Category Archive: Finance
Is Trump’s “Recession Warning” Really All Wrong?
Over the weekend, Donald Trump, in an interview with the Washington Post, stated that economic conditions are so perilous that the country is headed for a “very massive recession” and that “it’s a terrible time right now” to invest in the stock market. Of course, such a distinctly gloomy view of the economy runs counter to the more mainstream consensus of economic outlooks as […]
Decent Jobs Reports Has Warts
After coming under pressure early in the session, stocks showed a substantial rebound during Friday. The turnaround lifted the Dow to its best closing level for the year, while the Nasdaq and the S&P 500 reached three-month closing highs. For the week, the tech-heavy Nasdaq soared by 3 percent, while the Dow and the S&P […]
Will Alaska Air Acquire Virgin America For Over $2 Billion?
Is the suspense regarding the sale of low-cost carrier Virgin America (VA –Snapshot Report) over? If media reports are to be believed, then the answer would be “Yes”. The bidding war between JetBlue Airways Corporation (JBLU – Analyst Report) and Alaska Air Group (ALK – Analyst Report) over the acquisition of Virgin America has reportedly been settled in favor of the latter. […]
Top Five Buy/Strong Buy Upgrades – April 4, 2016
For today’s bulletin we used our website’s advanced screening functions to search for UPGRADES to BUY or STRONG BUY with complete forecast and valuation data. They are presented by one-month forecast return. IEC Electronics Corp (IEC) is the leader here. Ticker Company Name Market Price Valuation Last 12-M Return 1-M Forecast Return 1-Yr Forecast Return […]
E Best & Worst ADRs To Buy (With Q2 Seasonality Too)
The best sectors across ADRs are utilities, services, and technology. The top countries are Canada, Taiwan, and Ireland. After rolling scores to reflect the shift to second quarter seasonality (10 year historical), the average ADR score is 47.79, which is below the four week score of 49.33 and above the eight week average score of […]
February 2016 Manufacturing New Orders Declined?
US Census says manufacturing new orders declined. Our analysis says sales improved and is now in expansion. Unadjusted unfilled orders’ growth remains in CONTRACTION year-over-yea. Part of the reason for the poor growth is that the data is not inflation adjusted (deflation is occuring in this sector) – however, all the gains this month are […]
Nevada Energy Metals’ Advisory Board Member Malcolm Bell, Charged-Up On Lithium!
TM editors’ note: This article discusses a penny stock and/or microcap. Such stocks are easily manipulated; do your own careful due diligence. These days, investors in emerging lithium companies seem only to care about two things. How close is a property to a producing lithium operation (or basin with high lithium concentrations)? And, how many […]
Gold Price Forecast: Fractal Analysis Of US Dollar Index Suggests Massive Gold Rally Coming
Gold Price Forecast 2017: Fractal Analysis of US Dollar Index Suggests Massive Gold Rally Coming Below, I have done a fractal analysis of the US Dollar index (generated on tradingview.com). It shows that the US Dollar index is likely to drop over the next years; however, it appears to have started a new uptrend (read deflation), […]
GILD Strengthens NASH Pipeline
Gilead Sciences (GILD) is finally making an acquisition. The company announced that it is acquiring Nimbus Apollo Inc. and its Acetyl-CoA Carboxylase (ACC) inhibitor program for the treatment of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) and the potential treatment of liver cancer (hepatocellular carcinoma or HCC) and other diseases. Nimbus Apollo is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Nimbus Therapeutics. […]
ETFs To Gain Or Lose After Strong Jobs Report
Wall Street had a strong start to the second quarter courtesy of encouraging data released on April 1. In particular, a solid March job report injected further optimism into the economy, driving stocks higher. This is especially true as U.S. hiring continued its strong momentum with 215,000 jobs added last month following the revised 245,000 […]
