McDonald’s To Take All-Day Breakfast To The Next Level
Suffice it to say McDonald’s all-day breakfast was a hit. The fast food chain, which struggled mightily from the end of 2013 through mid-2015, got a huge boost when it introduced an all-day breakfast menu last September, helping push a 5.7% same-store sales growth in the U.S. during the fourth quarter of 2015. Surprising as it is, customers weren’t […]
Draghi’s “Shock And Awe” Campaign Morphs Into “Shock And Aw Shucks”
In a series of stunning market reversals, ECB president Mario Draghi’s “Shock and Awe” campaign quickly morphed into “Shock and Aw Shucks”. Earlier this morning, Draghi pulled out a Bazooka Package that was supposed to sink the Euro and save the eurozone from the alleged evils of deflation. Draghi’s plan worked for all of 15 minutes. The market […]
Apple Vs. FBI – Why You Need To Care
Discussion about Apple vs. FBI and what it means to you on Fox 5 with Ben Simmoneau and Juliet Huddy. Video Length: 00:03:28
Mario Draghi’s Feeble-Minded Policies
As our heavenly father has smiled upon his servant Timothy Knight, the world is offering a complete and utter repudiation of Mario Draghi and his feeble-minded policies. Draghi wanted to crush the Euro (and precious metals), and his success lasted about 30 minutes. In turn, equities – – in which I have ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY THREE different […]
Less Is More
Error, Human Much market analysis operates on the assumption that more data is better – more data leads to more accurate results. More data may require more complex processing, leading to greater and greater requirements for computing power but, in principle, the idea is that more is better. Out in the real world, however, we […]
These 2 Things Are Expected To Boost Ulta’s Earnings
Photo Credit: Mike Mozart Ulta Salon, Cosmetics & Fragrance, Inc. (ULTA) Consumer Discretionary – Specialty Retail| Reports March 10, After Market Closes Cosmetics and beauty product company, Ulta (ULTA), is scheduled to report fourth quarter earnings tomorrow, after the market closes. The company is prepared to close a banner fiscal 2015 which it beat in every […]
Draghi Blew It – Euro, Stocks Retrace Bazooka Bounce
Within an hour of unleashing the yuuge bazooka, Draghi blew it by failing Central Planning 101: *DRAGHI DOESN’T ANTICIPATE MORE RATE CUTS BASED ON CURRENT VIEW As we tweeted – you never close an open-ended monetary stimulus package… EURUSD has entirely retraced the plunge and Dow futures are tumbling back to reality… From hero to […]
Today’s Trading Plan: The Draghi Pump
Technical Outlook: Pre-market strength following dovish actions taken by Draghi and the ECB has the market looking to breakout of the 30 minute bull flag pattern on SPX. SPX looking to get back above the 2000 price level. Declining resistance at 2020 off of the December highs and a test of the 200-day moving average share the same price […]
Lockheed Martin Stock Presents An Attractive Risk-Reward Bet
If you like Donald Trump, if you expect him to become the next President, what should you do with your money? You can’t do better than buying Lockheed Martin (NYSE:LMT) stock. Flickr The company, formed by a $11 billion merger in 1994, now has a market cap of $66 billion. You get a dividend yield of 3% […]
ECB Cuts All 3 Key Rates, Increases QE By EUR 20B Per Month
ECB Cuts All Three Rates and Increases QE by €20 Billion a Month The European Central Bank announced this morning that they would cut all three of the benchmark (to zero), marginal lending (also to zero) and deposit rates (to -.4%); along with a larger than expected increase to the bank’s monthly bond purchases by […]
