Category Archive: Finance
Weekly Gasoline Price Update: WTIC Down 15% In 2017
It’s time again for our weekly gasoline update based on data from the Energy Information Administration (EIA). The price of Regular is down a penny from last week and Premium is unchanged. According to GasBuddy.com, Hawaii has the highest average price for Regular at $3.03 and San Francisco, CA is the most expensive city, averaging $3.09. […]
Small-Cap Value Leads June Returns
As a welcomed gift for the Independence Day holiday, Lipper Fund Data and Analytics just released June performance data for the entire universe of mutual funds available to domestic investors. Topping the U.S. Diversified Equity category were small-cap value funds which gained 3.1 percent in June versus the broad category’s 1.2 percent appreciation. That’s pretty […]
SNAPgeddon Strikes – Stock Falls Below IPO Price, Down 40% From Highs
Well that escalated quickly… Just 4 months after its magnificently-lauded IPO – proving to every Bob, Dick, and Mary on business media that this time is different and everything’s awesome – Snap has collapsed back to below its IPO price and down 42% from its post-IPO highs. SNAP IPO’d at $17 and opened at $24, trading up […]
GBP/USD – Buy Or Sell?
From a fundamental perspective, GBP/USD should be trading lower. Consistently softer UK data casts doubt on the hawkish comments from the Bank of England. Service, manufacturing and construction sector activity slowed in the June while industrial and manufacturing production turned negative. This along with a stronger pound in May caused the trade deficit to […]
Europe Stocks Look Interesting
There was an interesting article written recently by Barry Ritholtz who says that people are feeling cautious towards the market, so they are looking for technical reasons to support their caution. I kind of agreed with the article, but some of the market caution seems reasonable to me. For instance, John Murphy mentioned in his […]
6 Technology Stocks Set To Beat Estimates In Q2 Earnings
The second-quarter 2017 earnings season is in its initial stage with just 23 S&P 500 members or 4.6% of the index’s total membership reporting their quarterly results as of Jul 7, according to the latest Zacks Earnings Preview report. Per the Preview article, the trend this earnings season indicates that we may finally see back-to-back four quarters […]
Goldman Is Going To Explain What’s Next For Bonds And You’re Going To Listen
Remember what I wrote last night in “Why We’re Vulnerable: CTAs’ ‘Oversized Loss’ Betrays Extreme Positioning“? No? That’s ok. It was Sunday evening and you were probably drunk (I would have been too had I not almost drank myself to death last November). But long story short, that post (which you should read if you […]
Dividend Champion Portfolio July Update
The High Yield Dividend Champion Portfolio is a publicly tracked stock portfolio on Scott’s Investments. Its goal is to capture quality high yield stocks with a history of raising dividends. The screening process for this portfolio starts with the “Dividend Champions” as compiled by DRIP Investing. The list is comprised of stocks that have increased their dividend payout for […]
Gold And Silver Capitulation
The big news this week was the flash crash in silver late on 6 July. We will publish a separate forensic analysis of this, as there is a lot to say and see. It’s hard to tell—we don’t have the tools to measure such a thing—but it seems like the hype and aggression from the […]
ETF Watchlist: Week Of July 10, 2017
Friday’s market rally following a strong jobs report pushed the major indices back into the green for week and kicked off a solid start to Q3. The Dow, Nasdaq and the S&P 500 were all up marginally, but the real market action is set to kick off later this week as earnings season is back! […]
