Category Archive: Finance
Dividend Income Update August 2017
Each month I will publish my dividend income. I will mainly do this for staying self motivated and to give you the readers the chance to follow my journey from the beginning on. The dividend income in the first couple of years will be on a very low level but investing in dividend stocks is […]
10 Great Dividend Stocks To Own Now If The Rally Ends
The S&P 500 is up 10% so far this year, and has nearly quadrupled off its 2009 low. The stock market keeps racing to record highs. After such a prolonged rally, the valuation multiple of the stock market has expanded significantly since the Great Recession. For example, the S&P 500 Index traded for an average price-to-earnings ratio […]
EM’s Best Run Since 2004 Continues As Jobs Number Greenlights ‘Carry’ On
So on Thursday, we noted the following about investors’ undying love for emerging market equities in an environment where the assumed slow pace of Fed tightening supersedes all other relevant factors: Emerging market stocks have now risen for eight months in a row. As far as the ETFs go (i.e. as far as how most people […]
The Gold Bull Market Is Back
The gold price is a complicated beast. It’s like a seesaw, with gold sitting on one seat. But instead of one seat across from it, there are several, because each country has its own currency. Those currencies go up and down with regard to each other. Years ago, a brilliant analyst found that you couldn’t […]
Poor Jobs Data Pressures Dollar, Unsourced ECB Comment Brings It Back
Little good can be said about the August jobs report. The 156k growth in jobs disappointed and is well below the recent averages. The back two months were revised lower for a total of 41k jobs. The unemployment rate ticked up to 4.4% even though the participation rates were unchanged at 62.9%. As if that was […]
GBPJPY Elliott Wave View: Wave Red X Still In Progress
GBPJPY Short-Term Elliott Wave suggests that the decline to 8/23 low at 139.27 ended Minor wave W. Minor wave X bounce is currently still in progress as a double three Elliott Wave Structure. Minute wave ((w)) of X ended at 141.47, Minute wave ((x)) of X ended at 139.98, and Minute wave ((y)) of X is proposed complete […]
Emerging Markets Breakout And Worries About U.S. Markets
(Audio length 00:10:50) Fund Manager Dana Lyons shares some insights on the breakouts in Emerging Markets. From China, India, Brazil, smaller Asian markets, and Russia, we are seeing some key breakouts which should be noted. This speaks to liquidity around the world but Dana does not think this is correlated to economic activity. Dana also […]
POET Technologies Inc. Likely To Become Profitable At The EBITDA Level By Q2 Of 2018
TM editors’ note: This article discusses a penny stock and/or microcap. Such stocks are easily manipulated; do your own careful due diligence. Written by SmallCapPower.com POET Technologies Inc. (POETF) acquired DenseLight and BB Photonics last year giving it the technology to address 100G optical telecom, the largest and fastest growing market segment so, going forward, […]
New Stocks On Safest Dividend Yields Model Portfolio: August 2017
Recap from July’s Picks Our Safest Dividend Yield Model Portfolio underperformed the S&P 500 last month. The Model Portfolio fell 2.6% on a price return basis and fell 2.4% on a total return basis. The S&P 500 fell 0.6% on a price return basis and total return basis. The best performing stocks in the portfolio […]
US Crude Production Stalls As Oil Rig Count Rolls Over
Amid the chaos and turmoil caused by Harvey, today’s rig count data is likely to change things as much as a fart in a hurricane. US crude production in the Lower 48 actually fell last week, syncing with the stabilization in the lagged oil rig count. The US Oil Rig count held to two-month lows last […]
