Wild Week In Charts: Risk Still Buoyant, Vol. Still Low, Trump Still In Focus
Stocks hit records this week although equities were uninspired on Friday as a slump in crude and concerns about Trump weighed on sentiment. The VIX gave double-digits a try, but decided that ultimately, a 9-handle is better: 10Y yields have moved steadily lower since Yellen’s dovish lean on Capitol Hill with lackluster data, the expanding […]
Will USD/CAD Break 1.25?
The Canadian dollar has been on a relentless uptrend since the Bank of Canada started to talk rate hikes. The rally gained momentum after the BoC raised interest rates last week and suggested it is the beginning of a new monetary policy cycle. Rising oil prices and stronger data validated the central bank’s optimism sending […]
Capitala Finance: The Monthly 10%+ Yield Dividend Is A Coin-Flip
In the stock market, reaching for high yields often backfires. To be sure, stocks with extremely high dividend yields look great on the surface. For example, Capitala Finance Corp. (CPTA) has a 10% dividend yield. Capitala is one of 405 stocks with a 5%+ dividend yield. You can see the full list of established 5%+ yielding […]
Reality Is Going To Bite Back Soon!
EUR/USD 30 min 4 Hours Daily My Bias: short in wave (3) red.Wave Structure: downward impulse waveLong term wave count: lower in wave (3) redImportant risk events: EUR: Flash Manufacturing PMI, Flash Services PMI. Good evening fellow freedom lovers! Sit up. Take a look around. And remember this time in history. We are living in a […]
E Changes To Our Healthcare System Could Spell Problems For Healthcare Equities And Debt
In a way, we have been brainwashed, fed propaganda by the business of healthcare and our elected officials for decades. The message we have been given from all forms of media, third party insurers and government officials is ‘Increasing healthcare cost is a difficult and complex problem to manage. There is no simple solution.’ I […]
5 Reasons To Fear The Fall
This powerful and protracted bull market has made Cassandras look foolish for a long time. Those who went on record predicting that massive central bank manipulation of markets would not engender viable economic growth have been proven correct. However, these same individuals failed to fully anticipate the willingness of momentum-trading algorithms to take asset prices […]
E The Bank Of Canada’s “Unsurprising” July Interest Rate Hike
“The Bank of Canada is raising its target for the overnight rate to 3/4 per cent. The Bank Rate is correspondingly 1 per cent and the deposit rate is 1/2 per cent. Recent data have bolstered the Bank’s confidence in its outlook for above-potential growth and the absorption of excess capacity in the economy. The […]
Two Stocks To Watch: Will Alphabet Inc. And Hasbro Inc. Perform?
Photo Credit: Carlos Luna Alphabet Inc. (GOOGL ): Estimize is predicting GOOGL EPS to be $8.19 a share and The Street is coming in at $7.91, a 3% difference between the two. On the contrary, revenues for both are roughly in-line, with Estimize calling for $20.902B and Wall Street at $20.831B. According to the Estimize community, […]
Wag Of Approval For PetIQ
Upcoming IPO Pet medication distributor, PetIQ Inc. (Pending: PETQ), is expected to make its market debut on Friday (7.21.17). The company expects to raise $85M through the offering of 5.7M shares at a price range of $14-$16. Assuming PetIQ prices at the mid-point of its proposed price range, the company would command a fully diluted market […]
The Four Waves Of Augmented Reality (That Apple Owns)
We’ve been saying for the last couple of years that Augmented/Virtual Reality is the fourth wave of consumer technology, and that AR could become much bigger than VR. But AR itself is not one giant wave, it’s a set of four big ones: mobile AR software, mobile AR hardware, tethered smartglasses and standalone smartglasses. These four […]
