Weekly Forex Forecast – 5/10/2015

Weekly Forex Forecast – 5/10/2015

USD/CHF The USD/CHF pair originally fell hard during the week, testing the 0.90 level. The area just above it is offering enough buyers to push the market towards the 0.93 handle. The pair looks like most of the CHF-related pairs, as the Franc is losing some of its luster. The U.S. Dollar looks strong against […]
Tesla CEO Elon Musk Sparks Apple Car Rumors

Tesla CEO Elon Musk Sparks Apple Car Rumors

The Apple Inc. (AAPL) Car has been a delicious rumor in recent weeks and months, but now these murmurings seem to be coming to fruition. Apple has been linked with producing an electric car largely thanks to its apparent ties with Tesla (TSLA), and now the world’s leading electric car manufacturer has helped to solidify those […]
Insider Trading Report Edition 255: Notable Buys And Sales

Insider Trading Report Edition 255: Notable Buys And Sales

Welcome to edition 255 of Insider Weekends. Insider buying more than doubled last week with insiders buying $74.57 million of stock compared to $32.77 million in the week prior. Selling on the other hand decreased with insiders selling $1.04 billion of stock last week compared to $1.15 billion in the week prior. Sell/Buy Ratio: The insider Sell/Buy ratio is calculated […]
T2108 Update – Volatility Plunges As Half Of 2015’s Gain Arrives In One Day

T2108 Update – Volatility Plunges As Half Of 2015’s Gain Arrives In One Day

(T2108 measures the percentage of stocks trading above their respective 40-day moving averages [DMAs]. It helps to identify extremes in market sentiment that are likely to reverse. To learn more about it, see my T2108 Resource Page. You can follow real-time T2108 commentary on twitter using the #T2108 hashtag. T2108-related trades and other trades are occasionally posted on […]
FitBit Files For IPO, Plans To Raise $100M

FitBit Files For IPO, Plans To Raise $100M

Wearable activity tracking company FitBit Inc announced plans to file for a $100 million IPO earlier this week. The impressive figure is bound to fluctuate, however, as the company markets itself to investors. FitBit was launched in 2007 by James Pary and Eric Freidman, and is headquartered in San Francisco, California. They also have a […]
Home Flipping Profits Hit Record As Wall Street Drives Speculation (Again)

Home Flipping Profits Hit Record As Wall Street Drives Speculation (Again)

Back in March, we were thrilled to discover that becoming a real estate speculator is easier than we thought. Although bank financing may have dried up post-crisis, it turns out BlackStone (BLK) and a whole host of other PE firms will gladly loan credit-worthy borrowers money to accumulate distressed single-family properties. These newly-minted “investor-landlords” will likely have […]
Tesla – Mad Science At Its Best

Tesla – Mad Science At Its Best

Elon Musk has made headlines over the last few years with high-end, electric Tesla (TSLA) car models. The Roadster and S models come fully equipped with touch-screen center console panels, luxury interiors, and sports performance and acceleration. Stock prices have seen spikes and drops in recent years, but they have remained generally high as the […]
Buffett Takes A Page From The “Inflation King’s” Playbook

Buffett Takes A Page From The “Inflation King’s” Playbook

by James Rickards, Daily Reckoning Hugo Stinnes is practically unknown today, but this was not always the case. In the early 1920s, he was the wealthiest man in Germany, at a time when the country was the world’s third largest economy. He was a prominent industrialist and investor with diverse holdings in Germany and abroad. Chancellors […]
Chart Of The Day: So Much For The ‘Great Moderation’

Chart Of The Day: So Much For The ‘Great Moderation’

    A study published last month by the Bank for International Settlements shows the evidence that worldwide financial crises have been amplifying both in terms of their overall magnitude and relative to the real economic cycles.
Tesla Motors Inc. Deal Confusingly Sends Riviera Tool Company Up 12,000%

Tesla Motors Inc. Deal Confusingly Sends Riviera Tool Company Up 12,000%

The report that Tesla Motors Inc (TSLA) acquired Riviera Tool, an automotive supplier based in Grand Rapids, Michigan, caused market confusion and sent a penny stock as much as 12,000% higher.   Investors bought the shares of Riviera Tool Company, which is trading on the pink sheets market as RIVT. The RIVT stock was worth […]