Category Archive: Finance
47 Firms Going Ex-Dividend Next Week, Including Coach, General Motors And FedEx
There are several well known large cap stocks going ex-dividend next week including the following three Top 100 Dividend Stocks: Mosaic Co., Coach and Travelers Co. Ex-dividend dates are important to dividend investors because one must own a stock on its ex-dividend date in order to be eligible to receive its next dividend. Any stock ranked by our team […]
Correlations In Commodity Markets
Commodities are so common and present in every facet of our life- starting from our food, passing throughour cars and ending with smart phones. You must understand commodities if you invest in stocks or bonds. You really cannot be a successful investor in other markets without understanding them. Investing in commodities can be a hedge […]
Hot Options Report For End Of Day – Friday, Sept. 1
The most active equity options and strikes for end of the day: BAC, AAPL, FB, KITE, VALE, NVDA.
Emerging Markets: What Has Changed – Friday, Sept. 1
(from my colleague Dr. Win Thin) India Prime Minister Modi has started a cabinet shuffle. Freeport McMorAn ceded control of the world’s second largest copper mine to the Indonesian government. Central Bank of Russia took over Bank Otkritie, once Russia’s largest private bank. Kenya’s top court nullified last month’s presidential election. Fitch cut Qatar’s rating […]
Floods, Nukes, & Pitiful Payrolls Spark Best Week For Stocks In 2017
Flood Schmud, Missiles Schmissiles, Jobs Schmobs… Gold gained the most after today’s dismal jobs data… After a crazy run the last few days into month-end, Nasdaq slipped notably lower after the pitiful payrolls print… All major indices closed lower post payrolls. Stocks gained on the day though, thanks to overnight pumping, with Trannies tumbling […]
August 2017: ECRI’s WLI Growth Index Rate Continues To Decline
ECRI’s WLI Growth Index which forecasts economic growth six months forward remains in positive territory for over one year. This is compared to RecessionAlerts similar weekly leading index. Analyst Opinion of the trends of the weekly leading indices Both ECRI’s and RecessionAlerts indices are indicating moderate growth six months from today. Both indices are […]
The Unparalleled Explosion In Cryptocurrencies
OVER 300 NEW COINS REACHED $1MM MARKET CAP IN 2017 After the massive Bitcoin price surge in November 2013, the popularity of launching new cryptocurrencies took off along with it. In fact, if you go back at historical snapshots around that time, you’ll see that there were literally hundreds of new coins available to mine […]
Unmasking The VooDoo: Fibonacci
If you ever want to sound foolish during your next television interview on the markets, tell them that the market is approaching a Fibonacci level and will do X when it gets there. It is sort of like doing a DIY network interview and saying the house will have four bedrooms because you are using […]
Eventually Amazon Will Fail – And That’s A Good Thing
The Federal Trade Commission has cleared the merger between Amazon and Whole Foods, sparking yet more fears that the retail giant is becoming too big. Even as commercial enterprises adjust, politicians and bureaucrats in America, Europe, and elsewhere are sounding the alarm about how big companies like Amazon and Google are shutting out smaller competitors and hogging […]
The Markets Are Looking Past The Jobs Number
(Audio length 00:09:18) After a disappointing jobs number hit the wire we saw some initial moves in the markets that were quickly reversed. Chris Temple joins me to discuss why he thinks the markets are looking past the jobs number to Fed expectations and potential spending, including infrastructure initiatives.
