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Even Mortgage Lenders Are Repeating Their 2006 Mistakes
You’d think the previous decade’s housing bust would still be fresh in the minds of mortgage lenders, if no one else. But apparently not. One of the drivers of that bubble was the emergence of private label mortgage “originators” who, as the name implies, simply created mortgages and then sold them off to securitizes, who […]
Bet On Quality ETFs & Stocks To Fight Volatility
After surging to peak levels at the end of August, the Wall Street is once again caught in a web of woes, including lingering trade uncertainty, ongoing troubles in emerging markets, chances of auto tariffs on other countries, Iran oil sanctions, another budget deadline, and the mid-term election in November. Further, September is historically a […]
3 Stocks Set To Outperform Over The Long Term
The bull market seems to keep chugging along with no end in sight. Sure there are days when fear enters the market due to a potential trade war or economic crisis in another country, but every time the stock market comes back. Because the higher valuations of many stocks, it is getting hard to find […]
Tech Inventories Hit Pre-Crisis Levels As Demand Weakens: Chip Stocks Hammered
Tech inventories have piled up at Apple, Intel, HPQ, etc. Today, chips stocks are hammered over inventory concerns. CNBC reports Chip Stocks Plunge After Warnings on Demand from Wall St and a Key Industry Player. “Memory markets have worsened in recent weeks. For DRAM [memory chip], demand is weakening, inventory and pricing pressures are building, and […]
Dividend Income Update August 2018
The start of every month is exciting for all dividend income investors as we look back at the previous month and see how much passive dividend income our portfolios generated. August was exciting as ever as my year over year numbers continue to highlight the trifecta magic of dividend investing which includes, adding fresh capital, […]
Western Digital Corporation, Significantly Undervalued
Western Digital Corporation (NasdaqGS: WDC) is a technology stock providing personal and business storage. As illustrated in the analyze out loud video, the company has a cyclical operating history and as a result, the market has tended to value it at lower-than-average valuations. Nevertheless, at only 4.2 times blended earnings the company is currently significantly undervalued […]
Japan’s Economy On Path To Recovery: 3 Fund Picks
Corporate capital expenditure in Japan rose an impressive 12.8% in the second quarter. This marked its highest level in about 12 years. Such developments raised hopes of an economic recovery led by increase in business spending. Further, Japan’s Services Purchasing Managers Index surged to a four-month high in August. Under such circumstances, investing in mutual […]
ISM Non-Manufacturing: Respondents Remain Positive
The Institute of Supply Management (ISM) has now released the August Non-Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI), also known as the ISM Services PMI. The headline Composite Index is at 58.5 percent, up 2.8 from 55.7 last month. Today’s number came in above the Investing.com forecast of 57.0 percent. Here is the report summary: “The NMI® registered 58.5 percent, […]
Why The “Economy Is An Engine” Metaphor Is So Wrong
Is the economy “overheating,” or is it “humming” along smoothly? Should the Federal Reserve “prime the pump” to spur investment, or “pump the brakes?” Such questions, of course, use an engine metaphor to describe the economy. But why? In fact, the economy is more like a complex ecosystem rather than an engine or machine. Indeed, […]
This Foreign Market “Contagion” Is About To Go Viral
Europe has always played a huge role in the US markets. The US Treasury reported that European investors and central banks held $1.6 trillion of US Treasury securities in June. More importantly, they had purchased $114 billion of that over the past year, including $32 billion from April to June. And although there’s no breakdown […]
