Category Archive: Finance
The Current State Of Early Investing Explained By Five Charts
What you’re hearing about startup land is sometimes not what’s actually happening. Below are five charts that prove this point, starting with perhaps the biggest surprise of all… For the past decade, when the best companies have gone for the ultimate exit in size and prestige, they chose to IPO. In the most surprising […]
World Out Of Whack: 5 Head Scratchers
Market dislocations occur when financial markets, operating under stressful conditions, experience large widespread asset mispricing. Welcome to this week’s edition of “World Out Of Whack” where every Wednesday we take time out of our day to laugh, poke fun at and present to you absurdity in global financial markets in all its glorious insanity. While we enjoy a good […]
Retail Stores Are Dying And We Should Let Them
Last week, the discount shoe retailer Payless ShoeSource filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and announced it will close 400 brick-and-mortar stores throughout the United States and Puerto Rico. The announcement comes on the heels of a seemingly unending parade of bad news from traditional retailers in recent months. So far this year, Macy’s, J.C. Penney, and BCBG, […]
Ode To Investors: Super Size Me!
How do you take your plaque? C’mon, we all have our victual vices that risk turning the gourmet in us gourmand. Those naughty nibbles that do so tempt us. Is it a bacon, cheese, well…anything? Maybe a slice of pie – pizza or otherwise? Or do you take yours scattered, smothered and covered? As in how […]
Treasury Sells $34 Billion In 5Y Paper In Ugly, Tailing Auction At Lowest Yield Since November
After yesterday’s stellar 2Y auction, moments ago the Treasury sold $34 billion in 5 Year paper in what can only be described as a quite ugly auction. The high yield printed at 1.875%, which maybe because it was the lowest stop since November’s 1.76%, drew far less bidside interest than yesterday’s auction. It also tailed […]
How To Spin Retail Fool’s Gold Into Real Profits
I first heard the phrase ‘retail ice age’ on Fox Business News’ Varney & Co. I don’t know if anchor Stuart Varney coined it, but it’s a pretty good assessment of the condition of bricks-and-mortar retail in America. Sure, some down in the dumps retail stocks will bounce if the market keeps on rallying. But beware […]
Did The French Start A Revolution In Gold?
On Tuesday, the price of gold fell to a two-week low on the French election. What does it mean for the gold market? As we reported on Monday, the first round of the French election is over: Macron and Le Pen advanced further. As polls suggest that the former will easily become the president, investors increased their […]
AUD/USD At The Lowest Since January – Levels To Watch
Political pundits are commemorating Trump’s first 100 days in office. It has also been 100 days since AUD/USD traded at the current level of 0.7465. This popular currency pair is below the 0.7470 level that was seen earlier in April. It last dipped to these levels on January 17th, just before Trump’s inauguration. Why is […]
Analyst Sees Video Game Makers Boosted By Continued Shift To Digital
Pacific Crest analyst Evan Wingren resumed coverage of the interactive entertainment sector with a positive outlook. Fueled by higher digital distribution rates, the sector should generate additional gross margin gains going forward, the analyst stated. Additionally, Wingren believes that companies in the sector should be able to use data they obtain from online users to […]
5 Best Performing Mutual Funds Of Q1
Just over 93% of all the funds tracked by Morningstar had given positive returns in the first quarter. U.S. stock funds did well, while the largest among them posted the best quarterly performance in years. Investors also favored bond funds in the first three months of the year, even though gains were lower than those […]
