +8.796mm Cushing -1.37mm (confirming Genscape’s data) Gasoline -4.3mm Distillates -391k This was a big draw in […]
The Canadian Example
Mar 22, 2016
Jeremy Parkinson
Finance
In late summer last year, just in time to accompany the first blast of contraindicated economic reality, Statistics Canada announced that Canadian GDP had contracted in Q2 2015. That followed an “unexpected” drop in Canadian GDP in Q1 which was supposed to be like oil prices and only a “transitory” deviation on the road to […]
What Every Long Term Investor Should Know
Mar 22, 2016
Jeremy Parkinson
Finance
Long term investors often find that their patience pays off. It can be alluring and easy to switch from one investment to another due to short term results. These instant outcomes, however, are not indicative of how the stock, bond, or fund will perform in the future. Long term investors are able to analyze the […]
2 Stocks That Will Crash After Bad Earnings
Mar 22, 2016
Jeremy Parkinson
Finance
An earnings miss that will send share prices tumbling seems imminent for both of these stocks. These are two stocks investors must avoid if they don’t own them and sell if they do. You think stock prices have been volatile of late? Well, that is nothing compared to how this due reacts to their earnings […]