Will The E. Coli Outbreak Be The Downfall Of Costco’s Earnings Report?
Costco Wholesale Corporation (COST), the nation’s largest club warehouse retailer will be reporting 1Q2016 earnings this afternoon after the closing bell. The Washington state based company has beaten EPS expectations in 3 of the last 4 quarters, but missed on revenues in each of those. Analysts are expecting year over year increases in both EPS […]
Is The Time Ripe For 50% Currency Hedged ETFs?
The global currency world has been on a tumultuous ride on central banks’ comments. The basic perception has been that the currency-hedged developed market ETFs will be on a roller-coaster ride through the second half of 2015 and in 2016 on divergent economic policies between the U.S. and others. So far, the investing trend has […]
Stiglitz: TPP Is An Anti-Democratic Law For The Benefit Of Corporations, Not A Trade Agreement
When you have corporations having a very short-sighted view, paying their CEOs such outrageous monies with less money spent on investment, of course you’re not going to make long-term investments that are going to result in long-term economic growth. And at the same time, there’s going to be less money to pay for ordinary workers. […]
Protect Your Portfolio With These 2 Safe Growth Stocks
To me, it is really quite fascinating how obsessed the market and assorted pundits are with the first possible interest rate hike from the Federal Reserve since 2006. The consensus now has this occurring in December. This is especially true given we are some six and half years away from when the recession “officially” ended […]
EC Low Bond Yields Heighten Risk When Rates Rise
Although the rate of interest currently paid on high quality bonds today is at levels last seen in the early 1950’s, investors generally allocate a portion of their investment portfolio to bonds. One reason for having a portion of an investment portfolio in bonds is the fact bonds tend to hold up well when equity […]
IMF Greenlights Addition Of Chinese Yuan To SDR Basket: Wall Street Responds
While the world was following the tragic events unfolding on Friday night in France where hundreds of innocent civilians were killed or injured, an important economic development took place at the IMF, whose staff and head Christine Lagarde, officially greenlighted the acceptance of China’s currency – the Renminbi, or Yuan – into the IMF’s foreign […]
Insider Weekends – November 15, 2015
Insider buying increased significantly last week with insiders buying $193.44 million of stock compared to $39.44 million in the week prior. Selling also increased with insiders selling $2.88 billion of stock last week compared to $1.36 billion in the week prior. Sell/Buy Ratio: The insider Sell/Buy ratio is calculated by dividing the total insider sales in a given week […]
Sellers Stick Around For Another Day
Another day of selling took markets further away from their highs and into more well defined profit taking. Near term, there should be a rally to mount a retest of October highs, and how this rally behaves will determine if this is a pullback or just a relief rally. The index to guide this differential […]
8 Stocks Providing An Inflation Hedge With Increasing Dividends
With all the other investment strategies out there, why should investors consider dividend or income investing? There are a multitude of reasons to follow a dividend growth strategy. These include: investment stability, security of cash, continuous feedback, potential higher returns, low maintenance, et. al. But for me the most important reason is the inflation hedge that […]
Another Brutal Monday
One of the challenges of managing money is the (increasingly-frequent) need to translate non-financial tragedies into action to protect clients and, yes, profit from the broader world’s horror. So while most people react to events in Paris with stunned sympathy and/or impotent rage, the financial community is deciding what to buy and sell. And right […]
