Robust Job Growth Doesn’t Make Sense And The Numbers Show Why
With the BLS’s release of Q4 productivity figures, we get to check the BLS’s estimates just in time for tomorrow’s increasingly irrelevant payroll report. That much has become thoroughly apparent especially since the middle of last year as the Establishment Survey and unemployment rate only diverge with the overall breadth of economic indications. With GDP no longer corroborative, […]
A 2016 Recession Would Be Different
If the US or the Eurozone entered a recession this year, a few macroeconomic variables would look very different relative to previous recessions. 1. The Yield curve would be very steep. Unlike in any previous recession when the yield curve was flat or inverted. 2. The real federal funds rate (or the ECB real repo […]
Not Preventing Market Losses? You Better Start Now
What’s more important? Making gains in the stock market or preventing losses? Before answering that question, let’s list a few common fallacies about risk: The full spectrum of market risk can be accurately defined in a single magic formula or statistic Long-term investing always guarantees success, so go ahead and take all the risk you’d […]
Qorvo Beats Q3 Earnings Estimates, Misses On Revenue
Qorvo Inc. (QRVO – Analyst Report) just released their third quarter fiscal 2016 earnings results, posting earnings of $0.82 and revenue of $619.7 million. Currently, QRVO has a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold), but it is subject to change following the release of the company’s latest earnings report. Here are 5 key statistics from this just announced report below. […]
EURUSD Looks For More Bullishness
EURUSD: Having continued to strengthen, EURUSD looks for more bullishness in the short term. On the downside, support lies at the 1.1150 level. Further down, support lies at the 1.1100 level where a violation will aim at the 1.1050 level. A break of here will aim at the 1.1000 level. Conversely, on the upside, resistance […]
Tableau Software Inc. Plunges 35% On Disappointing Earnings
Shares of Tableau Software Inc. (DATA) were down a staggering 35% in after hours trading on disappointing earnings, and shocking many investors and analysts. Indeed, shock might be an understatement here. Jefferies stated before the earnings announcement: We expect Tableau Software to report solid 4Q sales, driven by international expansion and strength in big deal activity. There will likely […]
IGEN Networks Defies Explanation
TM editors’ note: This article discusses a penny stock and/or microcap. Such stocks are easily manipulated; do your own careful due diligence. About five years ago, someone who does not deserve mention told me and a few other people in the vicinity about some hot idea. It had something to do with IGEN Networks (IGEN). I could […]
EC HH The Pre-Cognitive Anti-Trust Violation: How The Decimation Of The IPO Market Has Hurt The Economy And Worse
In 1995 we started Broadcast.com as AudioNet. In July of 1998 we took the company public. Within a year, 300 of our 330 employees were worth more than $1mm in Broadcast.com stock. We became one of almost 300 companies to go public that year. We were one of about 125 to go public with under […]
Binary Options Trading Opportunities – February 5, 2016
Nonfarm Payroll During the day today, we get nonfarm payroll numbers coming out of the United States which of course will move just about every market out there. With that in mind, we look at the charts. EUR/USD rallies At this point in time, we are simply looking to see what happens at the time […]
Dow Jones Industrial Average Adds 79 Points As Material Stocks Surge
How Did the Stock Market Do Today? Dow Jones: 16,416.58; +79.92;+0.49% S&P 500: 1,915.45; +2.92; +0.15% Nasdaq: 4,509.56; +5.32; +0.12% The Dow Jones Industrial Average today (Thursday) gained 79 points ahead of tomorrow’s critical January jobs report. Markets received a strong boost from materials stocks, which jumped 3.8% thanks to rising gold and silver prices and ChemChina’s $43 billion deal to purchase Syngenta AG (NYSE […]
