5 Unbeatable Stocks To Brave The Market Mayhem
Uncertainty has been shrouding the stock market for quite some time now. Efforts guessing the next turn of events in this capricious market have been futile. This uncertainty is clearly reflected in the price movement of all the major indices. On one hand, the Nasdaq Composite Index, S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Average have […]
The Inventory Deepens
Unlike retail sales in January, wholesale sales won’t need revisions to become highly negative in either the seasonal or unadjusted versions. On a seasonally-adjusted basis, wholesale sales declined rather sharply in January (-1.35% M/M), the fourth consecutive decline, sixth out of the past seven months and making fourteen of the past eighteen since all this […]
Binary Options Trading Opportunities For March 16, 2016
During the day on Wednesday, we get a handful of announcements from around the world that are very massive. We get the crude oil numbers, the FOMC announcement, employment numbers coming out of the United Kingdom, and several other announcements coming out of America. USD/CAD The USD/CAD pair rose during the course of the day […]
Why Facebook Is Not A Great Investment Option Now
For the past two years, Facebook (NASDAQ:FB) has outperformed the S&P 500 with a near 100% rise in its stock price. As a member of the FANG’s (Facebook, Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN), Netflix (NASDAQ:NFLX) & Alphabet Inc-C (NASDAQ:GOOG), the world’s leading social network became a favorite equity holding for technology bulls. With consistently increasing mobile revenue, a large and highly engaged user base […]
Retail Sales Down, January Sales Revised To -0.4%
There was a lot of cheering last month when retail sales rose by 0.2%. That cheering mostly vanished into thin air today when January retail sales were revised to -0.4% and February retail sales came in at an anemic -0.1%. Curiously Bloomberg Econoday said today’s report showed “respectable strength in February.” February retail sales were […]
Kasich Beats Trump On Economy
Markets pull back on news from the BOJ and Iran’s resistance to oil production cuts. January retail sales numbers are revised down. Economists prefer Kasich over Trump. Video Length: 00:12:54
A Slowdown In Stock Buybacks? Don’t Expect Institutional Buyers To Pick Up The Slack
According to FactSet, S&P 500 earnings will drop roughly 8.3% in the first quarter. That’ll mark the fourth consecutive quarter of declines in corporate profits-per-share. Why might that matter? There are only two occasions over the previous two decades where earnings contractions lasted longer. In both instances, the U.S. economy experienced a recession; in both instances, the S&P 500 […]
Brazil Currency, Stocks Tumble As Former President Lula Accepts Cabinet Position
Update: Confusion abounds as the government is now said to delay Lula’s appointment after Senator Delcidio Amaral’s plea bargain. According to Veja, Rousseff’s former chief of staff Aloizio Mercadante allegedly offered financial, political and legal aid in exchange for Amaral’s silence. Just yesterday, we showed you Brazil’s stagflationary nightmare in one simple chart. Here’s the amusing (or depressing, depending on if […]
El-Erian On Central Bank Ammo
Mohamed El-Erian gives a good review of the recent history of Central Bankers’ descent down the rabbit hole of unconventional monetary policies. A calm, rational man well worth a listen for gaining, maintaining and/or updating perspective. One thing I think the narrative omits, as with most mainstream financial intellectuals, is that the series of rolling […]
Australian Dividend Stocks In Focus
The Australian stock market is filled with dividend stocks with high yields and payout ratios. That’s because of differences in taxation that make dividend payments more appealing for Australian businesses than for United States businesses. The result is a country filled with businesses that reward shareholders with high dividend payments. This article takes a detailed […]
