Category Archive: Finance
Mall Stocks Hammered As Even Cheap Make-Up Fails To Lure Customers
This morning’s announcement of Abercrombie’s failed sale process served as a startling reminder of just how toxic mall-based retailers have become to investors in the post-Amazon era. News that not a single suitor was willing to touch the once high-flying, teenage-catering, cologne-infused, mall-based wonderland has wreaked havoc, yet again, today on retail apparel chains, with […]
Bernstein Latest To Upgrade PayPal With Years Of Outperformance Seen Ahead
The shares of PayPal (PYPL) are climbing after research firm Bernstein upgraded the stock to Outperform from Market Perform, saying that the company is poised to outperform over the next several years. LONG-TERM OUTPERFORMER: PayPal is probably at the beginning of a multiple year stretch of outperformance, contended Bernstein analyst Lisa Ellis. The company’s long-term […]
Market Correction
Long-time readers know of Lindsay’s long cycle (points A through M) and that equities should now be in the final basic advance between point I and the secular bull market top at point J. A basic advance is the equivalent of a cyclical bull market. A basic decline is usually the equivalent of a cyclical […]
June 2017 Conference Board Employment Index Declines
The Conference Board’s Employment Trends Index – which forecasts employment for the next 6 months declined with the author’s saying “despite the June decline in the Employment Trends Index, job growth will remain strong in the coming months“. Analyst Opinion of Conference Board’s Employment Index Econintersect evaluates year-over-year change of this index (which is different than […]
5 Efficient Stocks To Buy For A Winning Portfolio
Efficiency, a company’s ability to transform its inputs into outputs, is a potential indicator of a company’s financial health. This is because a company with a favorable efficiency level is expected to provide impressive returns as it is believed to be positively correlated with the company’s price performance. But, it is difficult to measure the […]
What Is The Difference Between The NYSE And Nasdaq?
The NYSE and Nasdaq exchanges are worth a collective $32.0 trillion in market capitalization, making up a sizable portion of the global equities market. However, while they are both large American stock exchanges containing listings that are household names, they are also very different in how they work, as well as how they are perceived […]
Geopolitical Risk, Business, And Investment
When people think about geopolitics, they tend to think about war, as if the two issues were the same. But that is only partly true. Geopolitics is the study of the power of nation states, and war is certainly a determinant of power. But it is only one of many. Things like economics, politics, ideology, […]
Hot Options Alert: Midday – Monday, July 10
Most Active Equity Options And Strikes For Midday, July 10, 2017
Tesla Motors Inc Sales Down To 0 In Hong Kong After Tax Break Scrapped
Tesla (TSLA) sales took a hit in Hong Kong after the tax break on electric vehicles was taken back on April 1. The Wall Street Journal, sighting official data from Hong Kong’s Transportation Department, stated that no new Model S sedans or Model X sport utility vehicles were registered in the Chinese territory in April. In May, […]
The Ratio Of Part-Time Employed Lowest Since 2008
Let’s take a close look at the latest employment report numbers on Full and Part-Time Employment. Buried near the bottom of Table A-9 of the government’s Employment Situation Summary are the numbers for Full- and Part-Time Workers, with 35-or-more hours as the arbitrary divide between the two categories. The source is the monthly Current Population Survey (CPS) […]
