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 […]
Short Setups Looking Nice…. Really Nice
Yeah, I know, the bulls, even with today’s weakness, still have a firm hold on this market. But there are some conditions underneath the surface that suggests conditions are weakening a bit. Look no further than the small caps which has led this market higher all along. Today they are hitting new low after new […]
FTSE 100: The Multi-Month Bearish Trend Has Slowed, But Is It Over?
It has almost been a year since the FTSE 100 peaked at 7128 on April 4, 2015. The index has since then given up 970 points or 13% from that high, with the only exception being that of February 5, whereby the index was down by 22.9% from its 2015 high. The drag on the index over the last […]
EC Earnings Expected To Decline For 5 Consecutive Quarters
Markets are forecasting mechanisms and they typically shift into a weak technical profile for a reason. One possible explanation for the concerning look of longer-term charts is a sharp drop in earnings expectations for U.S. companies. From Zack’s Investment Research: “We now have three quarters of back-to-back negative earnings growth and this picture isn’t expected to change in […]
The West Is “Copying Japan”: HSBC
When the Big Bank crime syndicate (and our puppet governments) announced all of their near-zero interest rates, and “quantitative easing” (i.e. monetizing debt) back at the beginning of 2009, all the central bankers and all the puppet-politicians smugly assured us that “they would NEVER COPY JAPAN.” Then, immediately, they continued to copy Japan — except to a greater […]
Citigroup Is A Buy
Citigroup Inc. (C) is a global financial services company. It provides consumers, corporations, governments and institutions with a broad range of financial products and services, including consumer banking and credit, corporate and investment banking, securities brokerage, transaction services and wealth management. The Company also offers various wholesale banking products and services, including fixed income and equity […]
Fitbit’s Valuation Is Absurd
We haven’t been shy about expressing our opinion that one of the more attractive recent additions to the Magic Recipe Spell has been fitness tracking wearables kingpin Fitbit (FIT). The stock’s path since the IPO late last June has been pretty remarkable. On its first day, stock closed 50% above its IPO price of $20/share, and soared all […]
An Easy Way To Double Your Gold
Few people truly understand gold. Gold is money, it’s not an investment. if you want a portfolio that preserves wealth, money is a good place to start. There’s even an easy way to double your gold, so you can double your wealth. But first, you need to understand why gold is money. When you take […]
