Will Protectionist Policies Hurt The Indian IT Sector?
India’s US$ 115 billion software services sector has come under tremendous pressure since Donald Trump took over the US presidency, thanks to the protectionist policies and immigration restrictions from the international markets, which make up a bulk of the Indian IT companies’ revenues. The US government has signaled its intention to restrict the number of […]
Most Active Stock Options For End Of Day April 18, 2017 – BAC, WFT, FB, PX, TWX
These were the most active stock options for end of day April 18, 2017
Up And Down
Podcast: Play in new window | Play in new window (Duration: 13:15 — 7.6MB) DOW – 113 = 20,523 SPX – 6 = 2342 NAS – 7 = 5849 RUT + 0.71 = 1361 10 Y – .07 = 2.18% OIL – .30 = 52.35 GOLD + 5.20 = 1290.20 One day up, one day down. Housing starts decreased 6.8 […]
On Straight Talk Money: What If The Government Were A Company?
I joined Peggy Tuck this morning on Straight Talk Money radio. First on the agenda: Some wise words from some of the smartest players on Wall Street: Audio Length – 00:06:32 http://charlessizemore.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/170418-Staight-Talk1.mp3 And in the next segment… how does the U.S. government compare to America’s largest companies? Audio Length – 00:05:00 http://charlessizemore.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/170418-Staight-Talk2.mp3
Watch List Stocks: PEI, NAVI, AOS
Boring stuff from the market today – It was like the bulls and the bears were scared to do anything with the trading session. Where we opened the day at is pretty much where we closed the day. Nothing exciting at all. Today also demonstrated why it is still a very difficult market to short, […]
Navient Will Acquire Approximately $6.9 Billion In Education Loan Assets From JPMorgan Chase
Navient (Nasdaq: NAVI), a leading asset management and business processing services firm announced today it has reached an agreement to purchase JPMorgan Chase’s (NYSE: JPM) approximately $6.9 billion education loan portfolio. “We welcome our new customers, and we commit to delivering best-in-class support to ensure a seamless transition,” said Jack Remondi, president and CEO, Navient. “Leveraging our […]
How To Access Small-Cap Value
Over a long period of time, many studies have come to a similar conclusion: Small-cap stocks, screened in some manner for reasonable valuation, have been very strong performers. What Does Small-Cap Value Mean? “Value” is a term that is used in different ways in the financial industry. First of all, how do you define “value”? Low price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio? […]
Rogers Communications Inc. Reports A Sharp Rise In Q1 Profit And Higher Revenue
Rogers Communications Inc. (NYSE:RCI) on Tuesday reported a sharp rise in first-quarter profit and higher revenue as it boasted a surprisingly large jump in new wireless customers. By BNN.ca Rogers, Canada’s largest cable, telecommunications and media company by market share, reported that: It added 60,000 net postpaid wireless subscribers in the quarter, much more than the 34,000 […]
Act Accordingly
The textbook says that whenever the central bank raises its policy rate that means tightening. Actual experience over more than just this last lost decade demonstrates that at the very least it is much more complicated than that. There is far more evidence of monetary policy being nothing more than a response, as that reverse condition can […]
Yahoo! Posts Q1 Earnings Miss, Focuses On Verizon Merger
Yahoo! Inc. (YHOO – Free Report) released its 2017 first-quarter financial results, posting earnings of $0.06 per share and revenues of $834 million. Currently, Yahoo is a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold) and is up 0.36% to $47.56 per share in trading shortly after its earnings report was released. Missed earnings estimates. The company posted earnings of $0.06 […]
