Don’t Look Now, But Something Cracked On Tuesday
One of the questions we’ve been asking for some time now is this: “when will emerging markets finally start to crack?” Indeed it was just two days ago when we penned “It’s ‘Make-Or-Break Time’ And We Could See ‘A Painful Cleanout,’” a post which (probably thanks in large part to the ambiguous title) became one […]
Splunk, Palo Alto Seen As Potential Takeover Targets For Cisco
Shares of Cisco Systems (CSCO) are on the rise after Credit Suisse analyst Kulbinder Garcha double upgraded the stock to Outperform, arguing that the company’s transition toward a diversified IT player can be accelerated in an environment of tax reform. Further, the analyst sees Splunk (SPLK), ServiceNow (NOW) and Palo Alto Networks (PANW) as the […]
Hoisington Quarterly Review And Outlook, Q1 2017
Lacy Hunt and Van Hoisington kick off their Q1 “Review and Outlook” – today’s Outside the Box – with a bang, calling our attention to the fact that in 80% of the 14 Federal Reserve tightening cycles since 1945, a recession ensued, and the Fed managed to keep the Good Ship Economy off the rocks just three […]
Inventories: Another Hit To GDP Estimates For First Quarter
Wholesale inventories declined 0.1% for March while retail inventories rose 0.4% according to Advance Indicators from the Census Department. The report also shows wholesale inventories rose only 0.2% in February vs the initial report of plus 0.4%. Advance International Trade in Goods The international trade deficit was $64.8 billion in March, up $0.9 billion from $63.9 billion in […]
Raytheon Company Lifts Outlook As Q1 Earnings Beat
Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN ) early Thursday posted better than expected first quarter earnings results and boosted its full-year outlook, although its 2017 EPS guidance would still likely fall short of expectations.
Today’s Stock Watch List
Today’s stock watch list Long Norfolk Southern (NSC) Long GrubHub (GRUB) Short Abbott Laboratories (ABT)
Trump’s First 100 Days And Gold
Saturday will be the 100th day of Trump’s presidency. Were these days positive for the gold market? Well, that passed quickly. And the world has not collapsed, what a relief! But jokes aside, it’s been an eventful few months since the election, especially for precious metals. As one can see in the chart below, the […]
EC AT&T Dials Up A Solid Quarter, But Competitive Threats Are Rising
AT&T (T) is one of the most tried-and-true dividend stocks in the S&P 500. It has increased its dividend for 33 years in a row. AT&T is a Dividend Aristocrat, a group of 51 stocks in the S&P 500 with 25+ consecutive years of dividend increases. AT&T recently released first-quarter earnings, and the results were […]
How To Build A More Complete Quality Portfolio In U.S. Equities
In 2015, Cliff Asness and his colleagues released a paper with the highly provocative title “Size Matters, if You Control Your Junk.”1 We agree that taking an additional layer of focus within small-cap stocks—for example, small caps plus quality, small caps plus value or small caps plus momentum—can be very helpful, to allow for the risk/return trade-offs to be […]
