WBA: Pays A Quality Dividend, But Healthcare Is Evolving Quickly
Mar 13, 2016Jeremy Parkinson0
Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA) has steadily grown its dividend for 40 straight years and has an operating history that dates back more than 100 years. Few businesses have demonstrated such durability, and the ones that have are always worth a look for our Top 20 Dividend Stocks portfolio. After all, it takes meaningful competitive advantages for […]
Leaked Case Photos Reveal Features Of The New IPhone 7
Mar 13, 2016Jeremy Parkinson0
The iPhone rumor mill has been hot this past week, as there have been many new reports in multiple online publications, all of which are making claims about new information regarding the type of display, to the sound quality and the size of the new iPhone. To begin, the Motley Fool ran a story using information […]
10 Warning Signs Of A Dangerous Stock Market
Mar 13, 2016Jeremy Parkinson0
By Attain Alternative Blog While many investors may be breathing a sigh of relief thanks to the bounce off the February low, with the S&P up 11% since the start of February – it’s still not all lollipops and rainbows out there in market-land. There’s some worrying undercurrents that could spell more trouble ahead, not to […]
Surprise ETF Winners & Losers Post ECB Easing
Mar 13, 2016Jeremy Parkinson0
As expected, the European Central Bank (ECB) president Mario Draghi turned super dovish in the March meeting held on March 10. In fact, the announcements were way more accommodative than what the market expected. The bank has lowered the deposit facility rate to negative 0.4%, down from the previous rate of negative 0.3%. It […]
Forex Forecast: Pairs In Focus – 3/13/2016
Mar 13, 2016Jeremy Parkinson0
The difference between success and failure in Forex trading is very likely to depend upon which currency pairs you choose to trade each week, and not on the exact trading methods you might use to determine trade entries and exits. Each week I am going to analyze fundamentals, sentiment and technical positions in order to […]
ECB Ignites Market Volatility
Mar 13, 2016Jeremy Parkinson0
■ EUR/USD dips to lowest since late Jan, as ECB announces accommodative measures ■ Market flips as Draghi says no further rate reductions anticipated ■ EUR/USD concludes 1.3% weekly gain, following Draghi’s comments ■ U.S. markets respond quite positively to ECB’s easing ■ Oil prices rise to highest in 2016 Last week’s wait for […]
Southern Company: A Safe High-Yield Dividend Stock For Retirees
Mar 13, 2016Jeremy Parkinson0
Yield-starved investors should familiarize themselves with Southern Company (SO), a highly dependable business that has paid dividends every quarter for more than 65 consecutive years. With a high yield of 4.4%, low stock price volatility, and a track record for outperforming the S&P 500 Index over the last 30 years, Southern Company is the type […]
$67 Oil Has All The Majors Converging Here
Mar 12, 2016Jeremy Parkinson0
Argentina offers one of the few places on earth where oil companies are not suffering from the full force of the collapse in prices. Argentina regulates oil prices, a policy originally intended to insulate the public from the whims of the market, protecting people from triple-digit crude prices. But with the crash in prices since […]
Near-Term Gold Forecast: The Thrill Of Victory And The Agony Of Indecision
Mar 12, 2016Jeremy Parkinson0
Man-oh-man, the heat I am taking over my recent “Caution” stance on the near-term outlook for gold and silver is now verging on the theatre of the absurd. Email, tweets, voicemail messages and every other form of indirect confrontation have been used to convince me that my reluctance to join the masses in piling into […]
US Daily Cash Deficit 3/10/2016
Mar 12, 2016Jeremy Parkinson0
The US Daily Cash Deficit for Thursday 3/10/2016 was $5.9B bringing the March 2016 deficit through 10 days to $92B. Revenue looks down big….you may recall that last March received about $35B of additional revenue thanks to the FCC wireless spectrum auction. There is another one planned in 2016 at the end of the month, […]