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Sensex Opens In Green; Metal & Realty Stocks Gain
Asian stock markets are lower today as Japanese and Hong Kong shares fall. The Nikkei 225 is off 1.2% while the Hang Seng is down 1%. The Shanghai Composite is trading down by 0.4%. US stocks dropped on Monday as global jitters from Turkey’s plummeting currency spread to Wall Street, with the S&P 500 and the Dow falling for the fourth session in a […]
Macro Conditions May Enhance Short-term Predictability Of The Shiller P/E
King of the Mountain: The Shiller P/E and Macroeconomic Conditions Robert D. Arnott, Denis B. Chaves, and Tzee-man Chow Journal of Portfolio Management A version of this paper can be found here What are the research questions? Is there a relationship between real yields and short-term market valuation? Is there a relationship between inflation rates and […]
Best And Worst Performing Sectors On Earnings
More than 2,000 companies have now reported their Q2 earnings results since early July, including 422 S&P 500 companies. Below we show the average one-day price change for stocks on their earnings reaction days broken out by sector and whether the stock is in the S&P 500 or not. The average S&P 500 stock that […]
Applied Materials Supplies Over 25% Upside
Buffett’s Blend Value investor Warren Buffett once described his investing style as 85% Benjamin Graham and 15% Philip Fisher. While most investors know Benjamin Graham as the father of security analysis, Fisher may not be quite as well known. Fisher made his mark on the investment industry in his own right when he coined the term “scuttlebutt” research to describe interview-intensive […]
Despite Declining Ratings, Big Corn & Bean Crops Stun Markets
Market Analysis The USDA’s August corn & soybean forecasts revealed surprisingly high yields vs. trade’s averages causing an-other sharp price break across the markets this year. With recent crop ratings declining from very high initial levels, many trade estimates had slipped recently. However, the USDA’s initial crop projections are for a record US corn yield […]
Anatomy Of Hyperinflation
Two drones filled with explosives were recently deployed in a failed assassination attempt to take out Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. Chaos filled the streets as the military ran for their lives. But this sort of pandemonium is commonplace in Venezuela today: Where citizens have run out of basic necessities such as toilet paper and have begun […]
3 Strong Buy Semiconductor Stocks To Consider Now – August 2018
Semiconductor stocks were battered by market volatility earlier this year, but tech has made a strong recovery, and with several interesting trends like the Internet of Things and artificial intelligence on the rise, it is still an exciting time to be investing in chip-making corner of the technology sector. While tech behemoths like Microsoft (MSFT – Free […]
AUD/USD Forecast: Bearish Behavior To Persist As Summer Range Snaps
AUSTRALIAN DOLLAR TALKING POINTS AUD/USD slips to a fresh yearly-low even as the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) starts to change its tune, and the exchange rate now stands at risk of exhibiting a more bearish behavior over the days ahead as it snaps the range-bound price action from the start of the summer months. AUD/USD […]
5 Vital Factors That Drive The Real Estate Market
You know the old saying that real estate prices are local. What is happening in one area of the country has no impact on another area and so forth. While overall this idea rings true, there are some exceptions to the saying. In fact, there are some common factors that drive the real estate market, […]
