3 Undervalued Biotech Stocks With Upcoming Catalysts
Mar 15, 2016
Jeremy Parkinson
Finance
New drug approvals and the rollout of just-commercialized products will be the catalysts that send these undervalued stocks rallying. Negative sentiment has dropped their prices so low that any rally from these prices could return investors explosive gains. Despite four straight weeks of gains in the S&P 500, the biotech sector continues to be mired […]
GDPNow Forecast Dips To 1.9% Following Retail Sales Report
Mar 15, 2016
Jeremy Parkinson
Finance
In the wake of an allegedly “respectable” retail sales report for February, the Atlanta Fed GDPNow model dipped to an estimated 1.9% growth for first quarter of 2016 from 2.2% on March 9. Latest forecast: 1.9 percent — March 15, 2016 “The GDPNow model forecast for real GDP growth (seasonally adjusted annual rate) in the first quarter […]
How A Federal Reserve Interest Rate Hike Hands Over Billions To Big Banks
Mar 15, 2016
Jeremy Parkinson
Finance
In another example of how Wall Street wins at America’s expense – again – Big Banks around the world are secretly rooting for another U.S. Federal Reserve interest rate hike this week. That’s because every causes an immediate spike in their income. The Big Banks already are raking in millions every year courtesy of the Fed – interest […]
The Single Entity Risk Problem
Mar 15, 2016
Jeremy Parkinson
Finance
One of the points I emphasize in my new paper on portfolio construction is the risk of owning individual securities relative to indexing. A lot of people don’t know this, but since 1980 the S&P 500 has seen 320 departures from the index due to distress. This means that about 10% of the S&P 500 leaves every 5 years […]
5 Unbeatable Stocks To Brave The Market Mayhem
Mar 15, 2016
Jeremy Parkinson
Finance
Uncertainty has been shrouding the stock market for quite some time now. Efforts guessing the next turn of events in this capricious market have been futile. This uncertainty is clearly reflected in the price movement of all the major indices. On one hand, the Nasdaq Composite Index, S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Average have […]
The Inventory Deepens
Mar 15, 2016
Jeremy Parkinson
Finance
Unlike retail sales in January, wholesale sales won’t need revisions to become highly negative in either the seasonal or unadjusted versions. On a seasonally-adjusted basis, wholesale sales declined rather sharply in January (-1.35% M/M), the fourth consecutive decline, sixth out of the past seven months and making fourteen of the past eighteen since all this […]
Binary Options Trading Opportunities For March 16, 2016
Mar 15, 2016
Jeremy Parkinson
Finance
During the day on Wednesday, we get a handful of announcements from around the world that are very massive. We get the crude oil numbers, the FOMC announcement, employment numbers coming out of the United Kingdom, and several other announcements coming out of America. USD/CAD The USD/CAD pair rose during the course of the day […]
Why Facebook Is Not A Great Investment Option Now
Mar 15, 2016
Jeremy Parkinson
Finance
For the past two years, Facebook (NASDAQ:FB) has outperformed the S&P 500 with a near 100% rise in its stock price. As a member of the FANG’s (Facebook, Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN), Netflix (NASDAQ:NFLX) & Alphabet Inc-C (NASDAQ:GOOG), the world’s leading social network became a favorite equity holding for technology bulls. With consistently increasing mobile revenue, a large and highly engaged user base […]
Retail Sales Down, January Sales Revised To -0.4%
Mar 15, 2016
Jeremy Parkinson
Finance
There was a lot of cheering last month when retail sales rose by 0.2%. That cheering mostly vanished into thin air today when January retail sales were revised to -0.4% and February retail sales came in at an anemic -0.1%. Curiously Bloomberg Econoday said today’s report showed “respectable strength in February.” February retail sales were […]
Kasich Beats Trump On Economy
Mar 15, 2016
Jeremy Parkinson
Finance
Markets pull back on news from the BOJ and Iran’s resistance to oil production cuts. January retail sales numbers are revised down. Economists prefer Kasich over Trump. Video Length: 00:12:54