The Price You Pay Doesn’t Matter
Not too long ago, I wrote an article on Seeking Alpha about selling General Electric (GE) before it fails investors again. I knew there are lots of GE shareholders and I expected to get thrown my fair share of tomatoes. After all, we have all our reasons to hold share of one company instead of another and […]
Stock Chart Of The Day – IShares US Real Estate ETF
This video is about our best stock chart of the day are the IShares US Real Estate ETF (IYR). We review the charts on both a weekly and monthly basis to identify if the trend in real estate is up or down. I believe based upon the stock charts and the stock market that the […]
How To Save And Invest More In The Stock Market
The following is a guest blog post: A lot of people think the stock market is too confusing and complex for them to even try investing. They know that others have made a lot of money in the stock market, but they tend to think that those results are only for the very wealthy or […]
Stormy Weather
Podcast: Play in new window | Play in new window (Duration: 13:16 — 7.6MB) DOW – 21 = 20,881 SPX + 0.87 = 2372 NAS + 14 = 5875 RUT + 5 = 1370 10 Y + .03 = 2.61% OIL – .07 = 48.42 GOLD – .80 = 12-04.70 The Dow Jones industrial average, S&P 500 and Nasdaq all turned in lackluster […]
GDX Is Near A Short Term Low
SPX Monitoring purposes; Covered short SPX 1/31/17 at 2278.87 =.09% gain; Short on 1/30/17 at 2280.90 Monitoring purposes Gold: Sold GDX at 24.33 on 2/22/07 = gain 20.15%; Long GDX on 12/28/16 at 20.25. Long Term Trend monitor purposes: Short SPX on 1/13/16 at 1890.28 The bottom window is the McClellan Oscillator which reached minus […]
Are Inflation Hawks About To Get Crushed?
Written by Rick Ackerman, Rick’s Picks (NYSE:RINF) is the symbol for an ETF trading vehicle that tracks inflation expectations. This is of more than passing interest to me, since I’ve been a hard-core deflationist and written on the topic for more than 30 years. RINF has yet to break out on a long-term basis (see chart below), […]
Momentum Trading Opportunities To Watch For
The market was dull as can be, and any stabs at momentum trading was quickly vanquished as the day wore on. Tomorrow could be more of the same as the north east prepares for a massive snow storm, along with the FOMC on Wednesday, which also can create some dull trading days leading up to […]
This Is What Happens When Private Equity Firms Run Out Of Things To Buy
What do you do when you’re part of an industry that has levered up $100’s of billions of dollars in investor capital and paid a handsome premium for pretty much every asset available all while “excess cash sits on the sidelines” because there are just no deals left to do at remotely attractive valuations? Well, […]
6 Signs Of A Shareholder Friendly Stock
Shareholders are the ultimate owners of any publicly traded business. By putting capital on the line to gain fractional ownership in a company, shareholders will participate in the successes (and failures) of the underlying business. Company management has some very obvious goals that are dictated by shareholders, including: Maximize profits Minimize expenses Reduce reputational risk […]
No Mere Trivia
We are at the stage ten years later where it is still necessary to define terms. In every finance and economics textbook, the chapter on monetary policy defines “tight” money as when the Federal Reserve (or whatever central bank) raises its policy rate(s). Conversely, “accommodative” money is where it lowers the rate(s). In the US […]
