Stocks And Precious Metals Charts – All Is Well
Fed Vice Chair Stanley Fischer sought to reassure markets just after the close. “On Wednesday, he [Stanley Fischer] said that spillovers from [rate] tightening ‘will be manageable.’ It’s possible that U.S. and foreign economic growth can align, Fischer said. He added that downside risks from overseas are noticeably smaller and that foreign growth appears more entrenched. Fischer said […]
April 2017 Beige Book: Reading Between The Lines – About The Same Rate Of Economic Expansion
The consolidated economic report from the 12 Federal Reserve Districts (Beige Book) stated “the pace of expansion equally split between modest and moderate“. The previous report stated “the economy expanded at a modest to moderate pace from early January through mid-February“. Analyst Opinion of this month’s Beige Book Seems like the rate of growth is […]
Europe Small-Cap Dividend ETF (DFE) Hits New 52-Week High
For investors looking for momentum, the WisdomTree Europe Small-Cap Dividend Fund (DFE – Free Report) is probably on your radar now. The fund just hit a 52-week high. Shares of DFE are up roughly 26.9% from their 52-week low price of $47.4/share. But could more gains be ahead for this ETF? Let’s take a quick look at […]
Most Active Stock Options For End Of Day – April 19, 2017
Most Active Stock Options For End Of Day April 19, 2017
Crude & Gasoline Prices Are Plunging
Between a resurgent dollar, surprise gasoline inventory build, surging US production, and UAE leaders questioning the oil market’s rebalancing, WTI and RBOB futures are tumbling… This has erased more than half the end-March/early-April bounce in the energy complex. “The glaring rise in U.S. gasoline refined product inventories, in combination with persistent lower-48 production growth, keeps […]
Global Government Bond Yields Are Plummeting
The latest movements in markets are starting to be in sync with a slow growth economy. This makes sense as the blue-chip GDP forecast has been decelerating quickly. The global trend in declining bond yields can be see below. The range the U.S. ten-year bond was in for the beginning of the year has been […]
Credit Suisse Gets Bullish On Coca-Cola With Many M&A Opportunities Seen
In a research note this morning, Credit Suisse analyst Laurent Grandet upgraded Coca-Cola (KO) to Outperform, citing the arrival of incoming CEO James Quincey, who takes over next month, and the company’s nearly complete refranchising. Further, the analyst sees several strategic M&A opportunities to bolster Coca-Cola’s portfolio. COKE TO BE SUCCESSFUL AGAIN: Credit Suisse’s Grandet […]
34 Startup Metrics For Tech Entrepreneurs
Today’s infographic comes from Funders and Founders and information designer Anna Vital, and it lists the important metrics to gauge traction and success of new startups. Several years ago, a key challenge with launching a new tech startup venture was that there weren’t many precedents to follow. How do you scale a company? How do you measure growth […]
Bull? Bear? The U.S. Stock Market Is More Like The Honey Badger
Voters in the United Kingdom shockingly decided to leave the European Union? The stock market barely blinked. Voters in the United States unexpectedly elected a brash promoter over a well-established political insider? The stock market didn’t care. It told the media elite to take a hike, then promptly climbed to higher ground. The S&P 500 […]
