Category Archive: Entertainment
The Retail Apocalypse Accelerates: Collapsing Holiday Sales Are A Signal That A Recession Is Coming
Retail sales during the four day Thanksgiving weekend were down a whopping 11 percent from last year. This is a “make or break” time of the year for many retailers, and if things don’t turn around during the coming weeks we could see a tsunami of store closings in January and February. As you read […]
Jordan Roy-Byrne Believes 2015 Will See The Renewal Of Gold’s Secular Bull Market
Past performance does not guarantee future performance, as they say, but Jordan Roy-Byrne, CMT, editor and publisher of The Daily Gold Premium, is persuaded that the bottom in gold is no more than a couple of months away. And after that, look out. In this interview with The Gold Report, Roy-Byrne says that his study of gold’s history explains […]
E Lessons Learned From The 2014 Blackhat Security Conference
The annual Las Vegas Blackhat security conference draws great attention from the media as the showpiece for trendy cyber security topics. From its inception in 1997, Blackhat has grown into a global conference series with additional stops in Abu Dhabi, Barcelona, and Washington DC. The conference includes the latest researchers from leading security companies such […]
Spot The Odd One Out
While we have focused on the decoupling between US equity markets and their high-yield credit and US Treasury yield peers, today is perhaps most notably for the widening seen in investment-grade credit markets – the most in 2 months – as oil-complex concerns squeeze liquidity across all credits. Notably HYG is under significant pressure also (not helped […]
SP 500 And NDX Futures Daily Charts – End Of Month Paint Is Dry
Stocks were slumping today from the open, with (AAPL) having taken a dive, and a few of the major indices with it. There was no particular reason for this fundamentally. My own theory was that the funds were painting the tape with some seriously heavy handed brushstrokes into the end of the month in quiet […]
5 Stocks To Watch This Week 12-1-14
(Photo Credit: Zona Retiro) Wednesday – Abercrombie & Fitch Revenue has slid at Abercrombie & Fitch (ANF) in 6 consecutive quarters and management is taking drastic action to get the brand back in gear. In August Abercrombie announced that it will be removing its logo from most clothing starting in Spring 2015. The emblazoned Abercrombie and […]
After The Black Friday Rout: Three Retailer ETFs For The Holidays
Black Friday was ugly. Early estimates show Black Friday sales down 11% over last year’s numbers. That’s a bad sign, though it remains to be seen whether this is a true case of retail weakness or merely a sign that “Black Friday” no longer holds the mystique it once did in the era of online […]
Oil Price Decline – In Pictures
“While oil prices have surged this year on the back of geopolitical concerns, the performance of energy stocks has far outpaced the underlying commodity. The deviation between energy and the price of oil is at very dangerous levels. Valuations in this sector are also grossly extended from long term norms. If oil prices break below […]
Importance Of Using Trailing Stops When Trend Following $BABA $QLD
In order to succeed when trading and trend following one truly needs to believe that anything can happen. Do not fall in love with your favorite stocks. Do not let them make a round trip. Use trailing stops and lock in profits while you can. Watch this example with BABA.
EC New G20 Rules: Cyprus-Style Bail-Ins To Take Deposits And Pensions
On the weekend of November 16th, the G20 leaders whisked into Brisbane, posed for their photo ops, approved some proposals, made a show of roundly disapproving of Russian President Vladimir Putin, and whisked out again. It was all so fast, they may not have known what they were endorsing when they rubber-stamped the Financial Stability […]
