Category Archive: Finance
Earnings Trades In GOOGL, AMZN And More!
Stocks end the day unchanged as the big tax reveal lacked the details the market needs to decide whether it’s bullish or bearish. In tonight’s video we will focus on the big earnings announcements of the week. Two of the biggest companies on the planet, GOOGL and AMZN, will release their latest quarterly numbers. Here […]
Subprime Credit Card Losses Bite Capital One: Income Down 20%, Charge-Offs Up 30%
Capital One missed earnings estimates by a mile as Credit Card Charge-Offs Jump 30% What’s in your wallet? Capital One Financial Corp. reported a 20% drop in first-quarter net income from a year earlier as losses jumped for U.S. credit cards and the bank took a bigger provision charge for credit losses. The firm, known […]
The Miraculous Stair – A Rally Of Legend
In 1878, after nine days of Nun’s prayers, a rare helix-shaped spiral staircase leading up to a loft appeared at the Loretto Chapel in Santa Fe. With no attachment to a wall and built with dowels and wooden pegs, this staircase is billed as a “miracle.” The builder, whoever he was, built a innovative masterpiece. […]
Buffalo Wild Wings Slashes Forecast As Q1 Earnings Miss Badly
Written by StockNews.com Buffalo Wild Wings (BWLD) Wednesday posted much worse than expected first quarter earnings results and cut its full-year profit outlook, as it looks to cut costs and sell some of its company-owned namesake restaurants.
Wyndham Worldwide – Chart Of The Day
The Chart of the Day belongs to Wyndham Worldwide (WYN). I found the hotel/motel operator by using Barchart to sort today’s All Time High list first for the most frequent number of new highs in the last month, then again for technical buy signals of 80% or more. Since the Trend Spotter signaled a buy in 1/20 the stock gained 30.59%. […]
Why Is The Fed So Fixated On The Inflation Rate?
The Federal Reserve has an inflation target of 2% per year. That target appears to be a minimum: They are concerned when inflation falls below their target but appear to be content with inflation above 2%. The current inflation rate from March 2016 to March 2017, measured by the Consumer Price Index, is 2.4%. Prices […]
Are Stocks Cheap Or Expensive?
The biggest question investors focused on earnings are trying to answer is how the gap between small cap and large cap firms’ margins will be closed. Either large cap firms will have their margins fall off the peak or small cap firms will see their margins rise to the 2013 peak. It’s possible that the […]
Amgen Inc. Lifts Low End Of EPS Outlook Amid Mixed Q1 Earnings
Amgen, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMGN) Wednesday posted mixed first quarter earnings and lifted the low end of its 2017 profit outlook, as it continues to struggle to produce meaningful revenue gains amid a harsh regulatory environment.
Markets Consolidate
After two days of gains it was time for consolidation in markets. The Russell 2000 didn’t get this memo and added a third day of gains managing a new closing high. The S&P finished with a doji which tagged all-time high resistance. Technicals haven’t changed from yesterday and relative performance has continued to weaken. The […]
Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) Definition: Day Trading Terminology
An exchange traded fund, or ETF, is a marketable security tracking bonds, commodities or other baskets of assets, such as an index fund. Unlike a mutual fund, ETFs trade just like the shares of an equity stock on stock exchanges. An Exchange Traded Funds will undergo price changes over time as they are traded on the market. They […]
