Lilly (LLY) Beats On Q3 Earnings, Explores Sale Of Elanco
Oct 24, 2017
Jeremy Parkinson
Finance
Eli Lilly and Company (LLY – Free Report) reported third-quarter 2017 adjusted earnings per share of $1.05, which beat the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.03 per share by 1.9%. Earnings rose 19% from the year-ago quarter backed by volume driven pharma sales growth and higher operating profits. Revenues Beat Quarterly revenues of $5.66 billion also beat the Zacks […]
Broadridge Financial Solutions: A High Quality But Often-Overlooked Dividend Growth Stock
Oct 24, 2017
Jeremy Parkinson
Finance
Sometimes, the most boring, under-the-radar businesses prove to be the best long-term investments, and Broadridge Financial could be one of them. In fact, Broadridge was called “the most important firm on Wall Street that you’ve never heard of” by Dick Grasso, the former CEO and chairman of the New York Stock Exchange. Paying higher dividends […]
Morning Call For Tuesday, Oct. 24
Oct 24, 2017
Jeremy Parkinson
Finance
OVERNIGHT MARKETS AND NEWS Dec E-mini S&Ps (ESZ17 +0.13%) this morning are up +0.10% and European stocks are up +0.19% on signs that the global economic expansion will continue after European manufacturing activity this month unexpectedly accelerated. The German 10-year bund yield rose to a 2-week high of 0.476% and EUR/USD strengthened after the Eurozone Oct […]
Fear Has Left The Building
Oct 24, 2017
Jeremy Parkinson
Finance
Although the S&P 500 finished the session with the biggest decline in nearly two months, the fact that the venerable index didn’t fall 3% yesterday meant a new record for the longest period of time without a 3% correction in the stock market. According to Ryan Detrick, Monday marked the 242nd trading day without a […]
Trump May Reappoint Yellen As Fed Chair After All
Oct 24, 2017
Jeremy Parkinson
Finance
Candidate Donald Trump was none too kind to current Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen during his 2016 campaign. However, the President’s tone with regards to Yellen and Fed policy has been softening since his election. Trump met one on one with Yellen and other top contenders last week and now appears quite open to the […]
Richmond Fed Manufacturing: Activity Remains Positive In October
Oct 24, 2017
Jeremy Parkinson
Finance
Today the Richmond Fed Manufacturing Composite Index was at 12 for the month of October, down from last month’s 19. Investing.com had forecast 17. Because of the highly volatile nature of this index, we include a 3-month moving average to facilitate the identification of trends, now at 15.0, which indicates expansion. The complete data series behind today’s […]
Graphic Packaging Forms Partnership With IP’s Consumer Packaging Unit
Oct 24, 2017
Jeremy Parkinson
Finance
Graphic Packaging (GPK) said it will create a $6B paper-based packaging company by forming a new partnership comprised of Graphic Packaging’s existing businesses and International Paper’s (IP) North America Consumer Packaging business. Graphic Packaging will own 79.5% of the partnership and will be the sole operator. International Paper will own 20.5% of the partnership, equivalent […]
Billion Dollar Unicorns: Atlassian Hits A New High
Oct 24, 2017
Jeremy Parkinson
Finance
Photo Credit: Dmitry Baranovskiy/Flickr.com In December 2015, legitimate Billion Dollar Unicorn and collaboration software maker Atlassian (NASDAQ: TEAM) had a successful IPO that valued it at $5.8 billion, and today its stock is trading in the public market at almost double that valuation. Atlassian’s Financials In its most recent first quarter results, Atlassian had a strong quarter beating analyst […]
Some Thoughts About The Kiwi
Oct 24, 2017
Jeremy Parkinson
Finance
The New Zealand dollar continues to fall in the wake of the electoral results. While most other high income economies appear to be shifting to the right, New Zealand has lurched to the left. A look at the New Zealand dollar’s performanceand one might conclude that investors are scared. Today’s 0.6% decline in the Kiwi, brings the loss […]
NZD/USD’s Bearish Movement Extended To 0.6931
Oct 24, 2017
Jeremy Parkinson
Finance
NZD/USD extended its downside movement from 0.7557 to as low as 0.6931. Further decline would likely be seen after a minor consolidation and next target would be at 0.6817. NZD/USD Daily Chart On the 4-hour chart, the NZD/USD pair traded within a bearish price channel. The price just bounced off the bottom trend line, suggesting […]