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Don’t Buy Walmart
I’ll go through my experiences with Walmart as a supplier as well as an updated look at Walmart’s valuation. Selling to Walmart (WMT) as a wholesaler to their Walmart.com division has opened my eyes to the scope of their distribution and supply chain management. You don’t think of supply chain management as a money driver, […]
3 Scenarios For The Upcoming $200 Billion US Tariffs On China
The US is set to impose massive tariffs on China in the first week of September. The move has significant consequences for the global economy and currencies. Here are three scenarios for the significant escalation and the potential forex reactions. The US imposed tariffs on $50 billion worth of Chinese imports so far. China has […]
When Diversification Doesn’t Spread Your Risk
The financial business lives to churn out products for mass consumption, and they are excellent at selling them to us. The trouble for buyers is that they tend to be different-wrapped packages of the same highly correlated securities, and so the appearance of diversity is one of form over content. While rising capital inflows tend […]
Q2 GDP Second Estimate: Real GDP At 4.2%
The Second Estimate for Q2 GDP, to one decimal, came in at 4.2% (4.23% to two decimal places), an increase from 2.2% for the Q1 Third Estimate. Investing.com had a consensus of 4.0%. Here is the slightly abbreviated opening text from the Bureau of Economic Analysis news release: Real gross domestic product (GDP) increased at an […]
Magna International Inc. – Graphs Analyze
Magna International is a Canadian based Auto Parts Equipment company that has had excellent growth over its lifetime, but the market has generally valued it at a low P/E ratio of 9 to 10. In this video, we will analyze the company and identify possible return opportunities using these historical norms based on analysts’ consensus […]
Sensex Ends Volatile Day In The Red; IT Stocks Top Losers
After opening the day in green, share markets in India witnessed volatile trading activity throughout the day and ended the day in the red. Sectoral indices ended the day mixed, with stocks in the IT sector and stocks in the healthcare sector leading the losses. At the closing bell, the BSE Sensex stood lower by 173 points and the NSE Nifty closed down by 47 […]
Cannabis Stocks Explode Higher Into A New Stage 2 Uptrend
In this video I take a look at the game-changing move Canopy Growth made a couple weeks ago and why it is critically important going forward. I take a look at CGC and other cannabis stocks from a Stage Analysis perspective and discuss the following: How quickly things can change in the market and why […]
Lackluster U.S. GDP To Keep EUR/USD Rate Afloat
Updates to the 2Q U.S. Gross Domestic Product (GDP) report may produce headwinds for the dollar as the growth rate is now expected to increase 4.0% versus an initial forecast for a 4.1% print. A marked downward revision in the GDP figure may impact the monetary policy outlook as signs of a less robust economy […]
E Markets: Flat
The world isn’t flat but it’s easy to look at pictures and think its true. The lesson being that where you observe things matters to how you interpret them. If you look at macro – nothing happened today – if you look at stocks there was a modest take-profit shift driving more risk-off than the […]
What’s Next For The Dollar Index?
In 2017, the dollar index fell as the dollar weakened against its closest peers. Most of these losses came as a result of the euro which rose buoyed by the strong European economy. This year, the cycle has changed in favor of the dollar. Year-to-date, the dollar index has risen by more than 4%. These […]
