Category Archive: Finance
E Question And Answer Period
Her action was as certain as it was swift. Federal Reserve chairman Janet Yellen suddenly ratcheted down interest rate expectations from four-quarter point rises to only one in 2016. And that one rate rise may not come until December. Foreign exchange traders all share one unique characteristic. You have to SHOW THEM THE MONEY. No […]
Inventory To Sales Ratios Spell Trouble Three Ways
In light of the recent and unexpected decline in retail sales, let’s put a spotlight on the equally unexpected buildup in the inventory-to-sales ratio, three different ways. Wholesalers Inventories-to-Sales Ratio Retailers Inventories-to-Sales Ratio Total Business Inventories-to-Sales Ratio One way or another these inventory buildups will be worked off. Sales must improve Production must decline Some […]
Republic Services – Chart Of The Day
The Chart of the Day belongs to Republic Services (NYSE:RSG). I found the solid waste stock by using Barchart to sort today’s All Time High list first for the highest technical buy signals then again for the most new highs in the last month. Next I review the chart using the Flipchart feature. Since the Trend Spotter signaled a buy on […]
Leveraging Our Play On TIPS
For those that follow Treasury bond fluctuations closely, it’s been hard not to notice the persistent under performance in Treasury Inflation Protected Securities (TIPS) versus nominal coupon bonds over the last several years. It’s no surprise that inflation has been running below expectations for a long time, despite a steadily falling unemployment rate and a […]
IRobot Retreats After JPMorgan Cuts Rating To Sell
The shares of robot maker iRobot (IRBT) are sitting out today’s rally after JPMorgan downgraded the stock to Underweight, the firm’s equivalent of a sell rating. The stock’s recent rally is “too much, too soon,” the firm warned. WHAT’S NEW: Noting that iRobot has rallied 25% since mid-February, JPMorgan analyst Mark Strouse believes that the […]
Rail Week Ending 12 March 2016: Rail Returns To Its Slide Into The Abyss
Week 10 of 2016 shows same week total rail traffic (from same week one year ago) declined according to the Association of American Railroads (AAR) traffic data. All rolling averages are again negative and in decline. The deceleration in the rail rolling averages began one year ago, and now rail movements are being compared against weaker 2015 […]
5 Rock-Solid Dividend Stocks To Buy On New Fed Outlook
“An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure” and the Federal Reserve chairwoman, Janet Yellen has been rightly following the saying, as she and her policy-making committee voted to keep the benchmark interest rate unchanged at least for another month. Market experts cited that the overseas turmoil, derailment of the Chinese economy and […]
China Is Not Out Of The Woods
2016 started with sharp declines in the Chinese stock market that spooked investors around the world. But in recent weeks, conditions appear to have stabilized. Lending in China rose in January by 67%, iron ore prices rallied by 64% and housing sales in China’s top four markets also surged. The yuan also regained about half of […]
Defensive Stocks Soar To Record High As Biotechs Battered To 2-Year Lows
If everything is so awesome, why is the defensive “personal and household goods” index spiking to record highs as exciting indices like Biotechs are collapsing to multi-year lows? The Great Rotation out of momentum continues. And everyone’s favorite – Valeant – is crashing-er again today… Down a stunning 60% this week… Chart: Bloomberg
