Our Financial Buffers Are Thinning
While buffer has a specific meaning in chemistry, I am using the word in the broad sense of a reserve resource that absorbs the initial destructive impacts of crises or system overloads. Marshland along a sea coast is a buffer against destructive storm waves, for example. A savings account acts as a buffer against financial drawdowns or losses […]
Real Estate Busted Trendline
I’m noticing a terribly interesting breakdown happening place in real estate, encapsulated nicely with the sector fund shown below. Take note of how the long-term trendline is already broken, and as I’ve shown in the inset, we’ve got a nice little breakdown taking place on a short-term basis as well.
Yellen Might Want To Check Semiconductors
Industrial Production & Export Boom Slowing The economic boom has been underway for several quarters. Industrial production and exports are up from Taiwan, Japan, and South Korea. These companies are major semiconductor producers. They are a health gauge for the global economy… as semiconductors are a sign of growth. You can see Korean and Japanese […]
Wednesday’s Top Stock Stories
Stocks opened sharply higher and remained there throughout the day. In the process, the Dow hit a new all-time high. The averages moved in a fairly narrow range for most of the day but stretched its upper end of the range late in the day. The catalyst was testimony by Fed Chair Janet Yellen who […]
Loonie Bulls – Sold To You
Remember back in May when all the hedge funds were short Canadian Dollars up the wazoo? At the time, I was worried the excessive pessimism might cause CAD to rally (Loonie Bears are the New Cool Kids). Well, since then, the Loonie has rallied 6.50% even in the face of a collapsing oil price and increased […]
Katanga Mining Stock Is Riding High On The Cobalt Price, More Upside Seen
TM Editors Note: This article discusses a penny stock/microcap. Such stocks are easily manipulated; do your own careful due diligence. Written by SmallCapPower.com Katanga Mining Limited (TSX: KAT) continues to ride the strong upsurge in cobalt prices over the past one-and-half years. While the cobalt price has zoomed nearly three times over the mentioned period reaching almost […]
Til When A Crow Becomes Euphoric, We Gotta Crow
Perhaps the market is finally entering that 5th stage of disbelief. To review the five stages, the market has surpassed the first three. Stage One-Sellers experience exhaustion. Stage Two-Investors who were long early on go to cash. Stage Three-Bears begin to buy as optimism emerges. Stage Four, Bears begin to call a top because they cannot […]
Today Janet Yellen Explained (Yet Again) Why Interest Rates Should Stay Low
On Tuesday, Fed Governor Lael Brainard downplayed past talk of numerous rate hikes from the federal reserve and suggested that he Fed may “not have much more” to do in terms of rate hikes. “In light of recent policy moves, I consider normalization of the federal funds rate to be well under way,” Brainard said. Today, speaking before Congress, […]
Lancaster Colony: A Small Cap Dividend King Worth Reviewing
Despite growing its dividend every year since 1963, Lancaster Colony (LANC) is a relatively unknown company with most income investors. Lancaster Colony is one of the dividend kings here thanks to its 50+ consecutive years of payout growth, but it is unlike many of the other kings, which are generally large and relatively slow-growing companies. Let’s take […]
