Selecting An Optimal Private Equity Fee Validation Methodology
These are good times to be a private equity fund investor. Returns have been strong with distributions on the rise, both in the U.S. and Europe. Limited partners, for their part, have voted with their wallets that the asset class will continue to outperform. Indeed, fundraising continues to be strong, with over $213 billion raised […]
Corporate Tax Cuts And Monetary Offset Could Mean Recession
The Trump Administration and Republicans in Congress are trying to enact tax cuts, heavily geared toward large corporates in order to boost growth in the US. Without getting into the likely effectiveness of the proposals, I want to look at what impact these cuts could have on monetary policy given the flattening of the yield curve […]
Isodiol Continues To Execute And Deliver Value For Investors
TM Editors’ Note: This article discusses one or more penny stocks and/or microcaps. Such stocks are easily manipulated – do your own careful due diligence. Last week, Isodiol International (ISOL.CN) (ISOLF) was one of the top performing cannabis stocks, rallying more than 150%. We believe this rally is just getting started. Following Constellation Brands’ investment […]
Amazon Stock Picks Up 2 Price Target Increases Into Black Friday
Shoppers’ eyes will be on Amazon this week because of Black Friday, and most analysts agree that the online retailer is the one to beat. One sore area has been gross margins as the company is notorious for operating on razor-thin margins. However, one analyst has actually increased his target price for Amazon stock after analyzing […]
How To Invest In Cryptocurrency & Blockchain Technology
What are cryptocurrencies? Cryptocurrencies are the newest form of digital currency. Imagine a peer to peer transfer without the interaction from any 3rd party. This means you can go to any store, purchase anything and no one will know what you purchased. It is not anonymous so the amount will be shown. The seller and […]
4 Truckers To Gain From Strong Freight Transport
An improving U.S. economy, substantial surge in manufactured and retail goods, and a sharp rebound in a number of end markets are expected to fuel growth of the transportation sector. Of the various means of the U.S. transport, trucking is the largest one, servicing 70% of freight tonnage. Momentum to Continue The U.S. trucking industry […]
German Politics Weigh On The Euro’s Future
Marcon’s vision for a unified EU has led to euro strength since his victory The first dent in this vision followed German elections, today’s development is more serious Thanks to an ongoing bull market, the euro’s sell-off has been mild so far Following Macron’s significant victory in the French elections earlier in May, fears of […]
Did Somebody Say Turkey?
Turns out Grandma Retail XRT began cooking her family’s Thanksgiving feast today. Last week, brick and mortar XRT gave us an indication that she would consider cooking this year when the instrument went from a Bearish to a Recovery to now a confirmed Accumulation phase. Granny baked the trimmings ahead of time, anticipating that the […]
Cash-Hemorrhaging Uber Announces Plans To Drop $1 Billion On Driverless Volvos
Earlier this summer we noted Uber’s staggering 2Q cash burn of $600 million which equates to roughly $7 million in net cash outflows every single day.The staggering, and consistently growing, cash burn figures resulted in several mutual funds announcing they would slash their valuations of the struggling rideshare company by up to 15%. Of course, […]
Alibaba’s Singles’ Day By The Numbers: A Record $25 Billion Haul
After 24 hours of swiping on ‘Singles Day’ bargains, Chinese online shoppers once again broke records for e-commerce giant Alibaba. (Photo credit: STR/AFP/Getty Images) Alibaba’s (BABA) Singles’ Day Shopping Festival is like no other. It’s a combination of commerce, entertainment and an exuberant celebration of consumerism. Retail as entertainment is one of the hallmarks of […]
