Category Archive: Finance
Aflac: A Cheap Dividend Aristocrat Or Value Trap?
Over the past decades boring old insurance specialist Aflac (AFL) has done a remarkable job of enriching long-term income growth investors thanks to its impressive 34-year dividend growth streak. That’s courtesy of its strong, cash-rich business model, which has allowed it to grow its dividend by 14.6% annually over the past quarter century, resulting in annual total […]
Genuine Parts Company Announces Record Q2 Sales & Earnings And Maintains Positive Guidance
Genuine Parts Company (NYSE: GPC), a distributor of automotive replacement parts in the U.S., Canada, Mexico and Australasia, as well as industrial replacement parts in the U.S., Canada and Mexico through its Motion Industries subsidiary, business products in the U.S. and Canada through its S. P. Richards Company subsidiary and electrical and electronic components throughout the […]
Treasury Volatility Crashes To Record Lows
Another day, another record low for volatility gauges, with Bank of America’s MOVE Index (considered Treasury Market ‘VIX’) falling to an unprecedented 48.26. As Bloomberg notes, the slide back down in volatility comes as the Treasury term premium looks to be failing in its latest attempt to climb back above zero. So investors in the world’s biggest bond market don’t want […]
Has Bitcoin Come Of Age?
Bitcoin (BTC) came into existence in January 2009. It was not the first ‘cryptocurrecny’ and there are now an estimated 950 competitors, with new ICO’s ‘Initial Coin Offerings’ appearing almost daily. BTC’s closest rival in terms of coins in circulation is Ethereum (ETH). The chart below shows how these currencies % of total market capitalisations […]
Bearish Factors And GBP/USD
On Tuesday, British pound move lower against the greenback, which resulted in an invalidation of the breakout above two important resistances. How did this negative development affect the technical picture of GBP/USD? EUR/USD Looking at the daily chart, we see that the situation in the very short term hasn’t changed much as EUR/USD remains in […]
The 5 Best Utility Dividend Stocks Today
Income investors rely on utility stocks for steady dividends. Utilities have earned a strong reputation among income investors, and for good reason. Utilities are widely recognized for their ability to generate steady profits each year, regardless of the economic climate. With their reliable earnings, they consistently pay dividends each year. Many utility stocks have paid […]
How Can The Fed Possibly Unwind QE?
There are currently two important items on the Fed’s wish list. The first is to restore interest rates to more normal levels, and the second is to unwind the Fed’s balance sheet, which has expanded since the great financial crisis, principally through quantitative easing (QE). Is this not just common sense? Maybe. It is one […]
Cracks Appear In Philadelphia Fed Regional Manufacturing Report
Actual industrial output has been far weaker than the regional Fed manufacturing reports and the ISM report for at least a year. Yesterday we heard from the Empire State region. Today the spotlight is on the Philadelphia Fed Business Outlook Survey where new orders plunged. Econoday notes “cracks” in the survey. There finally may be cracks appearing in Philly […]
The Top 2 Worst Investor Bias And How To Solve Them
Since I’m eight, I’ve always been passionate by numbers. When I discover the world of finance, I knew exactly what I wanted to do in life: work around the financial market. I guess that one thing that captivates me is about how the stock market evolves over time. When you are at school, they teach […]
Recently, I Was Dead Wrong About The QQQ, But It Didn’t Matter Because…
Traders must be able to make money even when their opinions are DEAD WRONG! I’d like to show you how your trading can be profitable even when your opinions of the market are DEAD WRONG! Wouldn’t that be nice? It’s possible, and it doesn’t require a fancy options strategy, or any options trading at all! […]
